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In response to "Movie question: without a definition, do you know what a logline is?" by David

spoiler answer if you were curious...

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 17 '10, 14:31

"A logline conveys the dramatic story of a screenplay in the most abbreviated manner possible."

Ex:

"George Lucas destroys the memories of your youth," would be the logline for Phantom Menace.

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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

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