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Post by patrickoriley on Jan 20, 2010 15:49:53 GMT -5
A long-married couple has sex so infrequently, that when a rare night of drinking leads them to the bedroom, things get weird the next day.
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Post by echomusic on Jan 20, 2010 15:56:02 GMT -5
A long-married couple has sex so infrequently, that when a rare night of drinking leads them to the bedroom, things get weird the next day. Sounds like a short film to me. But one that gives you the opportunity to really explore that morning after awkwardness that you don’t normally get with a married couple. Could be really funny. If you’re going for comedy, that is.  |
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Post by attatt on Jan 20, 2010 16:00:07 GMT -5
I think you might be onto a feature as you continue to develop the idea. The War of the Roses could easily be given a logline that sounds like a short movie if it was written a certain way, but it played very well as a full length movie based on the level of the conflict.
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Post by Jeff Messerman on Jan 20, 2010 17:28:58 GMT -5
I think, to make this a proper logline, you may wish to expand on the notion of "things get weird."
However, for some reason, this totally resonated with me. A short is fine but there are enough implications in your story that a feature wouldn't be too far off the mark either.
Retool and repost! I'm interested! ;D
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Post by dwight on Jan 20, 2010 17:37:24 GMT -5
sounds kind of like it could be a comedy feature like a dude where's my car. But if it wasn't a comedy, then more of a short.
"A failing marriage has itself a One Night Stand... And things get weird" ~ Morning After Pill
(hehe thats what came to mind)
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Post by thiagodaher on Jan 20, 2010 19:09:41 GMT -5
joining the chorus, i'd say you can go either way.
to get a little more personal, i would love to see this developed into a full feature. i like romantic comedies, but most of them are crap.
but a logline like this peaks my interest. if only for the fact it gives room to a lot of implications, like jeff said.
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Post by heyzeus7 on Jan 20, 2010 19:11:57 GMT -5
I like the idea of there being consequences to 'hooking up' after long periods of abstinence...what will happen to their marriage as a result? Will it bring them together or drive them apart? Definitely interested.
But I also, like Jeff, would like to see "things get weird" fleshed out a little more. Specifically, are you going for the angle that they don't remember all that happened the night before a la "The Hangover", or are they fully aware of it?
I think you should also specify the tone in the logline: is this a serious drama about complex marital issues, or is it more comedic and focused on the crazy stuff that happened in the bedroom? Again that depends on exactly what 'weird' means.
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Post by patrickoriley on Jan 20, 2010 21:57:17 GMT -5
I guess I originally envisioned it as a comedic short. By weird, I mean, they are awkward about it, almost as if they were best friends who lived together when this happened. I started to write it as a short and someone suggested I push it into a feature but I wonder if there is enough for a whole movie here. I'm not really interested in writing the quirky romcom answer to Phone Booth.
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Post by propadanda on Jan 21, 2010 7:40:04 GMT -5
It sounds really good as a singular idea I'd think more suited as a short film, although if you worked hard at it with regards to characters and potential subplots (I'm new to this I don't know if that's a good thing in a script) it sounds like it has comedic potential for a feature length.
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