Plot ideas

As mentioned in the last posting, we have a few ideas of storylines for the short film.

Each of them is very different from the other, making it a bit difficult to chose which one we want to go with especially because my partner and I have different biases. The three highlighted options were the original three I had favored but only two of them were mutually liked by both of us. 

The three we decided on choosing between are Lemonade Mules, The Chef and Sex Offender Book Club. So I'm just going to give a brief description of each one of them along with a personal ranking. 

3. Sex Offender Book Club

Genre: Comedy

Yes, you read that correctly. An overview of the plot is that within a community, a group of male sex offenders begin a book club because they find it is the only way they can come together without being looked down upon by others. Then one day a female sex offender joins the club and a variety of reactions are had by each member causing them to deliberate whether she should stay or not. Though I have to give Ricky points for creativity, I believe this will be extremely difficult to portray especially in a comedic way without coming off as too inappropriate or distasteful. Also, it makes me just a bit uneasy to imagine helping film in a room of 5+ men acting as sex offenders. 

2. Lemonade Mules

Genre: Crime

Here, a group of kids would have a lemonade stand along the street of another man's house, close to his yard. Annoyed, he asks them to move and even offers to buy out their stand, but the kids ultimately refuse because they are selling drugs from the stand without seeming suspicious. Now, the man is unsure of what to do as he just became involved with their activity and faces a battle of morality. I really like this idea and I believe it wouldn't be as difficult as #3 to portray. The only thing I am worried about is casting children because they are restricted as to what their parents will allow them to do and many may not feel comfortable with the story. 

1. The Chef

Genre: Horror

My personal favorite out of all the stories, The Chef. A chef in an upscale restaurant becomes very distraught because of the difference in class between himself and the people he is serving. So as a form of revenge he switches out his animal products, to those of humans, like human flesh and meat. We are not yet sure about how the customers would find out of this scheme or if they even do, but I really do like this story. It just seems very intriguing to me and could create some very nice visuals especially with dim lighting and some red-tinted shots.  Our only dilemma is having to construct our own makeshift restaurant or finding somewhere to let us film. 

So these are our final ideas, and by next week, we should have chosen which one to film! :D