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When he learns his wife is planning to kill him, a rich man invites her secret lovers to a dinner party, and offers them each a fortune to kill her first.
Personally, I think this logline has a very solid hook. The main thing I felt was lacking was "wife" and "rich man" seemed generic. I was thinking "cheating wife" or "adulterous wife", but I think dpg's "unfaithful" works better. If I were doing this as a short film, I'd definitely also take his advRead more
Personally, I think this logline has a very solid hook. The main thing I felt was lacking was “wife” and “rich man” seemed generic. I was thinking “cheating wife” or “adulterous wife”, but I think dpg’s “unfaithful” works better. If I were doing this as a short film, I’d definitely also take his advice to narrow it down to one lover, and the benefit of the wife trying to get her lovers to kill him help you avoid having throwaway characters. Having the lovers interact with the two sides gives you a lot more opportunity to show their personalities. The benefit of having more than one lover is that you can do different things with those personalities, and also contrast them. Maybe one prefers the woman and the other is bisexual and warms up to the man. Maybe one is a vet that actually is good at killing, and another one is a nerdy accountant.
See lessWhen a sentient video game character falls in love with the real-life player, she must get rid of the other characters to gain the player’s affections, even if that means rewriting the game script.
I agree with Neer that the source of the conflict is ambiguous. I think there needs to be a clearer connection with how getting rid of the other characters earns the player's affections. If you can find a way to change that without making it wordy, that'd be great :) Also, I'm not really sure what "Read more
I agree with Neer that the source of the conflict is ambiguous. I think there needs to be a clearer connection with how getting rid of the other characters earns the player’s affections. If you can find a way to change that without making it wordy, that’d be great 🙂 Also, I’m not really sure what “game script” means. Do you mean game code? If so, I’d word it as “even if it means rewriting the game itself”.
See lessUpon being diagnosed with lung cancer, a lifetime litterbug tries to make the world beautiful for his depressed granddaughter before he dies.
Maybe depressed at the “endless litter”, so it’s more of a challenge, and aiming for making the town litter-free for a more meaningful goal.
Maybe depressed at the “endless litter”, so it’s more of a challenge, and aiming for making the town litter-free for a more meaningful goal.
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