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    Posted: 22 Jul 2006 at 2:43pm
 
Do you think a three-sentence logline is too much? Or should it never be more than two?
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I've always heard the shorter the better - one sentence if possible - even a word if it's intriguing enough.
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The shorter the better is best but 3 sentences is hardly long - from my research you should stay within a paragraph. I find if I try hard to be economical with my words I can usually edit a logline to a sentence or two.
 
One word logline? I'd have to say practically impossible - in this contest you need 2 just to get the genre and subject - of course if I combine the genre and subject and create a new word my one word logline could be FANTADOW or WINDASY - lol.
 
Anyway I hope everyone's having better luck than I am!
 
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The rules specifically state the logline cannot be more than two sentences.

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Originally posted by Chris Messineo Chris Messineo wrote:

The rules specifically state the logline cannot be more than two sentences.

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Oh whew, thanks Chris!
 
darn
 
About the one word logline -- I don't think it should ever be one word. You can't get industry people to buy your work if they don't know what your work is about. I get tempted to write teaser-type ones as well, though.
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Shorter is better.  Think about your idea being shopped from person to person to person to person.  Ever play telephone? 
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Now I know why I lost my heat last year, my logline was 3 sentences. Damn those rules!
 
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Originally posted by AndyHeck AndyHeck wrote:

Shorter is better.  Think about your idea being shopped from person to person to person to person.  Ever play telephone? 
 
Yeah, last year mine was one. I think it will have to be two this year or it would be a horrifying run on, but it looks like I better leave a lot of time to write the logline!
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Originally posted by BarbaraFL BarbaraFL wrote:

Originally posted by Chris Messineo Chris Messineo wrote:

The rules specifically state the logline cannot be more than two sentences.

Chris
 
Oh whew, thanks Chris!
 
darn
 
About the one word logline -- I don't think it should ever be one word. You can't get industry people to buy your work if they don't know what your work is about. I get tempted to write teaser-type ones as well, though.


Actually a producer once told me that about the one word, forget who he was quoting, I will try to find out.  The point is, you are trying to intrigue people who have piles of pitches thrown at them every day.  The less it takes you to explain, the more they know that you know what your story is really about and if it's intriguing to them, the more likely they are to read/consider it.


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Want an example of a short and sweet logline?

Snakes on a Plane.
 
'nuff said.
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