Sentences with word «logline»

The official logline for Unfit reads: «In the -LSB-...]

Your career persona (a one - sentence logline of what you can offer, which I will discuss in a later post) is who you are.

Writing loglines reveals not only how well we know the main story behind our novel, but how well we can entice the publisher with just a few sentences.

The official logline for the movie from Netflix is rather short, teasing that «when an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war - torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it.»

The official logline from the administration is the payments are unlawful.

«And not giving a simple logline answer is closer to the truth,» she said.

They read hundreds of loglines in a week, and yours must hook their attention immediately.

I suppose that's the basic logline for just about every superhero, from Superman to Wonder Woman to Spider - Man.

The title for the sequel will be Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (according to Production Weekly), which lines up perfectly with the very brief logline we heard when the project was announced back in February.

Still, just when one might be ready to punch themselves in the head over the preciousness of said logline and description, it's a pleasure to report that «Language of a Broken Heart» wins out — at least on the margins, for those predisposed to have an interest in laid - track rom - coms — by way of its way of its performances and interplay.

Hopefully that will result in a film that is more distinguished than the basic logline makes it sound — perhaps a companion piece to Drive and The American.

Confessions of a Serial Killer — Remastered 1985 Retrospective Writer / Director: Mark Blair Starring: Robert Burns, Dennis Hill, Berkley Garrett Logline: The thinly veiled account of the chilling life and crimes of notorious Henry Lee Lucas, whose reign of terror came to an end on July 11th, 1983.

I didn't include logline in the list because the word usually refers to a dry 1 - 2 sentence description of our story's action that we might use to keep the gist of our story in mind during drafting and revisions.

Hopefully, by now you have composed a great logline for your book and created a professional query letter pitching your book, built a database of agents, managers, and producers, and started to send your query letter to those contacts.

For more about the difference, Marcy Kennedy compared book taglines and loglines at Writers Helping Writers: The Bookshelf Muse.

Remember that a good book cover is as important as the synopsis and logline because...

«Loglines such as these recall the mostly lowbrow films of wildly varying quality which played...

It's the exact opposite of a high - concept, easily loglined Hollywood blockbuster.

Surprisingly, the film's logline suggests Daredevil will make an appearance (who knows in what alleged form, given that the timeframe of when Netflix's take on Matt Murdock becomes Daredevil is set after the events of the first Avengers movie) as well as feature the requisite cameo from Sebastian Stan's Winter Soldier.

I'm always thrilled to see him added to a cast, even when the film in question has the unlikely logline «An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.»

All we know about Upstream Color is from the Sundance logline, «A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism.»

An Ordinary Man North American Premiere Writer / Director: Brad Silberling Starring: Ben Kingsley, Hera Hilmar, Peter Serafinowicz Logline: The life of a fugitive war criminal takes a turn for the unexpected in An Ordinary Man.

Hidden under a bare logline and the vague title Valencia, the world was shocked only two months before its release when it surprisingly revealed its true title, and along with it the fact that it was somehow connected to Matt Reeves» found - footage monster movie from 2008.

24 Hours to Live Writers: Zach Dean, Jim McClain, Ron Mita Director: Brian Smrz Starring: Ethan Hawke, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer Logline: A career assassin who turns rogue after his latest mission goes awry.

Flock of Four World Premiere Writer / Director: Gregory Caruso Starring: Braeden Lemasters, Shane Harper, Coco Jones, Reg E. Cathey Logline: In 1959, four best friends search for a legendary jazz musician and discover an unforgettable night of culture and music in South Central, Los Angeles.

A deceptively old - fashioned logline for this adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's gothic romance promises us a tantalizing, if seemingly dusty, dynamic.

Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End World Premiere Director: Pablo Bryant Logline: Mr. Fish, one of the most dangerous American cartoonists working today, is faced with selling his art or selling his soul.

Permanent Writer / Director: Colette Burson Starring: Kira McClean, Rainn Wilson, Patricia Arquette Logline: Set in 1983 in small town Virginia, Permanent centers around a 13 - year - old and her family.

The Outdoorsman World Premiere Writer: Ryan Gilmour Director: David Haskell Starring: Brent Morin, Sasheer Zamata, Spencer Grammer Logline: As he prepares to cut ties with society and spend a year in the mountains, an aspiring wilderness writer meets a goal oriented, corporate woman who has quit her job to «find herself.»

Amanda & Jack Go Glamping World Premiere Writer / Director: Brandon Dickerson Starring: David Arquette, Amy Acker, Adan Canto, June Squibb Logline: With his mid-life marriage on rocky ground, dejected one - hit - author Jack Spencer goes glamping (glamorous camping) with his wife, Amanda, in search of a spark.

The Deuce - Season Finale World Premiere Creators: David Simon, George Pelecanos Starring: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Zoe Kazan Logline: the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York's Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough - and - tumble world at the pioneering moments of what would become the billion - dollar American sex industry.

WRECKED (single camera) Pickes up to series STUDIO: TBS TEAM: Justin Shipley (w), Jordan Shipley (w), Jesse Hara LOGLINE: Described as Lost meets It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, it chronicles the aftermath of a plane crashing on a remote island.

Touched North American Premiere Writer / Director: Karl R. Hearne Starring: Hugh Thompson, Lola Flanery Logline: A ghostly, psychological drama about a young woman who disappears from her building and her solitary landlord who tries to track her down.

The film's new logline adds, «a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe.

DEADLINE: You gave me a Monster Hunter logline.

McDowell's upcoming project, revisiting science fiction and romance, is The Discovery, whose current logline is «A love story set one year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified.»

The English - language ghost story set in the Parisian fashion scene — which is already an intriguing and bizarre logline — stars Kristen Stewart who has successfully walked away from her Twilight image and emerged as a critical favorite.

The plot itself has been under lock and key, but Screen Daily have dropped a pretty nice little logline about the film.

The vague logline says «a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie (Brit Marling).

«In summer 2018, the tide will turn as (left to right) Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City's star - studded annual Met Gala,» the film's first logline explains.

At the time, not much was known about the movie's premise, with the Hollywood trades given the sole logline of an action film which «centers on three co-workers who — on a routine stop at an ATM — unexpectedly end up in a desperate fight for their lives.»

Sticking to the numbers game... we'll have a lovely bedfellow pairings of Kyle Patrick Alvarez's already announced The Stanford Prison Experiment which is going to be mentioned in many loglines alongside Michael Almereyda's Experimenter — about the Milgram experiment.

The Package A Ben Stiller - produced dark comedy with a cringeworthy logline: «When a teenager accidentally cuts off his penis during a camping trip, he and his friends rush to save the appendage before it's too late.»

Logline kept under wraps.

The basic logline remains, as The Hateful Eight takes place some time after the Civil War and revolves around passengers on a stagecoach hurtling through the wintry Wyoming landscape.