Copyright and Log Lines

Copyright:
In todays class we talked about copyright and some claims that have happened.
We started by looking at a couple of short films and featured film and seeing what kind of copyright claim they had against them, some were that they had a false brand on or they used music that was not suppose to be there.

Log lines:
We then learnt about log line's and what they were. Then we had to pick a mainstream film and write our own log lines on that.

What are Log lines's
Log lines are a very short but very clear description of the film/TV, for example, the short description that you get when you click the film on sky.

My Log line on "I am Legend":
An Action packed Thriller of a man and a dog surviving they way through a city full of mutated people and coming through an unexpected turn of events.

We then learnt about a famous screen writer who always used the same template with his films and they always seemed to work.

Log line Template:
On the verge of (insert a bad thing here), a (Flawed Hero) has (Big thing happens) and (story set-up). But when (Story middle Happens) he/she must learn (the awful thing that will happen if they fail).