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Movie question: without a definition, do you know what a logline is?

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 17 '10, 14:21

(Pixie, I know you do, so you don't have to answer.)

Responses:

Yes. I know. - OAE Feb 17, 15:20
spoiler answer if you were curious... - David Feb 17, 14:31 11
- I thought the opening scene of "The Player" was riddled with those kinds of things. - landbeck Feb 17, 14:36 8
  - that is sometimes part of a logline (though somewhat disfavored as gimmicky). mostly it's a one-sentence distillation of the plot - poochinski Feb 17, 14:42 4
    - What does "George Lucas destroys the memories of your youth" have to do with plot? -- nm - mara Feb 17, 14:56 2
      - In lieu of there being a plot to construct a logline from, David chose to summarize the experience itself. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 15:00
      - in David's mind, everything - poochinski Feb 17, 14:57
    - a pr�cis -- nm - zork Feb 17, 14:48
  - "It'll be funny." -- nm - David Feb 17, 14:40
  - those are more pitches. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:39 1
    - "high concept"? :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 14:40
- ah, so it's indeed a bit different from a mainline -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 14:33 1
  - *perk* -- nm - Kate Moss and Pete Doherty Feb 17, 14:37
yes. :) -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:28 1
- No ringers! -- nm - David Feb 17, 14:30
what you use to find the honey wagon -- nm - zork Feb 17, 14:28 6
- "Pooh Bear leaned back and took out his logline. Oh yes, that honey wagon would soon be his." -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 14:29 5
  - I'm thinking you don't know what honey wagon is on a movie set -- nm - zork Feb 17, 14:30 4
    - He's a dirty, dirty bear. -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 14:31 3
      - I'm still not convinced -- nm - zork Feb 17, 14:36 2
        
        This whole thread has gone to the crapper. -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 15:06 1
        
        That's a different logline. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 17, 15:08
Okay, thanks everyone. -- nm - David Feb 17, 14:25
no -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 14:24
I haven't heard that term, I don't think -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 14:24 7
- This statement surprises me from anyone who's played HSX. I'm not judging, I'm just surprised. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 14:25 6
  - I never got over a billion ... maybe if I knew this one bit of trivia, I could have pulled it off! ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 14:29 4
    - i'm not sure that i got past 50 million - zork Feb 17, 14:31 3
      - I just checked - you're at $56M, up 6% for the year -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 14:33 2
        
        I'm at 853m, up 1.36% YTD -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 14:41
        
        wooo, VNNT to me - zork Feb 17, 14:37
  - I consider it more of an insider term than a well known one. -- nm - David Feb 17, 14:26
I can give my answer in one sentence. -- nm - b. Feb 17, 14:23 3
- Is this like Name That Tune? "I can give my answer in *zero* sentences." - musubi Feb 17, 14:24 2
  - technically what you write probably wouldn't be a sentence, so... -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 14:25 1
    - both the subject and verb are understood! -- nm - zork Feb 17, 14:29
yes -- nm - Max Feb 17, 14:23
Just guessing, but is it... - musubi Feb 17, 14:23 5
- I thought it was; - Loyola Feb 17, 14:26 3
  - that's... - b. Feb 17, 14:27
  - that's a tagline -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 14:27 1
    - Ah. -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 14:27
- Close enough, yeah. -- nm - David Feb 17, 14:25
I think so. -- nm - Loyola Feb 17, 14:22
*bites tongue* -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 14:22
no. -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 14:22

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