Brainstorming ideas

My partner and I met up at Starbucks for a lengthy discussion about what exactly we should make our short film about... we reached no conclusion.

Right now we have come up with a couple of pretty good ideas in different genres. Here are a few:


1. Lemonade Mules.   Genre: Crime
A middle-aged man notices two kids selling lemonade in front of his yard. He doesn't like that they have placed their stand in his home, so he offers to buy all their lemonade if they move somewhere else. The kids are adamant about not being able to move the lemonade stand and tell the man to mind his own business.

I got the idea for this after watching this episode of Shameless.

I'm not sure where it would go next, but basically the kids are being forced to deal drugs out of their lemonade stands and the man just got involved in violent gang activity by making the kids move.

2. The Book Club:   Genre: Comedy
This one is quite strange, but it's definitely my favorite idea. A group of male sex offenders find that the only place they can be with other people without feeling judged is in a book club they formed. One day, a female sex offender joins their club, which completely upsets the calm dynamics that other members previously had.

The film touches on very serious themes, but tells it in a humorous way. My partner very understandably does not want to follow through with making this film because it isn't very school appropriate. There are also technical limitations because we would need to cast at least 5+ actors to make the film realistic, which is hard to do given the short timeframe and the nonexistent budget.

3. The Chef:      Genre: Horror/ Comedy
A silent film about an upscale chef who feeds human meat to unknowing high-class restaurant patrons.  The film would be heavily reliant on visuals and probably include some themes about wealth inequality or something along the lines of that.

Shoutout to Ratatouille for the inspiration.