We’ve just announced the winners for our January Logline Competition, and the top three loglines blew our socks off. If you want to see three prime examples, all quite different, of how to write a compelling logline, keep reading.
THE WINNER
This month’s winner was Brittney Nuckoles with her logline for TALL TALE, a feature children’s fantasy:
“After her main character goes missing in the whimsical yet precarious land she created, a malevolent writer casts an unassuming girl into the land where she must find the character within two days or remain trapped forever.”
We love this logline because it gives a complete sense of the story, and it feels like nothing we’ve seen before. The language is inventive and gives a clear sense of the tone.
About Brittney (@BrittNuckoles – brnuckoles@yahoo.com)
THE FINALISTS
First up, we have writing team Nadia & Ben Robertson with their logline for VOYEUR, a thriller:
“An uninspired photographer stalked by a masked killer is drawn into a collaboration to create beautiful and gruesome art that pushes the limits of his sanity.”
This logline made my spine tingle. It’s high concept, original, and it doesn’t waste words. We don’t know from this logline exactly what’s going to happen, but we know enough to fall in love with this concept.
About Nadia & Ben (@1931Productions – 1931productions.com – Vimeo – 1931productions@gmail.com)
“A group of art thieves discover that the Rodin they nabbed in Moscow is actually a vault hiding Putin’s donkey sex tape, but when they attempt to sell it, they get caught in a pursued-across-the-globe nightmare by the Russians and the CIA.”
A great new twist on the crime caper. It’s easy to imagine this script delivering a lot of big laughs. I definitely want to read this one!
About Thesy (@ThesyIsASurface – thesysurface.com)
Thesy Surface is half-American, half-German, but grew up in England. She attended Brown University and started off as an actress in LA, where she nabbed a few roles, including a recurring on “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.” Inspired by her father, now a published author in Germany, she writes and lives alternately in London and Los Angeles.
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The February Logline Competition is now open for entries, and our prize package has expanded this month. Enter today!
The logline for TALL TALE is indeed one of those loglines I would say I wish I had written… Brittney… two thumbs up.