The theme!

Pop it in a line of dialogue. Use it in the background of a shot. Name your film after it. Name a character after it. Theme your whole extensive and backstory-laden two-minute plot around it. Use it as a MacGuffin. Pluralize it. Capitalize it. Run with it. Love it. Cause one way or another, it's gotta be in there.


With much excitement and drumrolls all around... the theme is: 
"Watch for the Hand"

Goals, Theme & Requirements

Goal – 5 Films, Festival

5 films in total would be a great goal. Once the films are all complete, we'll have a film festival! Depending on a lot of factors (how many people, time of year when we finish, etc.) it might be in a backyard with a projector and sound system, might be at a rented theater, all depends! 

Theme

I will provide a short phrase that will become the theme of this little film festival. Writers/Directors can choose how to incorporate it—whether it's the title, an overarching theme, a line of dialogue, throwaway prop in the background, etc.

EDIT: The theme is "Watch for the Hand"

Production Requirements

• 2 minute runtime (+/- :30)
• HD video – 1080p preferred, 720p acceptable
• High-quality sound – i.e. probably not just the camera's internal mic for dialogue and location sound.

This is going to be awesometown!