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How To Write One Line

This document provides guidance on how to write an effective one liner or short summary for a documentary film project. It recommends including sections on the working title, director/producers, format, objective, big idea/topic, and planned action sequences that showcase the conflict and contribute to the overall hypothesis. The one liner should concisely communicate the subject matter, necessary background, and what the audience will feel and understand from watching the documentary.

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How To Write One Line

This document provides guidance on how to write an effective one liner or short summary for a documentary film project. It recommends including sections on the working title, director/producers, format, objective, big idea/topic, and planned action sequences that showcase the conflict and contribute to the overall hypothesis. The one liner should concisely communicate the subject matter, necessary background, and what the audience will feel and understand from watching the documentary.

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How to write one liner

Documentary Making

One Liner

Concept paper

Proposal

One Liner

It is not only about one single line.

Most of the time it is of one or two pages.

One Liner

Usually it starts with these headings:


Working title
Director/Producer:
Camera:
Sound:
Editor:
Duration
Format

Objective

First thing is to describe your idea in just one line


Write a hypothesis statement incorporating this wording:
In life I believe that:
My film will show this in action by exploring (situation):
The main conflict is between:
My documentary will delve into or explore:
Ultimately, I want the audience to feel:
and to understand that:

Big idea

Topic
Write a concise paragraph about:
a) Your films subject (person, group, environment,
social issue etc.)
b) The necessary background information the audience
must have to understand and to be interested in the
enclosed world you intend to present.

Big idea

ACTION SEQUENCES
Write a brief paragraph for each intended sequence that
shows an activity.
A sequence is usually delineated by being in one location,
one chunk of time, or an assembly of materials to show
one topic.
Incorporate the following:
What the activity is and what conflict it evidences
The expected structure of events
What the sequence should contribute to the whole film and
to the hypothesis
What facts the audience must gather from watching it
What key, emblematic imagery you hope to capture

Big idea

At times some of the filmmakers include these heading in


the one liner as well
Main characters
Main conflict
Form and style
Format

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