(Not So) Used Ideas by Matte Elsbernd

Do all criminals have an unfinished basement on their houses? Do all interrogations take place in a military bunker filled with all of the tricks of the torture trade? Scene opens: In the empty dining room of a McDonald’s fast food restaurant. The restaurant has been cleared out of customers. Unfinished food still sits on…

Why are there never any trailers in movie trailers? Scene opens, posters plastered against a metal wall… for a movie, perhaps. Some metal noises, maybe creaking brakes. Then some dust, then a little more. Without pulling back, the camera starts sliding horizontally and more posters.. seemingly all about same movie. Eventually, the camera slides off…