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Logline + premise pack
Make the film understandable in one breath, then give a decision-maker enough story shape to judge the idea without pretending a full script exists.
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Make the decision. Keep the record.
Make the film understandable in one breath, then give a decision-maker enough story shape to judge the idea without pretending a full script exists.
Download worksheet (.md) ↓Includes instructions, a worked example and a blank worksheet. Edit in any text or Markdown editor. Save your copy with your project files; it does not sync to the shared demo.
How to use it
- Write who wants what, what blocks them and what changes if they fail.
- Draft three loglines with different emphasis: character, pressure and image.
- Expand the chosen line into a short premise with a beginning, turn and consequence.
Review before handoff
- The protagonist makes a visible choice, not only a claim.
- The premise separates confirmed story decisions from pitch questions.
- The final image proves how the ending differs from the opening.
Fictional worked example
The Last Signal
An original teaching example, not a customer result. Reference filenames are illustrative; no source media is included.
- Working title and promise
- The Last Signal / A small choice becomes a public act of courage during one storm-bound night.
- Character, want and obstacle
- Mara wants a rescue call through before the relay loses power, but the remaining charge can send only one transmission.
- Three logline options
- Character: A stranded technician gives up her rescue call to warn a valley. Pressure: With one transmission left, a technician must choose who gets the signal. Image: In a dark relay room, one switch turns a private rescue into a public warning.
- Fifty-word premise
- As a storm kills the relay station, Mara tries to reach the road home. When the rescue channel fails, she can spend the last charge on herself or the valley below. She chooses the valley. One distant light answers, while her packed tools remain untouched.
- Open pitch questions
- Storm scale, valley-response design, transmission duration and whether the ending stays quiet or becomes a wider chain of lights remain open.
Preview the blank worksheet
The download includes these prompts plus project, version and approval fields. Duplicate rows when you need more coverage or episodes.
- Working title and promise
- Name the film and state the experience the audience should carry away.
- Character, want and obstacle
- Who acts, what do they want now and what concrete force prevents it?
- Three logline options
- Write three one-sentence versions, each with a different emphasis.
- Fifty-word premise
- Describe the setup, pressure, decision and final image in roughly fifty words.
- Open pitch questions
- List what a producer must still approve before this becomes a production plan.