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danb
08-08-2008, 02:04 PM
Should I include the logline at the beginning of my screenplay? Thanks for any feedback..
Danb..
Joe Unidos
08-08-2008, 02:09 PM
No.
TheKeenGuy
08-08-2008, 02:41 PM
Well, that answers that.
JonnyAtlas
08-08-2008, 02:56 PM
Well, that answers that.
:rolling::rolling::rolling:

I don't know why that was so funny to me...

lol.
DavidK
08-08-2008, 06:48 PM
Well, that answers that.

Indeed. And I find his degree of ambiguity quite appealing.
jonpiper
08-08-2008, 07:49 PM
Indeed. And I find his degree of ambiguity quite appealing.

Well, I found the question ambiguous. We must question the question.:)

Did danb really mean to ask: should I create a logline before I write my screenplay?
DavidK
08-08-2008, 08:04 PM
Did danb really mean to ask: should I create a logline before I write my screenplay?

And did danb mean "Thanks for any feedback.."?

He uses "..", the elipstop, half way between a period/full stop and an ellipsis. We all know what that means.

And the answer, "No." How accurate is that. Did Joe really mean "No", or did he/she fall asleep on the send button before completing "No idea."

Look at it this way. A woman walks into a pharmacy and asks for enough cyanide to kill a man quickly. The pharmacist says there's no way in the world he can sell her cyanide. She shows him a photo of his wife making love to her husband in a hotel room. The pharmacist says, "Oh, I didn't realize you had a prescription."

You're right, he should unambiguously create a logline before or after writing the screenplay, but not include it with the screenplay. (My emphasis.)
jonpiper
08-08-2008, 08:26 PM
You're right, he should unambiguously create a logline before or after writing the screenplay, but not include it with the screenplay. (My emphasis.)

I'm sure you mean: he should unambiguously create a logline before and after writing the screenplay, the first for guidance, the second for a query letter.
DavidK
08-09-2008, 03:43 PM
Yes, I'm sure that's what I meant. Or looking at it slightly differently, one logline for guidance, the last for perfection.

In fact, if it wasn't for the sharp eyes, keen minds and fast fingers of DDP posters I don't think I'd ever be sure what I meant. IYSWIM.