As I was coming out of Cady’s school this morning with a picture of a zebra she made for me, another dad glanced down at the construction paper and gave me a nod and smile. I returned it.
It seems vaguely familiar, so I may be stealing it, but here’s the short film pitch as it stands now 😉
The film fades slowly in from black with 3 or 4 parents huddled near a car in a grade school parking lot talking in a hushed, but excited tone.
Cut to a dad coming out of the school with a piece of construction paper in his hand. He immediately holds it triumphantly over his head and shouts, “I GOT A ZEBRA!” The huddled group of parents roar and rush towards the dad with the zebra artwork. You can see now, that they all have art from their kids in their hands too.
“Look! Flowers and a sun!”
It ends with the dad hanging the zebra picture on the wall at his work.
Great short film idea. I could envision the whole sequence. Produce it and send it to Cannes or Sundance. Quit your job, become wealthy (not in that order). And start selling autographed Cady zebras to the world. Love the zebra eye-lashes, you got those with the sun and the flowers, too!