When sent a package containing her boyfriend’s belongings, a conflicted lover must uncover the cause of his disappearance; but when she learns he willingly vanished to pursue space travel, she must embrace selflessness and accept his decision.

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dogger Logliner · 256 pts

>>>she must embrace selflessness and accept his decision.
Reveals the denouement, something a logline should never do.

Further, the reveal entails a subjective need. But a logline is a statement of an initial and *intentionally* sought *objective* goal, what the protagonist wants to achieve or acquire. It is not about subjective needs, an eventual and unintentional "lesson learned".

Although the resolution of a subjective need is an element in the character arc, again, loglines are about the plot line, not the character arc.

Jeremy Palazzolo 29 pts

THANK YOU so much for the feedback. I will definitely take this into consideration.

Cheers :)

storydude Logliner · 102 pts

I like it! But the ACTION in the second half can be stronger. Right now it only gives us her psychological growth, not a visible (filmable) action. Of course, short films are more flexible, and perhaps the climactic scene is about just that: her acceptance...

In any case, try the Logline Generator (link above), and you'll see that the better version of this logline might be along the lines of:

When sent a package containing her boyfriend’s belongings, a conflicted lover must uncover the cause of his disappearance; but when she learns he willingly vanished to pursue space travel, she must embrace selflessness and accept his decision BEFORE [Final Action].

I still think that there could be a final action that SHOWS her transformation.