I have a friend who makes short films. He's a singer and an actor, does local TV commercials and of course stars in short films and directs them too.
I've long thought of putting together an idea for him about cross country.
So, the idea would be a comedy, and I want to include lots of things that I find funny at cross country meets and would like more suggestions if you're up for it.
Here are the types of things I'm looking for:
1) Fans yelling "run your race!" I'm actually shocked at how often I hear this at meets. Gotta be something I could do with that.
2) Fans yelling "keep running!". For once I'd love to see an athlete stop and say something like "Oh...keep running?...I didn't realize that was something we're supposed to do in a cross country race! Thanks for the tip!"
3) Announcer mentioning that someone has lost their cell phone. I swear I hear that every time I go to a meet.
4) Gotta be something that can be done with the slogans on the back of team shirts. Maybe a closeup of a coach or parent who is proud of the slogan they came up with only to cut to the back of another team's shirts with the same slogan.
5) People pointing to show others where the runners will run. Something could be done with this in a short film.
Anyway, got any other things like that?