writing loglines in an efl/esl class. defining the logline of a movie

1. Loglines
Story in a nutshell

2. Loglines
 Are sentences that capture a story
 They should include the hero, the
hero’s flaw, the obstacle faced, who
helps the hero and how the story
ends.

3. Which movie?
 An old tale of adventure on the
Caribbean Sea where the roguish yet
charming Captain Jack Sparrow joins
forces with a young blacksmith in a
gallant attempt to rescue the
Governor of England's daughter and
reclaim his ship.

4. Answer
 Pirates of the
Caribbean

5. Which movie?
 A rich young woman, who’s timid
about really living, falls in love with a
poor man, who teaches her to follow
her dreams, aboard an ill-fated ship
at sea.

7. Logline
 When a Roman general is betrayed
and his family murdered by a corrupt
prince, he comes to Rome as a
gladiator to seek his revenge.

9. Logline
 The son of a mafia leader vows not to
join his father’s mob, but due to his
love of family, violence and power,
falls into the mafia becoming their
powerful leader.

10.  The Godfather

11.  Make two of your own loglines.
 Then form a group of 4 and see if you
can guess the movies.