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For single mother Beth, raising teenage twins & juggling a career just got medieval when into her world lands a baby dragon named George.
Hi Maidenscombe, Thanks for taking the time to comment. Firstly I agree that once a script is sold it does move out of control of the original writer and possibly into something different entirely but if the writer nails it pretty tight to start with a producer may not feel the need to tinker and/orRead more
Hi Maidenscombe,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. Firstly I agree that once a script is sold it does move out of control of the original writer and possibly into something different entirely but if the writer nails it pretty tight to start with a producer may not feel the need to tinker and/or dissassemble it too much away from the original intent.
This story is called ‘DragonSong’ and is set in our contemporary world of a high-tech 21st century modern city. Music will play a large role here as the signature tune of dragons singing to one another will be a feature of the story and a key plot point.
Beth’s role as a single mother juggling a career, in palaeontology, then becoming protector of a baby dragon is important as it involves serious decisions and choices she has to make every day, family first before her needs etc., something modern audiences can appreciate and tap into.
I named the dragon George deliberately to draw attention to exactly what you’ve picked up – dragons are considered evil and dangerous in Western European history, I seek to challenge that view, in Asia dragons are good luck, powerful symbols of positive energy, and
Chinese dragons are a sign of the Emperor.
The core premise of this story, which I see as a combination live-action CGI, is that dragons are real and have hidden themselves away from humans for millennia for their own safety and security. George is a lost dragon, that must be protected and then returned so I agree I may have to retweak the logline to better reflect that.
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Hi sharkeatingman, Thanks for taking the time to comment and I appreciate your appraisal of the logline. It's pretty close to what I want to say in under 25 words, more would be better but then the writer would simply end up telling the story too much which isn't what I understand a logline to be, jRead more
Hi sharkeatingman,
Thanks for taking the time to comment and I appreciate your appraisal of the logline. It’s pretty close to what I want to say in under 25 words, more would be better but then the writer would simply end up telling the story too much which isn’t what I understand a logline to be, just enough to garner initial interest.
Your right when you say there’s comedic elements to the story and I’m happy that shines through – it has some elements like ‘Harry & the Hendersons’ but more a ‘Jurassic Park’ where does the dragon come from, how do we look after it, protect it so to speak.
I’ve not watched ‘How to train a dragon’ and I agree I may have to do some work there but this idea is set in the contemporary high-tech 21st century so having a medieval myhthological beastie crash land in the here and now is very appealing to me and I see this as a combination live-action CGI film.
I call this story ‘DragonSong’ … where the signature music of dragons singing to one another evokes a strong, powerful calling to humans and unlocks our own desires and dreams and hopes to strive to be who we truly want to be.
This story’s core premise is that dragons are real, but hidden from humans for their own safety and survival especially as Western European mythology has them as servants of the devil. In Asia dragons are revered as creatures of positve forces and that is how I want this story to run.
As you can see there’s a lot to squeeze into a short logline – but anymore feedback would be more than welcome.
See lessFor single mother Beth, raising teenage twins & juggling a career just got medieval when into her world lands a baby dragon named George.
Hi Paul, Thanks for the feedback, firstly my attempt at this logline was to keep under the 'magic 25 words or less mantra', and in so doing sacrificed some story elements for brevity. That being said I'm glad you wanted to keep reading the further description. As a character Beth is under immense peRead more
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the feedback, firstly my attempt at this logline was to keep under the ‘magic 25 words or less mantra’, and in so doing sacrificed some story elements for brevity. That being said I’m glad you wanted to keep reading the further description.
As a character Beth is under immense personal pressure so the last thing she needs to look after is a new family pet who turns out to be a dragon – which is of course exactly what she needs to force her to break out of her current world and realise her inner goals and potential. This story is imagined as a combination of live-action and CGI.
I deliberately used the word ‘medieval’ to provide a clear contrast as this story is set in the contemporary 21st century and naming the dragon ‘George’ is also deliberate to contrast the Western European history of dragon mythology with Asia where dragons are associated with good luck, positive energy and not forces of the devil.
The core underlining premise of this story is that dragons are real, have always been a part of human history, but they have withdrawn their ‘colonies’ away from human existence until they have become the stuff of legend. Somewhere in a distant unexplored part of the world these creatures still exist.
The working title of this screenplay is DragonSong, so music & a specific signature tune of ‘dragon song’ will play a large role In the realising of this story which taps into the audience’s need to still believe in the strange and wonderful and unlock their inner dragon for wish fulfilment.
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