Five Short Film Ideas

Meow Meow (Remake of the Austin Parker Classic)

Meow Meow is the coolest guy in Maritime High School. At the lunch table, no one but Garry seems to notice that he is a sock-puppet cat on the hand of Marcus. While everyone else hangs on Meow Meow’s every word, Garry (along with the audience) only hears a series of “meows” that obviously are coming from Marcus’ mouth.

OTV

The Rising Cost of Oil is the top story on every major news station as Hank flips through the channels. The media’s obsession with oil gets more and more ridiculous as a bewildered and frustrated Hank stumbles across a weather report predicting “oil storms,” a cooking show presenting recipes featuring crude-oil as an ingredient, a news feature about a group of kids who start a business which started as an “oil stand” (like a lemonade stand), a soap opera in which Dame swoons over a container of oil, and other such nonsense.

Facetious?

Brandon is known for being a tease and faning offense at the smallest criticism, usually to comic effect. But when boss Ned and he get in a fight that starts out playfully but gets out of hand, both have to decide whether they were serious or kidding and how to best resolve the trivial episode without damaging the other’s pride.

Three Thirty

Mom Cheryl (39) is up at 3:30 AM making pancakes before she hops on a bus to the hospital where she is a Physician’s Assistant. Daughter Jane (19) is home at 3:30 AM from hanging out with friends and is getting ready for bed. Mom and Daughter seize the opportunity to share a meal at this odd hour. They reminisce about years passed when they were best friends (recalling how they used to call pancakes “Flap-Janes”) and briefly bemoan their diverging lifestyles which afford them fewer and fewer encounters.

Pick-Up

The director of a kids camp (Derek) sits on a bench to wait with a misbehaving child (Ben) for the parent to come pick him up early. Derek delicately attempts to lighten the mood by playing a game in which Ben has to lift up his shirt – giving him an opportunity to look for bruises from a parent in question. No bruises. As they continue waiting, mostly in silence, Derek ponders on who’s to blame for Ben’s situation and feels helpless to find out. A stressed-out father shows up, a feat of great difficulty in the middle of his busy day in the office, and seems to be genuinely pleasant.