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It’s like Greencard, but with an illegitimate marriage and no French accents.What happens when a woman falls in love with the man she marries, but isn’t really married to?.Here are some examples I’ve come up with (you can tell I’m not modest, because these are horrible): My high-concept for this one? James Bond meets Philomena.īut for Three Proposals? I’ve thought about movies with real-but-fake marriages, like Greencard and The Proposal, but they’re not quite the same. What no one knows is she had a baby out of wedlock at a home for unwed mothers and refuses to return to her family until she finds her infant daughter, who’s been sold. For example, one of the books I want to write is about a spy who’s been hired to find a missing girl. I’ve thought a lot about movies that could help describe my high-concept.

Pretty Woman is Cinderella on the streets of LA.

#Thelma and louise logline movie#

Pick a favorite book or movie and spin it.

A third prompt is putting a spin on the traditional.

Just try to think of this from a unique perspective.

If that doesn’t work, ask “what if?” The Jurassic Park example above does this.

The examples they have are a lawyer that can’t lie ( Liar Liar) and Peter Pan grows up ( Hook).

Think of opposites…stories, scenarios, and stereotypes that are turned on their ear.

So I did a bit more surfing on the ‘net and found some more suggestions on the Writing Room website to help me come up with a high concept.

Hook – To avoid a real marriage, Susannah agrees to a fake one, or perhaps “she’s married to someone she isn’t really married to”īut I still felt stuck.

Inciting Action – Susannah’s uncle forces her to marry someone she doesn’t wish to.

I’ve been tossing around The Masquerade Marriage.

Great Title – Three Proposals isn’t all that exciting.

Fascinating Subject – a pretend/masquerade marriage.

Bonnet used a few examples: a baby left on a doorstep, not of a kindly nanny, but of three bachelors star-crossed lovers meet not at a church social, but on the Titanic a volcano erupts, not in the desert, but in the middle of a city.

Hook, which reveals the uniqueness or special circumstances of your story.

Inciting Action, which is the problem of your story.

Great Title, which tells the audience not only what the story is about, but the genre.

James Bonnet, writer and story consultant, identified in his article Conquering the High Concept four basic things you should identify to help create your high concept:

“ Snakes on a Plane” – (sometimes the title is the high concept).

“When he said ‘I do,’ he never said what he did.” – True Lies.

“What if we could clone dinosaurs?” – Jurassic Park.It’s been a struggle.įor the uninitiated, a high concept is a way to convey the story in a few short, easy to recognize ideas that hook the reader (or listener). I’ve had no problems coming up with high concept ideas for the other stories that are swimming around in my brain. So, I’ve got a logline and synopsis…the last thing I’m missing is my high concept (the hook). Production is to take place in Vancouver, Canada.Even the title “Jurassic Park” is its own form of high concept. Now, according to issue 1237 of Production Weekly, Netflix’s will finally enter production in June 2021 and wrap in August of the same year. Netflix’s Lou was expected to go into production from May to July 2020 in Vancouver after being set up at Paramount, but Bad Robot decided to produce it independently before it landed with Netflix. No other names have been announced for the other lead roles in Netflix’s Lou at the moment.Ĭurrent production status: Active development (Last updated: ) Janney already has an Oscar, and a Golden Globe for her supporting role in I, Tonya, which starred Margot Robbie. Janney will play the landlord, a hard-shelled and rule-breaking woman that has unexpectedly impressive tracking abilities, among other skill sets.Īllison Janney was cast as Lou, the titular character in 2019 and it is undoubtedly another role that can bring her awards. Here is the official logline for Netflix’s Lou:Īn elderly woman who hacks out a rough existence on a remote island is forced to help her dimwitted neighbor rescue her daughter whose ex has kidnapped her and escaped into the woods. The movie is described as a mix of Thelma and Louise and Taken and positions itself as a feminist revenge thriller. Janney’s character is described as “a hard-shelled and rule-breaking woman” who possesses a particular set of skills, including exceptional tracking abilities. Lou follows the life of a young woman and her landlord Lou, played by Janney, as they team up to find the woman’s daughter after she is kidnapped by her father. Anna Foerster with her Best Cinematography award at the German Film Awards