logline

American  

[lawg-lahyn, log-] / ˈlɔgˌlaɪn, ˈlɒg- /

Or log line

noun

1. a one to two sentence synopsis of a program, script, screenplay, or book, often used to sell the work to a producer or publisher.

   We've got to make sure the logline is perfect when we go pitch this idea.

2. Nautical a length of rope with knots tied 7 fathoms apart, by which a log or patent log is streamed in order to measure the speed of a ship.

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Etymology

Origin of logline

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

Balfe: I think the logline I saw was “nurse goes back to Scotland and then goes back 200 years in time and meets a Highlander.”

From Los Angeles Times

And actually, to be honest, the logline and perhaps the dialogue, when I read it, I just thought, “I know this guy.”

From Los Angeles Times

If you could open my head like a cookie jar, there’s a good chance that the logline for Amanda Kramer’s stunning new film, “By Design” — “A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as the chair” — would pop out like a can of worms.

From Salon

Skarsgård was intrigued by the logline, but also because the story wasn’t something he’d really seen onscreen before.

From Los Angeles Times

The reluctant superhero then sets off on a quest to face “an unexpected and ruthless adversary,” according to the movie’s logline.

From Los Angeles Times