Comments on: STRAPLINES: REDUCING A FILM’S ESSENCE TO HOMEOPATHIC PROPORTIONS

By: Chris Berry

Chris Berry — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:24:44 +0000

Looks like I’ve found a kindred spirit.
You can see my efforts at http://theatreville.co.uk – would beinterested to read your thoughts.

By: Pip

Pip — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:35:28 +0000

How about: ‘who needs sanity?’

By: Griff

Griff — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:25:49 +0000

“Sanity is overrated” is the one most likely to tempt me into the magic lantern auditorium.

By: Adrian Reynolds

Adrian Reynolds — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:44:57 +0000

Nigel –

thanks for your thoughts.

I take your point about the repetitive aspect of sane/sanity. I’ve also toyed with ’sanity isn’t always the wise choice’ but it just didn’t feel right…for me the reiteration adds something.

‘Sanity is just a lifestyle choice’ I can see working for a Brett Easton Ellis style story, but not this one.

Good luck with your own ‘State…’ story.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:25:48 +0000

Hi Adrian

I don’t know if you’ve put your straplines up to solicit feedback, but I thought I’d offer some regardless.

Please feel free to disregard, you have the benefit of knowing your story and clearly I don’t.

I like the title (I’m writing a ‘State…’ story myself, State of Play probably has a lot to answer for), but some of the straplines struck me as just a tad dry.

sanity is just a lifestyle choice, perhaps?

re: “sanity isn’t always the sane choice” – ’sane’ is too close to ’sanity’ for me, it sounds like you are repeating yourself. Would another word work, eg sanity isn’t always the smart choice, or some other variant perhaps?

Just my twopenneth.

It is encouraging reading how many tracks you seem to be advancing on simultaneously this year.