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Inside Ridley Scott's Producing Empire: “Tell Me the Film in Two Sentences”
- jfengel 2y agoEvery film does that. It's called a log line. Hollywood is chock full of classes teaching you how to write great log lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_line Actually, the logline is one sentence. If Scott is giving you two sentences to make your pitch, it's a luxury. So, a sample log line for Blade Runner: Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to Earth seeking their maker Does this feel like it really captures what makes Blade Runner a great movie? It seems like a fine basis for a sci-fi movie, but no better or worse than thousands of others. The log line is the elevator speech. It gets you into the room. If you can't make a compelling log line you don't even get started. But saying "Make a good log line" isn't really much in the way of advice.