Thread: Volunteer(Idea for Short).

Hi Everyone,

Here's an idea I have for a short film. I don't have a script yet but was wondering what other people thought of the story.

Title: Volunteer.
Synopsis: Raj, a self centered young Asian man volunteers to help in an old folks’ home. He doesn’t do it out of kindness but he’s struggling to find work and thinks volunteering will look good on his CV. He is asked to care for Peter, a WWII veteran who can no longer walk without assistance and whose eyesight is fading. Peter resents other peoples’ help and isn’t too keen on Raj. Peter often bemoans the fact that the only volunteering people did when he was young was to fight for king and country.

Peter’s prized possessions are his toy soldiers which he keeps strategically positioned on a table. Nobody is allowed to touch them, so when Peter relays stories of his wartime experiences, Raj imagines the pieces coming to life to reenact Peter’s heroic battles.

Eventually Raj begins to grow on Peter as he becomes more knowledgeable about the war and respectful of its veterans. Peter had assumed that much of today’s youth new nothing about it. As Peter’s health deteriorates, Raj endeavors to contact his family but is told that Peter has no family left. As Peter lays dying, Raj sits by his side and tells him that he will volunteer again, this time because he wants to.

that's pretty awesome. I kinda wish you didn't tell all of it,because now I'm afraid of someone stealing it ( I'm paranoid like that. lol)

a vast majority of my ideas are quick outlines, very few have made it to script form, and those are just rough drafts.

Just one of MANY reasons it's not a good idea to post raw ideas on the internet, as opposed to finished work.

Another one is, it steals the psychic impetus that cause you to want to write it down and share it with people.

I don't think I've ever seen one of these "oooo I got this idea" things actually end up getting written.

Originally Posted by Guitar_chick133

that's pretty awesome. I kinda wish you didn't tell all of it,because now I'm afraid of someone stealing it ( I'm paranoid like that. lol)

I agree with Guitar_chick133

Maybe I'm the one who steal it hehe

All my work is copyrighted.

(laughs) go copyrights.

I like the idea, but it seems like the name could be more interesting. mind you I have no ideas, I'm just here to state pointless things.

I'm going to write it and publish it and be a millionare and dedicate it to some guy I stole it from on the internet. Everyone will think it's just my sophisticated sense of humour. Then I guess I'll have you murdered and run for some kind of political office.

Originally Posted by santosh2

All my work is copyrighted.

Don't worry I'm just kidding

Please keep up the good work GANBATE!

I like the idea, I'm working on something right now,a very surreal and slightly dark epic.lol, that is based on my imagination, and how I see things in the world. so I love things where a character gets to show how he/she sees thing or imagines.