Topic: Loglines

Every time I try and write a logline, it makes my idea look completely boring (holding onto the hope that it isn't the actual idea) and I wondered if anyone had any tips or ideas into the perfect logline formula ? I use the book "Save The Cat" by Blake Snyder as my guiding light with screenwriting, so I have a basic idea but if something different works for you, please share it..

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3 (edited by Dorkman 2012-12-17 22:49:06)

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Wait.

Challenge.

Can you take a movie you find devastatingly boring and write a good logline for it?

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Bilbo Baggins leaves his comfortable life in the Shire to face trolls, goblins, giant wolves and orcs on an epic journey to retrieve the Dwarves' gold from a fearsome dragon.

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After years in seclusion an aging Bruce Wayne must become Batman once more in order to combat the greatest menace Gotham City has ever known: a dude with a thing on his face. *

*Last part still needs some work

7 (edited by Eddie 2012-12-18 09:45:01)

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"Just as Rod makes his first million dollar deal and reconnects with a long lost love, he must now escape his sleepy coastal town when it comes under attack from ravenous rotating .jpeg's of Birds."

Eddie Doty

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8 (edited by Dave 2012-12-18 15:04:22)

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An imprisoned vampire awakens to discover hundreds of years have passed. He begins a quest to restore his families fortune, wreak vengeance on the witch who captured him, and lay to rest the spirit of his long-lost lover.

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When intrepid young reporter Tintin buys a model boat, he must... uh... yeah, I can't do this one actually

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Hey, you leave Tintin out of this!

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