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Endless Night (feature-film, logline)
What is a logline?: a brief summary (25 to 40 words) of a story for film, television or book that states the central conflict and an emotional "hook", with the purpose of stimulating interest (Wikipedia).
A logline is evaluated not exactly for what a story is (since it does not contain a complete story), but for what it can be. Suggestions usually seek to maximize the dramatic potential of the idea.
Title: Endless Night (feature-film, drama).
Logline (27 words): Death has until dawn to ensure his very survival by splitting a couple whose determination in preserving their toxic relationship threatens to shred the fabric of time.
Sounds interesting, like a Back to the Future comedy where Death has to prevent their child from being born because they would instrumental in a cure for aging or something weird.
Offtopic: We could probably do a create a logline thread.
On the other hand, after brief instructions, I bet lots of people would enjoy creating loglines just for the joy of it.
That would be cool, but comedy is not the main genre I'm targeting. Death is pulled directly from The Seventh Seal. I'm aiming for some bitter drama with a Bergman/Woody-Allen-early-drama/Todd Solondz feel and comedic overtones.
I may even shoot in black and white, but I'm not sure yet. Artistically it's the correct choice, but most people hate black and white films - and I want people to watch this time :P
That would be cool, but I doubt we have enough screenwriters on ~tildes for that.