Logline

Movie: Rush hour
When the Chinese presidents daughter is kidnapped her fate relies on Lee and Carter to retreive her back to the president but president but can they?
Turbo logline
When the presidents daughter is kidnapped a distant cop chases the kidnapper but fails because of not getting help from Carter. They must learn to work together before the presidents daughter is killed.

How to write a turbo logline
On the verge of (insert bad thing here), a (flawed hero) has (big thing happens and story set-up). but when (story middle happens) he/she must learn (theme of your movie) before (the awful thing that will happen if they fail).

New film genre: Horror/Thriller

An American and Chinese police officers meet to locate an assassin/thief. The assassin outsmarts him time and time again. The American is bad at his job but not in a comedic way.

New film genre: Musical

How the Chinese officer is getting laid back by his American partner trying to save the girl. As time goes on he learns to appreciate him.

New film genre: Scy-fy

An alien ship abducts the presidents daughter so an American and Chinese officer attempt to save the day.

Legal problems that could encountered

• Copyright
• Licensing
• Illegal distributing
• Not suitable for viewing

The Title

• The headline of the story
• A hint of irony
• What is it?
• Not too "on the nose"

Old title: Men who stare at goats

My new title: Man, Goat and the war