Story-Telling Unit: Project Update - Idea Suggestions

Idea #1

Story - 3 men in a car or sat on a bench; waiting to carry out a deal.

Plot  - Three men are sat on a bench/in a car. We learn that they are here to carry out a drug deal. Whilst they are waiting boredom begins to kick in and they trade insults on subjects such as intelligence levels, jibes at family memebrs and whatnot. Finally one poses a question: do we have the drugs ready to sell? As it turns out; no-one remembered to bring them, one final, but brief,  arguement is had.

Pitch - 3 best friends are waiting to carry out a deal, however they're not as well prepared as they imagined.

Pro's - Very simple idea, easy to produce, has  potential for great one liners.

Con's - Big chance that jokes are either hit or miss, too simple, 3 protagonists instead of two, no actual meeting is witnessed.




Idea #2

Story - Several office workers are in a meeting

Plot - 3 friends are called into an important meeting by their boss; who is also a friend. This group, however, are notorious for not getting much done/achieved. Going off into a tanget, trading insults and generally behaving like teenagers. The boss friend tries to keep everyone on topic but is fighting a losing battle. The meeting is dismissed after getting only one small area covered.

Pitch - An important meeting is called between 4 friends at their workplace. However they're notorious for not getting much done.

Pro's - Like the first idea: there is some potential and simple.

Con's - Hit or miss jokes, 4 protagonists all as important as each other.



Idea #2 does attract me to itself though, if I can think of jokes that will get laughs then I may be onto something here.

What if, instead of an important meeting, they're organising something?
A holiday perhaps?
And what if 2 of the protagonists have some sort of prank war going on?

Start the film in the 'main' office, protag 1 setting up a prank, they're called into a meeting, post meeting the characters return to the 'main' office, protag 2 suggests calling a truce on the prank war, to which he then springs the trap protag 1 set up at the start.
Rigging his office chair? Removing the screws?