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A mousey, risk adverse,Japanese/American single mom, takes on the Tokyo mafia to rescue her long lost brother and restore her family’s art fortune.
An interesting premise for senior actors! Consider the following: When is your story set? In 2022, your protag is 65+ and her brother is 70+? You would think the brother would be a Yakuza Family Head or some senior member by now. Since this is the only family he’s known, I did a double-take on the rRead more
An interesting premise for senior actors!
Consider the following:
When is your story set? In 2022, your protag is 65+ and her brother is 70+?
You would think the brother would be a Yakuza Family Head or some senior member by now. Since this is the only family he’s known, I did a double-take on the rescue plot.
Which Major Event (Art/Brother) is her call to action? My vote is the art and to keep the brother discovery plot in the shadows until ACT II.
What is the connecting tissue between the Buddhist Monastery and the Yakuza?
Workshopping the structure:
When discovering [WWII secreted family art], retired Japanese American sets out to [Japanese Buddhist monastery] with a group of courageous seniors on a hail marry mission to reclaim her inheritance/fortune under the protection of the infamous Tokyo mafia/Yakuza gang”
The B story can be the brother e.g., brother turns from the dark side to help sis, Yakuza wants the spoils and them dead.
Hope you find this constructive, make this yours – keep going!
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Protagonists are Proactive In your logline, things happen to your protagonists. First, they face discrimination Second, they are forced to leave Third, an incident occurs But what does the family do about it? What action do your leads take? In other words, your protagonists are coming across as passRead more
Protagonists are Proactive
In your logline, things happen to your protagonists.
First, they face discrimination
Second, they are forced to leave
Third, an incident occurs
But what does the family do about it? What action do your leads take?
In other words, your protagonists are coming across as passive.
If that is not the case, if in your story the protagonists are proactive, you should add that element to improve the logline.
Hope that helps
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If the goal of the lead character is to 'save his future' then in the logline you should tell us in a word or two what is threatening his future.
If the goal of the lead character is to ‘save his future’ then in the logline you should tell us in a word or two what is threatening his future.
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