Kriss Tolliday

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When secrets threaten to surface and trust is about to shatter; a husband and wife independently devise their own plan to kill the other before their pasts are revealed.

June 4, 2013
An egotistical detective fights to save his reputation when a series of religious killings threaten to show the community his true colours.

June 4, 2013
A paranoid lawyer must confront his own personal demons when his elderly client strikes comparisons with Adolf Hitler, raising a dangerous hate mob.

June 4, 2013
Idea for a six part comedy series: The worst Monday in a construction site's two week history is retold from six different perspectives to discover which one killed their foreman.

November 23, 2012
An inexperienced lawyer must defend his family and his client from an egotistical journalist's stories that have convinced the World that this client hides a deadly identity, an identity the people are determined to erase.

September 27, 2012
An inexperienced lawyer becomes the centre of a hate campaign when his client is accused of hiding an identity that once brought a reign of terror to the world.

September 21, 2012
Courtroom thriller set in the 90's. A young lawyer's family is put at risk when a persistent journalist convinces the World that his client on a manslaughter charge may be hiding a horrific identity, an identity that strikes fear into everybody.

September 18, 2012

on A paranoid lawyer must confront his own personal demons when his elderly client strikes comparisons with Adolf Hitler, raising a dangerous hate mob.

The themes are looking at how people are judged & condemned instantaneously without evidence to support theory. In this case (as you said above) people will question that Hitler couldn't possibly be alive but in terms of the story it…
on When secrets threaten to surface and trust is about to shatter; a husband and wife independently devise their own plan to kill the other before their pasts are revealed.

Thank you all for the feedback. I've taken it all on board and will have a think about which way to go.
on An egotistical detective fights to save his reputation when a series of religious killings threaten to show the community his true colours.

I will attempt to get it in. Thank you for the feedback.
on When secrets threaten to surface and trust is about to shatter; a husband and wife independently devise their own plan to kill the other before their pasts are revealed.

I would agree with Tony. I think a log line can kickstart the whole creative process. You may think of an idea and devise a log line to remind yourself of it as you begin development. In the case of…
on A paranoid lawyer must confront his own personal demons when his elderly client strikes comparisons with Adolf Hitler, raising a dangerous hate mob.

That's fine I appreciate the feedback as this is what it is about. I have done a lot of research into the 'conspiracies' of Hitler and the South American conspiracies were often mentioned and I do refer to them in…
on A paranoid lawyer must confront his own personal demons when his elderly client strikes comparisons with Adolf Hitler, raising a dangerous hate mob.

I posted a logline for this idea months ago and included the era and was advised to leave it out as at this stage it wasn't overly important. As for the hate mob it is set in London and the…
on An egotistical detective fights to save his reputation when a series of religious killings threaten to show the community his true colours.

The killings relate to the Ten Commandments with the killer leaving clues lead from the Bible.
on A paranoid lawyer must confront his own personal demons when his elderly client strikes comparisons with Adolf Hitler, raising a dangerous hate mob.

It is to be set in the 80's. The fact he will be really old, so much so that it is questionable, is part of the themes that it is the name people react to as opposed to the person.
on An egotistical detective fights to save his reputation when a series of religious killings threaten to show the community his true colours.

When a number of religious killings plague his city, an egotistical detective sets to work on the case hoping to bring his celebrity status back. Due to an egotistical detective's past work, the city is at its lowest crime rate…
on When secrets threaten to surface and trust is about to shatter; a husband and wife independently devise their own plan to kill the other before their pasts are revealed.

This is great help thank you. I like how you have stripped it and still kept the same meaning.