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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4a9JRjP86Q The thing is, in Hollywood, nobody reads. Scripts live and die everyday from “the pitch”. And there’s a big difference between a logline used to explain your story and the one used to “sell” your script. So you must think of your logline as a “marketing tool” and include these three fundamental elements: WHO is the protagonist of your story. WHAT goal are the striving for? WHAT obstactle is in their path? And remember; be brief, under 25 words if possible, stay simple, yet incredibly enticing, and be direct, no hinting…

Screenplay Genre: Crime / Thriller Movie Time: 118 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT FBI Academy student Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) arrives at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane to present a VICAP questionnaire to the notorious Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. At the end of their first encounter, Lecter offers Starling a riddle containing information about a former patient of his. (00:12:23)