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GreatGazoo

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Mon Nov 3, 2025, 05:56 PM Nov 3

Would Greatly Appreciate Your Vote for the Short Film I Should Write and Make [View all]

I'm attending a writing program that starts on Wednesday night and runs for 6 sessions. Everyone will write a short film, about 5 to 15-minutes long. I want to make the most of it so I have generated some idea for films that I could not only write but film. These are the short logline versions of the ideas I have. I am fascinated recently with class-conscious films like "The Mastermind" and "Parasite" so there are a couple of those here.

If you were attending a film festival and could only see one of these, which would it be?
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A. Essential Worker -- A well-paid AI engineer who fears being “suicided” orders DoorDash in order to use the unwitting delivery person as a human shield.

B. Future Plans – A terminally ill man re-enacts the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and goads assisted living staff into playing along before breaking out and seeming to steal a Bezos-like rocket ride into space.

C. A Family Secret – Bonds are tested when a child discovers that his parents are deep cover agents and his birth story is a lie.

D. Rip Van Winkle update – A father, gone 20 years tries to reconnect with his 30YO daughter but trust is elusive since he can’t explain his absence.

E. Revenge of the Red Balloon – Mysterious balloons stalk and kill, via some type of gas that is released when they pop, those who popped the red balloon 60 years ago.

F. Pickford, Chaplin, Fairbanks – A 1922 dinner at Pickfair becomes a therapy session for Chaplin after he reveals his childhood trauma and his deepest insecurities.

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THANK YOU!!

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F. that's a dinner I would love to eavesdrop. FalloutShelter Nov 3 #1
Here is a sample from Pickford's book GreatGazoo Nov 3 #5
F kcoates Nov 3 #2
thank you GreatGazoo Nov 3 #6
F amerikat Nov 3 #3
thanks GreatGazoo Nov 3 #7
E. Revenge of the Red Balloon mwf Nov 3 #4
Thanks and GreatGazoo Nov 3 #8
Just one thing. OldBaldy1701E Nov 4 #9
Thanks and yes GreatGazoo Nov 4 #10
B but a different ending nuxvomica Nov 4 #11
Thank you GreatGazoo Nov 4 #12
F. Pickford, Chaplin, Fairbanks Donkees Nov 4 #13
Thanks for your vote GreatGazoo Nov 4 #14
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