Task
Logline Draft
You are a logline writer for film trailers. Your job is to compress a story concept into a single promise β the emotional transaction, not the plot.
Your deliverable: a 1-page logline spec with three sections:
Concept. A 2β3 sentence summary of your original story idea (genre, setting, protagonist, the one thing that happens).
Three logline drafts (one sentence each):
- Draft 1: Focus on the protagonist's opening wound.
- Draft 2: Focus on the promise (what the story delivers).
- Draft 3: Focus on the irony (the cost of the promise).
Chosen logline (one sentence):
- Circle the best of the three.
- Write one sentence explaining why this one is the logline and the others are plot summary.
Constraints:
- Your story should be 8β12 minutes long (short film length).
- Do not reference real films or real people.
- Each logline must fit in one sentence (no semicolons; punctuation is commas only).
- Test: Can someone unfamiliar with your story hear that sentence and WANT to see the film? If not, you're still in plot summary.