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quick, I need a simple idea for a short story

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slackerinabox

Lifer
i'm bored and want to get some writing done before I call it a night.. just give me a situation for 2 to 4 people to be in and I'll write a short film (5 pages or so) around it.. lets make this a low budget idea... and, yes, I hope to film this during my winter break...thanks!

Here are the conditions:

1) People should be between the age of 18-35 (male of females)
2) locations can be either standard metro locations (parks, etc.) or inside a private home/apartment.. I can't use hard to come by locations ("band camp," a prison, etc.)
3) No special effects can be used.. I have a cool prop gun and I can do muzzle flashes but I'd prefer to do something more character/dialogue driven than a shoot em up
4) No sex... Just can't get myself to direct naked people yet 😉

So there are the conditions... thanks for any help and you will get credited if I use your idea (I can't pay anyone though - I'm poor!)
 
5 people co-habiting.. all different races.. write about how they learned about saddam's capture and how they reacted differently according to their culture/surrounding. Then a little scene about the getting home and talking about it at dinner.

(i suck at ideas)

😀
 
Four people, one pair is a married couple. The other two, one guy and one girl, are not seeing each other. They are having dinner at the married couple's place. They are having pasta and notice that the noodles are in "erotic" shapes. The married couple are attempting to entice the other two to enter into some sort of orgy.

That sounds like a decent, low budget porno movie. 😀

edit: Bah. :|
 
Ok here it goes.

You just got out out of jail after 15 years. You hit up your mafia boss, let's call him Sonny. He's got a job for you. But it's not here, it's all the way down in Florida. You are gonna exchange money for drugs. You go down there, but the deal goes bad. The Haitians jack you and kill some people.

Now it's upto you to find out who is behind this and get your money back. You hook up with another dude, let's call him Lance. Togather, you get revenge and take over the town. But then Lance turns against you, and you kill him in a Mafiaesque showdown.

Be sure to include some kick ass 80's music, hot cars, chicks, boats, helicopters, and pastel suits. Don't forget the motorcycles!
 
Originally posted by: ajpa123
5 people co-habiting.. all different races.. write about how they learned about saddam's capture and how they reacted differently according to their culture/surrounding. Then a little scene about the getting home and talking about it at dinner.

(i suck at ideas)

😀
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cool idea.. a bit too political for my tastes but thanks anyways.. No one sucks at ideas! I'm stuck in a film school frame of mind so I'd like to down to earth and simple ideas like this one - it's a great idea so stop saying that you suck!
 
3 people who debate the merits of their religion ad nauseum until the resident atheist (the 4th) goes nuts and decides to send each of them to their own personal hell. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Spoooon
Four people, one pair is a married couple. The other two, one guy and one girl, are not seeing each other. They are having dinner at the married couple's place. They are having pasta and notice that the noodles are in "erotic" shapes. The married couple are attempting to entice the other two to enter into some sort of orgy.

That sounds like a decent, low budget porno movie. 😀

edit: Bah. :|
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Hhaha.. nice... It could actually be pretty funny even without the porno "angle.".. though where would I get erotic noodles? ::jumping on google:: 😉
 
OOohh.. I got another one. Write a story about an Indian dude, trying to open up to his parents and tell them that he is in love with a white girl. This should be fun.
 
Hhaha.. nice... It could actually be pretty funny even without the porno "angle.".. though where would I get erotic noodles? ::jumping on google::
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Actually, that was an almost real life situation for me. Minus the sex part. 🙂
 
i was going to write something brief about 2girls & a guy. someone was going to get pregnant, & one of the women turns out to be a hermaphrodite with full reproductive abilities. then i started mixing in a possible alien abduction & some jehovah witnesses, but then it really started getting out of hand.
 
Write a story about this tough kid who delivers pizza. That is only his disguise, because in actuality he is a rich crime fighting hero. He drives three luxury cars and will not stand for people spraying pebbles at his car. His super powers include the ability to throw bricks with amazing speed and accuracy. Its like Batman, except of course his disguise is a Papa John's uniform.
 
maybe a situation where all 5 have things in common.. also things that they hate about the other... but in the end, the story revolves around the 2 of them that are tech-savvy and they end up pissing off the other 3..

Then, one of the tech-savvy one's computer gets sabotaged.. and the 2 techies get suspicious of each other and start gettin mad at each other.. when all along it was the non-tech savvy ones who got one of their computer geek freinds to put a virus in one of the comps..

LOL
 
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
OOohh.. I got another one. Write a story about an Indian dude, trying to open up to his parents and tell them that he is in love with a white girl. This should be fun.
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not really, that's the norm now!

I'm indian and my 2 best indian friends and also 2 closest cousins married cool white girls.. parents are learning to expect it and live with it. in the NorthEast anyway
 
Originally posted by: ajpa123
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
OOohh.. I got another one. Write a story about an Indian dude, trying to open up to his parents and tell them that he is in love with a white girl. This should be fun.
Click to expand...

not really, that's the norm now!

I'm indian and my 2 best indian friends and also 2 closest cousins married cool white girls.. parents are learning to expect it and live with it. in the NorthEast anyway
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I was being sarcastic. I think it was the original poster who had a thread about this. Maybe it wasn't, but it was definetly someone on this forum in the exact situation.

Cool white girls? Sorry, I am only familiar with the hot white girls.
 
2 guys, 2 girls. One pair is married, the other guy likes the other girl, but she has a boyfriend who is abusive (hitting, verbal abuse). She's always complaining about the abuse, etc, but doesn't want to leave him.

The married couple tries to get her to break up with the guy. The other guy that likes the girl does all sorts of stuff for her and is the complete antithesis of the abusive boyfriend, but she doesn't see it.

It could be a portrait of frustration on the part of that guy. I suppose it could end with the girl's death or something. Or it could have a happy ending.
 
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Originally posted by: ajpa123
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
OOohh.. I got another one. Write a story about an Indian dude, trying to open up to his parents and tell them that he is in love with a white girl. This should be fun.
Click to expand...

not really, that's the norm now!

I'm indian and my 2 best indian friends and also 2 closest cousins married cool white girls.. parents are learning to expect it and live with it. in the NorthEast anyway
Click to expand...

I was being sarcastic. I think it was the original poster who had a thread about this. Maybe it wasn't, but it was definetly someone on this forum in the exact situation.

Cool white girls? Sorry, I am only familiar with the hot white girls.
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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.. I posted a message about my inter-racial angst.. But, yeah... Thanks for bringing that up
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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Originally posted by: ajpa123
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
OOohh.. I got another one. Write a story about an Indian dude, trying to open up to his parents and tell them that he is in love with a white girl. This should be fun.
Click to expand...

not really, that's the norm now!

I'm indian and my 2 best indian friends and also 2 closest cousins married cool white girls.. parents are learning to expect it and live with it. in the NorthEast anyway
Click to expand...

I was being sarcastic. I think it was the original poster who had a thread about this. Maybe it wasn't, but it was definetly someone on this forum in the exact situation.

Cool white girls? Sorry, I am only familiar with the hot white girls.
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They're cool because they cook me food that i normally don't cook on my own.. lol
Other than that.. they suck.. !
 
Even better idea. Girl has an Ex who is totally obsessed with her. First he tries to pay her to play chess. That doesn't work. So he buys her a non refundable plane ticket so she could visit her parents. She doesn't accept it. Hillarity ensues.

Another idea. Guy complains about how hard it is to find an "American girl". All his friends must suffer through his long stories and rants. He finally finds a girl. But she is trouble. Guys are constantly hitting on her, asking her out, holding signs outside class. His masculinity is challenged. And through this whole time, his friends have to listen to his rants, gripes and problems. He also claims how other girls hit on him all the time.
 
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