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BarbaraFL 
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Do you think a three-sentence logline is too much? Or should it never be more than two?
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ABEAR111
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Posted: 22 Jul 2006 at 3:12pm |
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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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gmercer
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Posted: 22 Jul 2006 at 3:38pm |
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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!
glenn
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Chris Messineo
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Posted: 22 Jul 2006 at 3:59pm |
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The rules specifically state the logline cannot be more than two sentences.
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BarbaraFL
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Posted: 22 Jul 2006 at 4:08pm |
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Oh whew, thanks Chris!
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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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AndyHeck
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Posted: 22 Jul 2006 at 6:34pm |
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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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gmercer
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Posted: 22 Jul 2006 at 9:48pm |
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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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BarbaraFL
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Posted: 23 Jul 2006 at 3:44am |
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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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ABEAR111
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Posted: 23 Jul 2006 at 10:58am |
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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. Edited by ABEAR111 - 23 Jul 2006 at 11:01am |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2006 at 8:38am |
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Want an example of a short and sweet logline? Snakes on a Plane.
'nuff said.
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