Need some help with a film...

Those are hard as hell to make dood, they usually end up dumb when in the hands of even an amateur team.  The few exceptions like Singing in the Rain had a boatload of characters you could identify with and a clever script.  To be honest no one cares about the making of a student film, but a Hollywood flick with big budget actors is a different story.  Good luck if you go that route.

It\'s only going to be viewed by the class, then graded by the instructor.  Not looking to win any awards here, just making a grade.

I was toying around with the idea of the production assistant making his own behind the scenes movie, catching fights between the cinematographer and director, randomly interviewing people, etc. all behind the director\'s back.  Just to show how hard it actually is to make a movie...

Figured I could finish it up with still shots of "The director never finished his debut film, rumor has it he is now a gas station attendent" <--- something like that.

^Still messing around with that idea, the trick is to get something entertaining with some sort of resolution in 4 minutes time.

Sure try it out, just I\'ve seen it done before and they are almost stale.  As bright as you are you just may make it work.

Ryu, my sweetheart and the screenwriter.  Great idea. :x

That idea of "The making of a 4 minute film" probably takes longer than 4 minutes, wouldn\'t it?


Anyways...here are some of my ideas (albeit, not as creative as Ryu\'s):

-Trailer of a movie based on your favorite book.

-A little girl having a tea party with her stuffed animals by herself.  In her "conversation" with her dolls, she reveals her intention and plan to kill someone.  Then end it with a shot of her asking Mr. Bear if he\'d like more sugar.  Blackout.  Blood-curtling scream.  Roll credits.  You can play with the protagonist and background.

-Use legos or action figures as your actors for flexibility.

-a kid looking through his parents\' important documents, trying to find something for some application (birth certificate for passport, etc.) finds out that he was adopted.  Cut, next scene, searches for birth parents.  Cut, next scene, his father killed his mother (or vice versa).  Run with that...

-Kid crashes car, movie about how parents react.

-spoof of those cooking shows (baked goods are probably the easiest to cut down to four minutes).  Can end with "chef" messing up and buying stuff from the supermarket out of frustration.

-spoof of informercials.  "sell" something.  Host picks up call, thinking he\'s going to sell the product.  Person on the other line is the real inventor and is sueing for copyright infringement.

-movie about table etiquette. :P

-If you have a very large CD and DVD collection, you can make a movie about entering a CD/DVD castle competition (like a documentary).

-Three women getting their nails or hair done, gossiping.  The gossip topic can be the story.



That\'s all I am willing to come with (since it\'s not my project :P)

-A little girl having a tea party with her stuffed animals by herself. In her "conversation" with her dolls, she reveals her intention and plan to kill someone. Then end it with a shot of her asking Mr. Bear if he\'d like more sugar. Blackout. Blood-curtling scream. Roll credits. You can play with the protagonist and background.

The ideas for that one are absolutely, forgive the pun, to die for.  Brilliant.