When a delusional shut-in discovers that his favorite webcam model has been kidnapped, he must utilize his detective skills to locate her before she becomes another victim of a rampant madman.
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I liked the detective skills part myself, it leads one to wonder if the shut-in might actually leave his house to do the investigation.
Somebody beat you to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2503154/
I would avoid to use favorite porn webcam model in the logline.
That make the protagonist seedy and creepy.
A reluctant h?ro is common, but a main character who the spectator does not respect is a big NO, NO.
Kidnapped by a gang of sex traffickers, a lonely neurotic nerd must save his favorite web-cam girl from them.
Anti-hero?
"When a deluded shut-in's favourite wedcam model is kidnapped, he takes it upon himself to rescue her from ... "
How does he know it's a rampant madman who has her? Or is he just guessing?
"... a notorious serial killer."
The stakes are a LITTLE unclear - I went with a notorious killer, because he could have heard this on the news, and then the implication is that her life is on the line - but I presume he equates his infatuation with her as love, and that if he rescues her she'll be smitten with him as well?
I think the idea has legs, just want this logline to be more streamlined, and possibly to have those questions clearer in the logline.
I knew I had seen a similar logline somewhere.
Amazon Studio had a competition on scripts and the winner had a script based on the very same premises.
It is called: I think that Facebook friend is dead.
It is supposed to be in rewrite before shooting.
Here is the link:
http://studios.amazon.com/projects/5046
http://ncis.wikia.com/wiki/NCIS_(series)
Again...thanks for all the feedback everyone.
Actually, that's one of the scenes in my script. Him trying to convince the cops was one of my favorite scenes to write.