the movie must contain: kittens

February 20, 2012 8:07 PM

Finite Films takes your idea for movie constraints and turns the favourites into short films. For example: "One character must use refrigerator poetry magnets to leave a note/message for another character", "One character loves vacuuming naked", or "One used to drive a moped until it was stolen".
posted by divabat (8 comments total)

Metafilter: One character must use refrigerator poetry magnets to leave a note/message for another character.
posted by pompomtom at 8:12 PM on February 20, 2012 [5 favorites]

• One character must always use a window instead of a door, including cars.

If that won't make Great Art, what will?
posted by twoleftfeet at 8:15 PM on February 20, 2012

• One character must always use a window instead of a door, including cars.

I think I've seen that film before...
posted by Flashman at 8:25 PM on February 20, 2012 [1 favorite]

Mod note: Fixed the link, carry on.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:32 PM on February 20, 2012

Damn, I submitted, "One character must hold a purring cat," without adding, "and attempt to scan it."
posted by misha at 9:03 PM on February 20, 2012

Reminded me a lot of The Five Obstructions, so much so that I did a search to see if that was what had inspired them. Apparently, though, the project creators hadn't heard of TFO until someone asked them about it in their Reddit Q and A thread. (The Five Obstructions is a great film, BTW--if you like this, you should watch it.)

Neat idea--thanks for the link!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 9:18 AM on February 21, 2012

I'm going to put in "one character must overthink a plate of beans".
posted by divabat at 3:55 PM on February 21, 2012 [1 favorite]

Oh hey, one of my constraints got picked for voting for their next film - not the plate of beans one, sadly, but "A character is a major fan of someone who has been dead a while, but is unaware of their death. ".
posted by divabat at 3:19 PM on February 24, 2012