What is high concept? And dear god, do you have a simple way to write a logline before the actual writing has started? How do you write a logline?
—FLAILING
Dear, dear Flailing,
Wow, that went downhill fast. Here, sit down. Put your head between your knees. Here is a paper bag for you to breathe into. Out, two, three, four. In, two, three, four. Better? OK, here we go.
High concept just means it’s easily summarized, easily sold. It’s the thing you can quickly picture being made into a film. It was first coined at the movie studios in the 1970s to describe ideas you could imagine right off the bat. Jurassic Park was high concept. The Wizard of Oz was, too. The Silence of the Lambs? Also high…
