Sentences with phrase «log line»

Start off your description copy with a compelling one - to two - sentence log line, something you've tested with readers and know will grab their attention.

Sometimes the very best works are derived from log lines pulled out of thin air.

From the first log line, the movie seemed destined for greatness.

The film doesn't quite live up to that cool log line but maybe, when it's adapted to TV, it will.

But... I like writing a skeleton log line and jacket copy before I write the first draft.

It doesn't have to be an excerpt; even a pitch paragraph or log line description would be good.

We have put together a 6 month «curriculum» for women writer / directors ready to direct a narrative feature, focusing on the tasks involved in setting up a narrative feature — polishing log lines, synopses...

(She dismissed the early log line, which had the two lead characters each seeking to lose her virginity, as being unrepresentative of Foner's script.

He stresses against the easy log line: «This is not the story of daughters who were driven to their deaths.»

This pitch should read like a TV log line — a condensed 1 - 3 sentences about the main elements of your story — character highpoints, conflict, emotion, what's at stake.

To run the model input a site longitude, site latitude, date (1950 or earlier), compass heading, log line speed, time duration, and whether or not you would like variable currents and magnetic field declination.

We have put together a 6 month «curriculum» for women writer / directors ready to direct a narrative feature, focusing on the tasks involved in setting up a narrative feature — polishing log lines, synopses and pitches; creating a «look book»; putting together a preliminary budget / top sheet; deciding on locations for tax incentives; forming a C - Corp or LLC; leveraging attachments; and producing a crowd - funding campaign.

Since then I learned some techniques from an experienced Hollywood script development exec, like starting with a one - sentence log line (the first sentence of my description of Vaccine Nation above is one, a bit long at 36 words) that captures the story, and then build the outline, including key dramatic steps, in three acts from there.

Well, that describes the LoG line to a tee.

Ayoade respectfully acknowledges his debt to Wes Anderson: The film's log line is straight out of Rushmore.

«That happens in the movie, and that's fine for a log line, but that's not really what it's about,» Olsen said.)

The log line labels Veronica and Bernard as «outcasts,» but that proves to be a bit of an overstatement.

Previous openers have been a bit rough («The Bronze,» and then the next year «Other People») but this story of a man reunited with his elephant from his childhood is more memorable, not to mention complicated than its log line.

The log line for Paterson makes it sound vaguely off - putting, as though all of us are supposed to be surprised that there could be a creative person lurking inside a public transportation employee.

Judging the film's log line — a bored Silverlake couple hires a stripper to be their nanny — you would think you might be in for a broadly sketched comedy, as we did when we sat down for the film's Sundance premiere.

The log line is currently being kept under wraps.

No word on how close the new untitled film follows that log line, if at all, but it's intriguing speculation nonetheless.

The log line for Results is rather simple: the film follows Kat (Smulders) and Trevor (Pearce), two personal trainers who get caught up in the messy life of new - client Danny (Kevin Corrigan).

It's funny, a lot of people, when I told them the log line of the movie, they said, «Oh, yeah, improvisers, those motherfuckers had it coming!»

The log line from Paramount, the film's production home, turns subverts the premise, saying, «The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.»

The log line adds that Marston was the inventor of the lie detector and that the inspiration behind Wonder Woman was his wife and Byrne.

The log line for her follow - up,

The log line for her follow - up, The Bad Batch is pretty much all you need to know: «A dystopian love story in a Texas wasteland set in a community of cannibals.»

Though the log line claims «buddy comedy», Blindspotting is kicking off the dramatic competition, a plum spot for what looks like a competitive lineup.

The log line of Spring, best understood as a mashup of Before Sunrise and H.P. Lovecraft, is certainly an evocative one, and this second feature from duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead succeeds in capitalizing on its premise.

Remember's log line is breathtakingly dopey: A Holocaust survivor (Christopher Plummer) suffering from dementia leaves his nursing home in an effort to track down and kill the Auschwitz commander who murdered his family seven decades earlier, even though he can barely recall his own name from moment to moment.

Like a log line, or your query letter.

I've read up on Query letters, elevator pitches, log lines, story outlines and much more.

Even so, log lines are helpful to include in query letters as they are a great tool for grabbing the interest of the person reading your query.

Creative Brainstorming for Book, Film, Product, Service, or Company Titles, Names, Ideas, Tag Lines, or Log Lines

By Debbie Burke A log line or logline is a brief (usually one - sentence) summary of a television program, film, or book that states the central conflict of the story, often providing both a synopsis of the story's plot, and an... Continue reading →

to know which way to go - NOT the plot, but the essence of the thing - essentially, the log line.

In Hollywood - speak, it is a «log line» that capsulizes the essence of your plot with a strong emotional pull.

Wait, what I'm looking for here is the blurb, the pitch, the log lines.

When you are happy with your log line, query letter, and a good database of contacts for agents and publishers, you are ready to start submitting query letters.

That's been the log line about millennials for quite some time, though many media sites have come to their defense in recent years.