I must make a short film (around 10 minutes) and finisch it in less than a month. Its a school project, but a very important one. And i cannot think of a good idea...

Now i have come up with something, but i need suggestions for the story and ending of it. Hopefully some of you can help me!

"A hardworking office man from around 45 years is working in a tiny familly busness, toghter with the boss and the boss's lazy son. One day the boss is calling for a meeting: he informs his workers (his son and the hardworking man) that there is need for a reorganisation, and he is not rulling out that some people will get fired.

Ofcourse, in such a tiny company, you will already know who will be fired... ofcourse the boss wil not fire his own son! The hardworking man is getting depressed: he really wants to keep his (crappy) job".

I can come up with some ideas and scenes, but i still dont have a overall solid story. But most important: how does this end? I just cannot come up with a idea how to end this story, what CAN the man do to preserve his job? Or does he losing his mind? Is he going to shoot the boss? Is he going to steal money from the company? Is he going to do really really nice to the boss and his son? Does he even WANTS to keep the crappy, unapriecieted job? What can this man possible do???

I am hoping for some ideas or suggestions on what the man can do, it dont have to be realistisch, in fact i am open for some little weird situaties.

Well... you haven't mentioned the most obvious plot (I don't know if you've already ruled it out, or you just missed it), which is:

The Boss makes both the worker and his son go through hell, assigning impossble tasks for both of 'em. The worker works his a** out: it's the one way he knows how to deal with this, and he feels deep inside there is a chance he might get to keep his job. The lazy son, on the other hand, just pretends to make an effort, confident that his dad will keep him in the company no matter what.
In the end, we find that the Boss was actually trying to teach his son a lesson, and he does so by promoting the worker to manager and giving his son tha choice to work for a basic salary or leave.
And if you want to make it even more cliché, your opening shot is the son putting up a sign on the door with his name and title (Manager), and then you end the film with the worker (OR the son) taking it out.

And there's your movie.

But hey, what do I know... I'm just a composer.

Cheers,

E.

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Anyway on a side note. Why does he need this job so bad. You need to convey the importance of it.

I am not sure why the worker wants to keep his job so badly, that is one thing i must find out!

E.D.M., i like your idea, but i did not want to go in that direction (competition).

I will come back to you with updates! Thanks already!