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So many logline ideas seem to revolve around a decision between A and B. A decision is not action. A kidnapped warrior TRIES TO ESCAPE from his honorable captor without being imprisoned by his power-hungry father.

Think 'scene' not movie and you'll have it.

Fight Club: It starts with a guy with a gun in his mouth and goes back to all that led to that point.

A viral infection stands between a man and redemption.

Here's the article I mentioned... Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 Kin of dead man face pension fraud rap Kyodo News A pension association has filed a criminal complaint against relatives of a Tokyo man found dead at his home last month on suspicion of fraudulently receiving payments he would have...

Any movies that show proprietary programs (like YouTube or Facebook) have gained the permission of the owners. I guess it's OK as long as you ask their permission (and perhaps pay them.) To avoid all that shit, just make up a social network name - like 'friendchat' or 'matenet'. I don't know...

I get what you're saying. I really do. But, you have to get your grammar in line to be taken seriously. Anyway, let me try to paraphrase what my understanding of your story is. There's a guy. His father was a terrorist. He didn't know his father was a terrorist. This guy lives in a 'big...

I live in Japan and can tell you that the real story here is that they suspect that there may be hundreds of cases of people who have failed to report the death of aged family members in order to continue collecting pension money. The first incident was discovered when the government went to...

Random thought for you; I like the story, but i have a hard time imagining how it will hold interest as a film, seeing as most of it is two people sitting in front of a computer, typing messages. I like the montages and restaurant scenes, because the characters are doing something. Maybe it's...

Sorry for the hassle everyone. I had the privacy settings wrong. Anyway, please try the following... https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B8IjRKGeV9lIMTQ0ZGNlMzUtYjE1OC00N2M5LTkxOTYtNDg5ZmMyM2YyNzUz&hl=en

All of these loglines are wwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy too long. Try to keep them one line long (They are called logLINEs for a reason. Also you use adjectives in odd ways... people or societies can be corrupt or declined NOT futures. What is a DECLARED terrorist? Do you mean a notorious...

"In a paranoid science fiction world dominated by government controlled surveillance, a son of a declared late terrorist is contacted by a self declared freedom group, who makes him questioning the truth about his father, the world he lives in and even his reason to exist." In a declining...

Really? The link seems to work OK for me. Please try again. I would love to attach it, but the site doesn't allow that. Try this one...

Sorry Zen, Wish that was me! I do mostly commercial stuff, and a few character voices for Cd-Roms, also some radio and TV news.

Hi there; I am an English teacher (Masters in Linguistics) who has owned his own school in Japan for 12 years. Oh yeah, I've also done voice narration for about 10 years. Great forum. Hope to exhange ideas with ya'll. Looks like a great bunch of people. FADE OUT Brian

Obviously there are a lot more terms out there, but I edited it down to 20000 words to meet the space requirements and focused on the SHOT terms to help you out. Good Luck! :director:

You could use a GLOSSARY of TERMS for screenwriters. Attribution at the bottom. A AERIAL SHOT Use only when necessary. This suggests a shot be taken from a plane or helicopter (not a crane). For example, if a scene takes place on a tall building, you may want to have an...

No Aliens required. Remember 2001 a Space Odyssey? Forget budget or research at first. Just ask yourself a 'What if...' question. What if a passenger Space Shuttle is hijacked? What if residents of a mining community on Mars is being picked off by a serial killer? What if colonists to a Space...

Roll with this one... INT. KITCHEN – MORNING A YOUNG MAN, looking the worse for wear, sits at a kitchen table, sipping a cup of coffee. The place is a tip. Various overflowing ashtrays dot almost every surface. Dishes are piled in the sink. Cases of empties are stacked next to the fridge...

I've got 45 pages so far and feel I'm on to something, but I'd like some input. There are a couple of typos in there which I found after converting the file to pdf from Final Draft format, so please excuse them (pgs. 34 and 38, I think.) I'm pretty secure about format, and am really eager to...