What is a good 2-3 minute short film idea for my high school filmmaking class?
How about this cupcake:A movie about a writer who’s in a midlife crisis. He struggles with he’s next novel and needs help to draw inspiration (so he doesn’t come off as a hack like Lucas). He’s studying the human depression of books like “The Happiness Trap” and “Anxiety Rebalance”, for he’s next novel.You can make it interesting and engaging by the power of film making as many director have done before. Take a plot line that’s not interesting on paper but amazing on the big screen.JUST DO IT!
What are the most unusual or creative improvised weapons created in prison?
There were lots of creative weapons made in prison.PrisonLet’s start with something relatively simple.And that would be the toothbrush crossbow[1].Toothbrush crossbowThis crossbow was made in a Canadian prison using toothbrushes to construct the limb, the most important part of a crossbow.Crossbow limbThe bolts were made out of tightly rolled toilet paper and aluminum foil and could shoot up to 40 feet, which is pretty decent.Toilet paperAluminum foilHowever, there exist even more impressive weapons.One such design is the zip gun, which is a simple firearm that could be easily made out of common materials.Zip gunThese guns are often easily made from commonly available materials, such as this zip gun using a staple gun as the trigger group and reciever.Staple gunAnd to top that, someone made a semi-auto .32 caliber pistol carbine in San Quentin prison[2] [3].San Quentin prisonSan Quentin prison .32 pistol carbine.32 caliberAnd finally, one prison-made weapon may be ahead of Its time, which is the electrically fired shotgun made by prisoners in Germany during a breakout in 1984[4].Prison-made shotgunThis shotgun has more in common with the Metalstorm prototype than an actual shotgun, as It uses electricity from 2 AA batteries and a lightbulb to heat up the charge, which is made up of lead and match heads.MetalstormAA batteryBroken lightbulbLeadMatchheadsIt can shot basically any projectile and even penetrated bulletproof glass.Not bad for a gun made out of an iron bedpost.Hence, these are several ingenious prison made guns.That’s all folks!Footnotes[1] 17 WTF Prison Weapons That Were Actually Made[2] "MythBusters" Paper Crossbow (TV Episode 2006) - IMDb[3] r/playrust - Was Rust's SMG Based Off A Homemade Prison Gun?[4] 15 deadly improvised prison weapons and tools