Films that inspired us
Previously, while mind-mapping ideas for different scenes I came up with a list of films with funny ideas that inspired us to do something similar.

From The Boat That Rocked, when Chris O'Dowd's character Simon gets dumped after his wedding, there's a scene where he's crying and miming to "Stay With Me Baby" by Lorraine Ellison. I thought that after having trouble with the girl our main character will end up with, we could do something similar e.g. lip synching to the same (or similar) song in his bed, crying.

The 40 Year Old virgin also provided me with some ideas, Steve Carrell's character is taken speed-dating by his friends and there's a serious of disastrous dates.

Although a far fetched idea, the dance sequence used in 500 Days of Summer was something I looked at and a scene from the film I personally love. There are similar themes used in the film to what we're planning to do; a guy desperately trying to get someone unattainable, it's introduced as being a story of boy meets girl - NOT a love story.

posted by sam