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Great graphical presentation of logline lengths stats, well done DPG.
This demonstrates beyond a doubt that an ideal length for a logline is 25 words, however technically the answer to the OP's question is still yes.
There is no rule, outside of independent statistical analysis, that defines a necessity of 30 words.? If a writer is structuring a plot and is using a logline in the process, they can make it as long as they want regardless the medium. The likelihood of the logline being better increases the closer it is to 25 words in length, and even more so for pitching purposes - the likelihood of the concept attracting a budget goes up the closer it is to 25 words.
I think OP wasn't asking about the statistical probability of writing a good lolgline and making it longer than 30 words. I believe the question was more about industry wide standards, as there are none it comes down to the individual writer, the company reading the logline and their in house requirements of logline lengths.
Of course for best results it's better to aim for 25 words and 30 at the most.
FWIW: ?Results of ?a survey of 675 randomly selected loglines for stories that cleared all the hurdles and actually got made into movies. ?
From which I conclude that the 25-words-or-less guideline is more than an intuitive rule of thumb; it rests on a sound statistical basis. ?
The survey also revealed that loglines between 25-30 words were infrequent. ?Loglines exceeding 35 words are rare and ?none--nada, zero, zilch -- exceeded 40 words.
[img]https://loglines.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Logline_survey.jpg[/img]
FWIW: ?Results of ?a survey of 675 randomly selected loglines for stories that cleared all the hurdles and actually got made into movies. ?
From which I conclude that the 25-words-or-less guideline is more than an intuitive rule of thumb; it rests on a sound statistical basis. ?
The survey also revealed that loglines between 25-30 words were infrequent. ?Loglines exceeding 35 words are rare and ?none--nada, zero, zilch -- exceeded 40 words.
[img]https://staging.loglineit.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Logline_survey.jpg[/img]