Hello, CS here with the latest edition of our Pitch the LAMB series.
Movie Genre: Family and the Holidays
Examples of the Genre: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation; Home for the Holidays; Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights; A Christmas Story; Die Hard; Christmas with The Kranks; It’s A Wonderful Life; Home Alone; Four Christmases; Jingle All the Way; Elf, The Family Stone; Bad Santa; Miracle on 34th Street; The Ref .
10 words/phrases to get you started:
- There is something you should know about my family...
- Why does the tree smell like the sewer?
- Drunk Santa
- I thought you got the gift for dad.
- Uncle Joe
- You always preferred Michelle over me, mother!
- Turkey
- The mall is closing in an hour!
- Cousin Francis is a...
- I think the dog just ate Mable’s...
As always, your job is to come up with an idea for a film using some of the words/phrases listed above. Once you have a plot idea, post it on your blog in any fashion you choose (e.g. plot synopsis, excerpt of a script, fictional trailer, fictional film review, movie poster, etc.) and email the link to bigthoughtssmallmind@hotmail.com. Simple as that! The deadline for submissions is Thursday December 30, 2010.
