Thursday, November 27, 2003
Here's my idea for a short film that will win an award at a film festival:
Joe is a computer geek. He spends almost all of his time writing software, working on his website, and posting in his blog.
During one of this infrequent journeys into the "real" world, he discovers that it becomes much easier for him to interact with other people if he imagines that he can right click on them to access a menu.
For example, at the grocery store, he see someone he vaguely knows and menu pops out to the right of the person with options such as "Greet", "Converse", "Ignore". Or, when he witnesses an accident, he accesses the menu and it has options such as "Stop and Help", "Dial 911", "Ignore".
This system works out really well for him and he's finding it so much easier to deal with people that he actually starts going out more often and he even meets a girl at a bar and asks her out. [editor's note: here comes the part that adds that certain cheesyness that will win the award]
On the night of the date, he picks up the girl and is very confident about his system. However, he gets in the car and starts making conversation by making choices from his mental menu: "Ask about weather", "Talk about Music", "Talk about Movies". She responds with something that he's completely unprepared for and that makes him realize that she's actually a person. His list of menu options starts getting longer and scrolling. The scrolling keeps getting faster and faster until it's just a blur. Then he gets in a car accident and dies.[editor's note: ok, maybe the car accident isn't the best ending....but, it's still a work in progress] ¶ 9:41 PM
Joe is a computer geek. He spends almost all of his time writing software, working on his website, and posting in his blog.
During one of this infrequent journeys into the "real" world, he discovers that it becomes much easier for him to interact with other people if he imagines that he can right click on them to access a menu.
For example, at the grocery store, he see someone he vaguely knows and menu pops out to the right of the person with options such as "Greet", "Converse", "Ignore". Or, when he witnesses an accident, he accesses the menu and it has options such as "Stop and Help", "Dial 911", "Ignore".
This system works out really well for him and he's finding it so much easier to deal with people that he actually starts going out more often and he even meets a girl at a bar and asks her out. [editor's note: here comes the part that adds that certain cheesyness that will win the award]
On the night of the date, he picks up the girl and is very confident about his system. However, he gets in the car and starts making conversation by making choices from his mental menu: "Ask about weather", "Talk about Music", "Talk about Movies". She responds with something that he's completely unprepared for and that makes him realize that she's actually a person. His list of menu options starts getting longer and scrolling. The scrolling keeps getting faster and faster until it's just a blur. Then he gets in a car accident and dies.[editor's note: ok, maybe the car accident isn't the best ending....but, it's still a work in progress] ¶ 9:41 PM
