Help me make my next short film!

[Zigsta]

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Heya everybody!

I was planning on shooting on 35mm this weekend--it's the film stock used by big budget Hollywood films. The script was sent off to contacts of mine who actually work at studios in Hollywood, and I got tons of compliments on the story and characters.

But our main character hasn't been cast, and our sound guys keep bailing on us--and it's a dialogue-intensive script!

So this morning, I decided to put off production of this short until next semester and move onto a new, simpler story instead.

Here's my story:

A guy arrives at a park and sets out a picnic for himself. And he's making this sandwich to end all sandwiches. It's a real thing of beauty.

A guy on the other side of a bush is hungry as hell. His stomach ROARS. He spies this sandwich being made and wants it so bad.

Giving his best Wiley Coyote impersonation, the hungry guy does all kinds of crazy and outlandish things to try and steal this guy's sandwich. But nothing works.

Finally, the hungry guy just LEAPS over the bush to jack this sandwich...but the guy's gone for some reason.

Satisfied, the hungry guy takes a big ol' BITE out of the sandwich.


So tl;dr:

I'm looking for any and all ideas you all have as to HOW this hungry guy tries to steal this guy's sandwich. Feel free to be as crazy or zany as you like--I'm going for a Looney Tunes vibe here.
But then his eyes OPEN wide.

Drops the sandwich.

Opens it.

It's covered in ants.

 

[Seikend]

Obligatory fishing rod scene, but ending up catching something else. A passing dog or squirrel?

 

[Palpi]

Make sure he uses acme brand everything

 

[theeboredone]

Kinda cliche, but try getting a hot chick, or some dude to be a distraction to the sandwich eater.

Replacing real sandwich with a fake sandwich lol.

 

[Labernash]

How bout a monkey suit. He hangs of a tree branch by his tail and he falls back into his bush instead of in the sandwhichs reach. The guy who made it, thinking it's a real monkey, or ignores it all together. Everything is funnier in a monkey suit.

 

[Palpi]

I think there should be more time between his obtaining of the sandwich and the time he takes his first bite.

also..BORED!!<3

 

[Seikend]

I'm assuming you have an idea for the final plan of his that leads to the sandwich being covered in ants, right?

 

[Zigsta]

I'm assuming you have an idea for the final plan of his that leads to the sandwich being covered in ants, right?

Bits and pieces. I'm going back and forth on him donning some type of armor or just jumping out there without any plan save for stealing that sandwich.

 

[Espy Rose]

If an Axe Commercial parody isn't used at one point in this skit, I swear...

Oh, and for the ants issue, why not have one plan where the man sends out a jar of trained ants to carry the sandwich back to him?

...my god, I feel like my brain just died a little bit inside.

 

[B!squick]

Three words: rocket powered skates.

 

[Fried Ice Cream]

You should include magnets and infinite power somewhere.

 

[Espy Rose]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnac6-BdC2g&feature=related

Do it, Zigsta.

 

[Bomber7]

Spy sapp'n mah sandvitch

 

[The Nameless Wanderer]

Does the guy with the sandwich ever know his little delight is in danger?

 

[Zigsta]

No, he has no clue.

 

[Bomber7]

Ohh, have a troop of ants take the sandwich. That would really stir things up.

 

[hurricanehans]

I'm not sure why but i keep envisioning the guy making the sandwich as a short, old man. He kind of looks like the guy from "Up" in my head.

This might take more time, but you could have 3 or 4 parties all after the sandwich. Like, showing the guy behind the bush eyeing the sandwich, then a troop of ants are going over their drawn-out plans to steal the sandwich inside their anthill, then a dog tied on a leash to a tree or a pole glaring at the sandwich but with the obvious problem of the leash. The original sandwich maker is unaware of any person/animal/insect after his sandwich while the other groups are all trying to steal the sandwich simultaneously.

 

[Trouble King]

I shall comprise a list. It may or may not be finished in this single post. if not, I'll add to it later. Also, I'm assuming that all of the thief's antics and this short will be live action, so my ideas might not be AS cartoony, but will need no special effects. If you do have anything for special effects, tell me, and I'll add a little more.

1. Sandwich thief (ST) gets a huge sledge hammer to try and knock the sandwich-maker (SM) out, as he raises the hammer up, it becomes too top-heavy and he tumbles back into the bush, cue "CONK" sound, as the hammer knocks him out behind there instead.

2. ST draws out a really complicated (but badly drawn) blue-print for a plan to steal the sandwich involving a crane with a wrecking ball, a rocket-launcher, and other large expensive things. After the plan is finished being drawn...he realizes that he doesn't have the money or means to get any of those things.

3. ST hires a really huge guy to muscle the sandwich away from SM. The Really Huge Guy(RHG) brings up the idea of splitting the sandwich. ST refused to split it in ANY way at all. The RHG punches ST in the face and takes his money anyway before walking away.

4. ST acquires all of the materials to make a real sandwich exactly like the one SM is making...with the idea of switching the two. As soon as ST finishes making the sandwich, and realizes that he can actually eat the one that he made himself, a random guy from another bush jumps out, takes it, and runs away. Cue ST "face-palm"

To be continued?