Give me plot ideas

[ulgulanoth]

so i have my final year movie to make, 15 mins, no budget to speak of and i have no good ideas of what to make... anyone got anything?

[JMD031]

ulgulanoth wrote:

so i have my final year movie to make, 15 mins, no budget to speak of and i have no good ideas of what to make... anyone got anything?

Steer clear of zombies, they have been done to death.

[Austin Morgan]

Take your favorite Paizo AP and adapt it into a 15 minute movie.

I'd watch that, and I usually steer clear of anything but big-budget movies :)

[Crimson Jester]

One guy staring out the window, watching anxiously, waiting, waiting,waiting....gets bored walks off. Strange creature walks to the window peers in shrugs and walks off. Man comes back with a cup of tea and sits waiting at the window.

[Madclaw]

Bunch of young kids sitting around a table playing an rpg and interacting and having fun. Transition to these kids being older, middle school age, playing the same rpg. Keep transitioning until they get to middle age. Have some players leave and new ones join. Call it the "Game of Life"

[ulgulanoth]

now i would love to make an AP into a movie, but 15mins and no budget would never do it justice so thats a no...

[Charles Evans 25]

Read Wayfinder. There are a lot of very short stories in there, and some might be adaptable/translateable into real world equivalent situations suitable for a low-budget film.

[Black Dow]

Madclaw wrote:

Bunch of young kids sitting around a table playing an rpg and interacting and having fun. Transition to these kids being older, middle school age, playing the same rpg. Keep transitioning until they get to middle age. Have some players leave and new ones join. Call it the "Game of Life"

Then finally segueway to table of omnipotent looking types playing same game but with PC's names as character sheets...

Game of Life indeed...

[ulgulanoth]

very meta....

[hopeless]

ulgulanoth wrote:

very meta....

Have it set around a games table with a specific encounter dealing with breaking into a fantastic prison and rescuing a PC's family member.

Have it end with them working out various strategies and heading home with the dm taking a moment to make sure noone is watching as he/she casts a spell and mutters,"How about these plans for rescuing your sibling?" he/she asks his/her patron.

[InVinoVeritas]

It's too late now, I'm sure, but if you could find a copy of Terry Bisson's short story collection Bears Discover Fire, you'd find a whole bunch of fun little stories that could be made into films.

If I had to make a film, I'd try to do "Press Ann", a little story about love, birthdays, and an ATM machine.

[Gailbraithe]

Make a movie about a guy who goes on the internet and asks other people to do his homework for him.

[godsDMit]

Gailbraithe wrote:

Make a movie about a guy who goes on the internet and asks other people to do his homework for him.

YAY for constructive help to the conversation.

Does it have to be an original work? Can you adapt a written story, etc? There are several Kurt Vonnegut Jr short stories that could be done in 15 minutes that could be very interesting to do. Probably would only work if you and/or the teacher like Vonnegut though, lol.