Short Film Ideas

gonzo. · Jul 26, 2006, 05:40 AM

Hey,

I need to make a short film for school and I am completly stuck for ideas. I was thinking of doing one of those short movies with edited shots of ppl walking through doors n coming out somewhere random, as well as objects changing into random things (just by filming, stoping, replacing objects, re-filming)... Thats the only sort of idea i have, and it isn't even a real idea. I need some kind of story line to go along with it, why these things are happening??

(Maybe some kind of physcological thing??, i dunno)
Any ideas?
Anyone?
Please?

Thanks alot
gonzo.

Carl Spackler · Jul 26, 2006, 10:04 AM

If that's the vibe you're thinking about, rent Jean Cocteau's masterful The Blood of a Poet. If that doesn't enspire you, see a doctor.

motulist · Jul 26, 2006, 01:43 PM

How about making a short film about a guy who needs to make a short film and these are the things going through his head. Like they say, write what ya know.

it5five · Jul 26, 2006, 08:19 PM

I need to write (can't afford a camera yet) a short for entrance into the Film Production program here at ASU. I think I'm going to write it about me stressing out over the whole process (I had to write two essays and a screenplay, find teachers that liked me enough to write letters of recommedation). After working on the stuff for months, I was ready to turn it in. It took me 30 minutes to find a parking spot near the campus because I can't parallel park. Eventually, since I couldn't find one, I just pulled my car straight into a parallel parkig space. The back of it was halfway in the street. Then I realized I didn't have change, so I had to trade some girl the five dollar bill I had on me for 1 dollar in quarters. On my way back home, I realized I had quarters in the change holder in my car (I didn't think to look when I needed them). A couple days later someone from the college called and told me I wasn't supposed to do any of that stuff until my second semester as a Freshman (even though I called and someone at the college told me to do it before I came). Fun times.

GeorgeFonville · Dec 16, 2012, 02:36 PM

You can use this idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVuuMv8Vgg

Jul 26, 2006, 05:40 AM	#1
gonzo. macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2006	Short Film Ideas Hey, I need to make a short film for school and I am completly stuck for ideas. I was thinking of doing one of those short movies with edited shots of ppl walking through doors n coming out somewhere random, as well as objects changing into random things (just by filming, stoping, replacing objects, re-filming)... Thats the only sort of idea i have, and it isn't even a real idea. I need some kind of story line to go along with it, why these things are happening?? (Maybe some kind of physcological thing??, i dunno) Any ideas? Anyone? Please? Thanks alot gonzo.
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Jul 26, 2006, 10:04 AM	#2
Carl Spackler macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Outer Space	If that's the vibe you're thinking about, rent Jean Cocteau's masterful The Blood of a Poet. If that doesn't enspire you, see a doctor.
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Jul 26, 2006, 01:43 PM	#3
motulist macrumors 68040 Join Date: Dec 2003	How about making a short film about a guy who needs to make a short film and these are the things going through his head. Like they say, write what ya know.
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Jul 26, 2006, 08:19 PM	#4
it5five macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York	I need to write (can't afford a camera yet) a short for entrance into the Film Production program here at ASU. I think I'm going to write it about me stressing out over the whole process (I had to write two essays and a screenplay, find teachers that liked me enough to write letters of recommedation). After working on the stuff for months, I was ready to turn it in. It took me 30 minutes to find a parking spot near the campus because I can't parallel park. Eventually, since I couldn't find one, I just pulled my car straight into a parallel parkig space. The back of it was halfway in the street. Then I realized I didn't have change, so I had to trade some girl the five dollar bill I had on me for 1 dollar in quarters. On my way back home, I realized I had quarters in the change holder in my car (I didn't think to look when I needed them). A couple days later someone from the college called and told me I wasn't supposed to do any of that stuff until my second semester as a Freshman (even though I called and someone at the college told me to do it before I came). Fun times.
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Dec 16, 2012, 02:36 PM	#5
GeorgeFonville macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	You can use this idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVuuMv8Vgg
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