Change of plans

Ok. So. I think…I’m gonna change my genre. Slightly. In my research of films, I've just been constantly trying to come up with another idea, trying to come up with something, anything, because although I like the radio idea, I think I can do more. I know I can do more. And in my research for a short film, I got reminded of an old idea I had.

Sorry radio idea

The idea is based on a true story. My close friend Eduardo (he’s actually in my CCR from last year lol) told me how he was in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and the immense urge to poop came over him. But he could not find not one single bathroom. He went to a walgreens, a gas station, a McDonald’s, all closed or out of order or some other excuse. At one point he genuinely thought he was gonna poop his pants. At the time he was with his friends in the car and he told them to just go back home and step on it, because at the rate they were going, he had a better chance of making the bathroom if they just went back home….a 25 minute drive. And in that car ride, Eduardo was losing it, rocking back and forth in a fetal position in the backseat of the car while his friend was going as fast as he could. I imagine a pure fever dream happening. I have no idea how, and neither does he, but he made it to our friend Jared’s house and he slid under the opening garage and booked it for the toilet. The toilet had seen better days. 

As soon as I heard this story, I immediately started thinking about how funny this would be as a short film…which says a lot about me. But anyway, I kinda started writing it but not fully. This piece was pretty difficult to write for me cause it just authentic teen talk, which should be my strong suit…but idk, maybe now that I’d have more of a focus on it, I might be able to push through and write it. 

The piece would be more of a comedy…with some dramatic moments lol. So I will look for short films more in that vain, and also redo my genre research and focus on comedy this time. 

I’m highkey really excited to make this. I think this can be really really solid, I just need to put in a lot of work writing.