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Idea
Existential Nihilism Reddit ThreadInteresting Reddit thread about philosophy, great discussion
Tampons in the Mens RestroomA satire about the freaks that lose their minds about tampons in men's restrooms
Short Term MemorySome interesting stories in this thread about people that have lost their memory
Pretending to feel guilty to save marriage An interesting Reddit post about a guy that killed an intruder, his wife begins feeling cold toward a guy that doesn't feel anything about killing a man, so he pretends he feels guilty
Dating Apps meet CapitalismThis is just too crazy, restaurants posing as people on dating apps so that people go to the restaurant and once the other person doesn't show up they'll at least buy food.
Stories about how people fell in loveA list of threads and stories about how people fell in love with
The Belonging KindThis short story, The Belonging Kind, about alienation and the desire to fit in and be wanted would be so cool to adapt into a short film
Masking and Self Discovery Interesting thoughts about how once you think you know yourself it's just another story you tell yourself, causing pressure to align with the story
Story about a guy that does Neonatal Resuscitation Procedure on recently dead bodies We follow a guy that does NRP on recently dead bodies, some come back to life, questionable ethics
Exploring is what humans do bestA story that weaves the theme of exploration as our destiny, curiosity, mystery, the unknown, danger
Self Help Guru Goes off the Deep EndA story about a self help guy that ironically loses his cool at someone talking down to him, as if they are better than him, similar to how he talks to folks. He loses his shit and goes against every one of his tenets, killing a client, now asking for help from criminals on how to get away with murder. How the tables have turned.
The Chiropractor A story about a chiropractor appointment gone wrong. The guy is sprung into a pagan ritual, unable to escape, when he comes out his back pain is gone, but new trauma exists
AgoraphobiaA story about a guy who can't leave the house because outside the house the world is a horro, covered in impassable obstacles and monsters hunting him
Criminal ElectionsA story about a world where criminals are also elected to maintain balance among the elite and the working class, a Robin Hood type scenario. But the elites try to infiltrate the criminal world, perhaps realizing the elite are actually the real criminals. Potential consumerism, capitalist satire.
The Kids are AlrightA story about a world where kids teach the adults. At a certain age the adults begin school with kids teaching the adults. Whether it's a class to learn new tech, or English class to learn slang, or how to date, use the internet, how to make money, politics, etc.
Prisoner AIThis is one of the most fucked up pieces of technology I've heard of. Simulating a prison sentence or traumatic experiences for criminals, yikes.
Write about the arson fire of my grandparentsI remember the details vividly, running through the woods with my dad, turning the corner and seeing a massive blaze, stopped in my tracks and took my breath away. We later found out it was arson and it was the first of a few more houses to burn that year.
MAGA PlanetMovie about aliens that come to earth. They are super right wing and take people to a world thats right wing. It’s not what the MAGA crowd had in mind.
Character IdeasRunning list of character ideas
Scene IdeasRunning list of scene ideas
Documentary IdeasRunning list of documentary ideas
Miscellaneous Online ThreadsA collection of story ideas from various online conversations, twitter threads, reddit threads
Hasans ChatMake a short based on Hasans live stream chat box. Record and transcribe it
Ideas Based on PodcastsA running list of podcasts/episodes for story and character inspiration
Black Eyes album filmMake a movie inspired by the Black Eyes album
Blue Whale ChallengeDisturbing online 'game' that encourages people to do messed up stuff
The House KnowsA house that knows the people inside are moving away
Comfort vs PassionIs it better to be comfortable or fulfill your passion?
Rear Window remixRear window but plot to kill the neighbor and neighbor doesn’t know you exist
Q AnonLoads of insane characters and cospiracies to inspire some crazy stories
Bizzaro SatireWrite a short based on the style of Carlton mellick about how people are like lava, touch alone can make you die (covid era to the extreme), people are dropping like flies from accidental touch, going out is an insane task loaded with weird preparation, follow a guy to the store or pharmacy or bank
VR of someone elses dreamsWhat happens when other people have access to your dreams for entertainment?
Neverending DiceTwo people sit down to play a games they roll to see who goes first but we keeeeeep rolling The same number so we never actually start and the movie is about what happens in the time between the roll of the dice.
Sausage CastleThis place is crazy, good character and location inspiration
Reality Star RevengeGirlfriend sees the guy that assaulted her on a reality show. Revenge story. Couple decides to torture the guy with Public shame, anonymously, assaulter guy thinks it’s a different woman, leaving audience to question how many other victims there are.
Sketchy Job InterviewsStories about sketchy job interviews
Crazy Chair Lady and the Hot GuyA story about our neighbors
After CovidSo what happens after covid
House of LeavesSomebody has to make a movie out of this book
Love in the time of CovidFinding love in lockdown
Story about fear of and nostalgia Listening to one slow dance by Rufio had me thinking that people often long for what they had or the chance for that again but often miss what’s right in front of them leaving their future self to long for the opportunity to have the opportunity to live
Story about humans and fameWhat is the desire for humans to want to be famous, to have center stage? And what's it like to be famous when you don't want necessarily want or ask for the fame?
An idea for a local media organizationBrainstorming some ideas for a local media organization in Grand Rapids
Where I'm at with Activism and PoliticsA long form, genuine video about my own journey with politics and activism
Blogpost about comparing yourself to others The hardest part
Blog post about CommittingAbout commitment
Blog Post about Live StreamingA blog post to talk about my obession with live streamers
Based on Dust - Seat 28k - Gap YearWhen a young woman returns from her gap year in Tokyo, she finds herself in a future in which A.I.-enabled eyewear facilitates your every need.
People fart serotonin, and other people get high so they are drawn to stinky places like rest stops and festival Porto pottiesSee title lol
Research predictions for the futureRead up some up to date predictions for the future in a variety of areas, ie economy, climate, foreign relations, politics, currency, internet, social media, ai, vr, ar
Use AI (deforum) with a drawing timelapseDraw on a blank canvas roughly with a black brush and have deforum fill in the blanks as you go
Crackhead Bob and his Hot GirlfriendSeriously. What’s happening here?
Interview - Mateo at Rising GrindsThis guy sounds like a great interview. Passionate, talented, local.
DeVos Family RumorsA reddit thread full of juicy rmumors about the DeVos family
Your world gets smallerA very high existential moment
Idea - Airbnb LadyA story about lady in a bad relationship, she seeks help through renters of her AirBnb
100 Gecs Fan FictionShort film about the hyperpop community

Idea Logs

[i] #💡 #on/aphantasia Ok Aphantasia is crazy, inability to visualize imagery ⏳ 2024-06-15
[i] #💡 #on/government The governments anti vax psyop is crazy https://x.com/briebriejoy/status/1801995634188177488?s=46 ⏳ 2024-06-15
[i] #💡 #on/writing Write about Chaos, and how to embrace and harness the power of it ⏳ 2024-02-16
[i] #💡 Ghost Wax episode 1 - story idea - dudes life gets stolen by himself, he kills the other him #💡/story ⏳ 2024-02-19
[i] #💡/story A guy goes to. Small town in northern. Michigan to write. He get inspired from the townspeople, but they realize it after finding his writing online. They start to act out in order to make his stories, but he's having a hard time telling what's real.
[i] #💡 #on/story Dope stories from a penetration tester https://pca.st/episode/4bbe3921-4b3c-4c3d-b611-7f57acf8d910 ⏳ 2023-06-07
[i] #💡 #on/story The neighbors catch a creep looking into the house on their cameras, do they tell the neighbors? Why not? And how do they let them know? ⏳ 2023-04-10
[i] #💡 #on/ai The AI Drug Epidemic -- "AI Over-Alignment: improved neuroimaging + big brain data + active learning /neurofeedback makes machines too good at producing outputs (video/audio/text/haptic) to modulate human neural activity (reward, attention). AI content consumption becomes a new drug epidemic."⏳ 2023-03-12
[i] #💡 #on/story A story about a couple that is either practicing lines for a school play or having a conversation, the neighbors hear it, but out of context and think that the couple has just killed someone, then they go on a mission to stalk and catch them in the act, but he ends up killing them. ⏳ 2023-02-11
[i] #💡 A study of the role of plants in cinema ⏳ 2023-02-06
[i] 12:37 #💡 #on/greed A story about a guy who is a vigilante sniper, he goes around the world picking off greedy corrupt billionaires and politicians in order to save the world
[i] #💡 #on/writing character name: Jessica Silver Greenberg (from the daily, a reporter)
[i] #💡 #🔥 a story about a billionaire who hires hitmen around the world to kill off his online trolls gets out of hand!
[i] 12:26 #💡 A thriller about an activist woman who sees someone throw garbage out of their car so she stops picks up the plastic bag full of fast food garbage and follows the person home, this is where chaos ensues and she realizes maybe that was a bad idea
[i] #💡 Dope user names
[i] #💡 reading about all this 🤖 Artificial Intelligence stuff is making me appreciate the human experience even more, there's something about ASI that will never quite be human, and although it may be more intelligent, there will always be the human consciousness dividing the real men from the machines
[i] #💡 Ask a bunch of different groups of friends, ideally the photog/videog guys of the group to do some documenting their group, make a series of it
[i] #💡 Movies are like user interfaces, you must anticipate the viewers eye movement, look into this.
[i] #💡 can we make an idea out of Logan Paul's crypto scam https://youtu.be/386p68_lDHA
[i] #💡 Thom and Plant Parenthood spin off of Hello from the Magic Tavern

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