Log Line

A log line ( rarely also Logline or pitch) is a very short text, which summarizes the plot of a film or a book. The term comes from the jargon of the American film industry. A writer uses the log line in the search for an agent or producer, who should make a film of the script. After the film was produced, is a log line of the plot summary in the TV magazines. According to one author uses the pitch in the marketing of his manuscript to a literary agent or to the proofreading of a publisher. This is followed with success the Exposé ( literature) as well as the manuscript.

A log line is usually a maximum of three sentences long and is formulated in the present tense. Content identifies the log line the genre, introduces the protagonists and the challenge or conflict, and ideally contains an open question, or another incentive to learn more. The log line is longer than the tagline, which is mounted on movie posters or DVD covers, and must be transported through images, in contrast to this essential information without assistance.

Example

A log line for the film Finding Nemo, for example, would

" An anxious about clown fish must leave the safety of his riffs and face the dangers of the sea to find his lost son, who is being held captive in the aquarium of a dentist. "