Loglines are tools you use to get people excited, but should you stress over them? I just want my scripts to be read. Like any writer, I feel sad for the PDFs that just sit on my laptop. Right now, like... as I am writing this article, I am working on a logline for my manager to send out in the world. I stress about loglines because I want execs to be so excited to read my script, but in truth, it's my manager's job to make them excited. And if they crack the first page, there should be an opening scene that hooks them and carries them the rest of the way. The logline is there to give them the gist before they dive in. And since we know it's more likely that it's their assistant doing that legwork first, it's really there to let them know what it's about. So what is a logline? A logline is a one-sentence (or two-sentence) summary of the story put forward in your movie screenplay or television pilot. Yup. That's it. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 28 September, 2020