It’s still primarily used as a means of conveying a story’s most basic narrative elements to sellers and buyers.Īnd what are those basic narrative elements? Like every one of the story summaries we’ll be studying this week, there is no set formula. You know what? The logline’s function in Hollywood has not changed all that much from the old studio days. The logline allowed studio executives, producers, directors, and actors to scan a great many scripts quickly while searching for a project that they were interested in that met their needs, whether love story, horror film, action film, comedy or drama.
The log line on the spine of the script allowed people to read the log lines of scripts that were stacked without having to unstack them. Readers wrote a concise one line summary of what the script was about either on the cover of the script, on the spine of the script, or both. The studios had script vaults in which they stored screenplays. The logline first came into use and was recognized as a separate form during the old studio days of Hollywood. Where did loglines originate? Wikipedia has this to say on the subject: Netflix, IMDB, Halliwells - there are loglines seemingly everywhere. Preacher (AMC): In her attempt to rescue Cassidy, Tulip meets an unexpected obstacle. Instinct (CBS): Dylan and Lizzie go undercover in New York’s erotic underworld when they investigate the murder of a high-powered public relations rep. Cassie shares the secret of the comet: everyone in town gets a wish, but not all wishes will be granted.
Good Witch (Hallmark): Middleton is abuzz with the arrival of a comet that appears once every hundred years. Here are some examples ripped from this week’s TV Guide: For example, when you use your remote control to flip through the cable or satellite channel guide, every episode of every TV series includes a logline of that episode’s plot. It’s funny, but I’m often asked by students or blog readers what a logline is, and yet we’re exposed to them on an almost daily basis.
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