I myself am not a big reader, and after some google research I still can't find much for ideas.
As part of my University coursework I need to create a short film from a scene adapted from a novel or short story. The piece will be around 7 minutes long, maybe just over.
I am looking for something interesting, something fun to watch and film, and fun for the actors to act in. Must ideally have a female lead role as my close friend has agreed to act and she has spent her whole life in acting schools. This will be for her showreel too.
No idea on genre, but something kooky/arty. Fantasy etc would obviously be hard to recreate, horror can look very tacky unless done well and good plot/production. I'm thinking maybe psychotic? Something interesting though.
Thanks in advance, any help would be great and much appreciated.
If there are strong female lead roles in novels or scenes from a novel that you think would be great please fire away! Will try involve as few characters as possible (saves having many actors)
Pic related, deadline is soon and this is my life generally :)
Is copyright an issue? (no idea that's conditional on it, just getting it out of the way)
The Bear - Chekhov
Friends of mine had a similar assignment once. They were told what to do it on, though: Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour. Worked pretty well.
Does it HAVE to be a female lead? Can your friend not take on a make role? (wear men's clothes, put her hair up under a hat, etc?)
Orwell's essay Shooting an Elephant could be good for this.
Also pretty much anything Poe or Kafka
>>7418081
I'd suggest going off of a short story of some sort. I've been reading Raymond Carver recently and I really enjoy him as a writer and, in my opinion, he sets scenes really well.
There's some examples of his stories being turned into films on youtube already. There was also a film made out of his short stories. It's called 'Shortcuts.' I haven't seen it myself but it gets okay reviews.
Maybe Carver has been overdone, but if I was in your position, that's what I'd do.
Have a read of 'They're not your husband' and 'Vitamins.'
Hope this helps.
>>7418249
*male role
Do that scene from Hitchhikers guide where Arthur and Ford crash a flying house party, your friend can play Trillian
>>7418081
The legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra
>>7418081
do something from bleeding edge. it's pretty funny, and the lead character is a female.
>>7419119
THE COATS SCENE FROM LOT49
>>7418646
I wrote that book
>>7419870
Yes oh my God I would love to see that.
>>7418081
Kafka? It's got humour but you can do a lot of horror-type techniques to get across the oppression of space. I have a soft spot for the trial and its settings are all urban which is zimple, (see Brazil)
