Log line
A log line (rarely also logline or pitch ) is a very short text that summarizes the plot of a film or a book. The term comes from the jargon of the American film industry.
use
A screenwriter uses the log line when looking for an agent or producer to film the script. After the film has been produced, a log line is used to summarize the action in program guides . Accordingly, an author uses the pitch to market his manuscript to a literary agent or to the editing department of a publisher. If successful, this is followed by the synopsis (literature) and the manuscript.
properties
A log line is usually one to a maximum of three sentences long and is formulated in the present tense . Content identifying log line the genre , is the protagonist and its challenge or conflict before, and ideally includes an open question, or learn more another incentive. The log line is longer than the tagline that is attached to film posters or DVD covers and, in contrast to this, has to convey essential information without the support of images.
example
A log line for the movie Finding Nemo would be e.g. B.
"An over-anxious clownfish must leave the safety of its reef and brave the dangers of the sea to find its prodigal son who is being held captive in a dentist's aquarium."
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Anthony Friedmann: Writing for Visual Media . Elsevier / Focal Press, Amsterdam 2006, pp. 175-176. ISBN 024080726X