Scene 1: Street in Dalston

Opening shot: Busy street in Dalston with normal people.
Gradual transition: One hipster appears, then two, then a few more, until the street is filled with hipsters.
Focus: Establishing the hipster vibe of the neighborhood.

Scene 2: Café (Otto)

Camera tracks: A line of hipsters waiting to be served by the owner.
Owner: Middle-aged, charismatic, slightly mysterious.
Menu board: Shows organic, vegetarian, and vegan burgers. “Vegan” is crossed out with “sold out” written beside it.

Scene 3: Montage of Happy Hipsters

Various tables: Hipsters enjoying their burgers, laughing, and chatting.
Background: The owner moves around with a questionnaire, engaging customers.

Scene 4: Owner’s Interaction with Couple

Focus: Young, pretty hipster couple.
Dialogue:
Owner: “So, what can I get you? Something hipster? Vegetarian or vegan?”
Hipster girl: “Vegan.”
Owner’s reaction: Interested, almost too enthusiastic. Invites them to the kitchen to show how the burgers are made.

Scene 5: The Kitchen

Mysterious atmosphere: Dim lighting, industrial feel.
Owner’s demonstration: Prepares burgers with care and precision.
Subtle unease: Slightly eerie details (e.g., odd tools, nervous glances between the couple).

Scene 6: Sinister Revelation

Owner by rubbish bin: In the bin, partially hidden, are the clothes of the hipster couple.
Horror detail: The owner washes his hands in the sink, water runs red with blood.
Expression: He smiles sinisterly as he leaves the kitchen.
Transition: Fade out to the next day.

Scene 7: Morning Clean-Up

Café scene: Staff cleaning, washing glasses.
Noticeboard: “Fresh in vegan burgers” written up in neat handwriting.

Scene 8: Kitchen Activities

Graphic details: Chopping up the bodies, though not explicitly gory (suggestive shots).
Cut to: Patrons happily eating their “vegan” burgers.

Scene 9: Reverse Opening Shot

Street scene: Filled with hipsters, then slowly transitioning to fewer hipsters.
Ending shot: Street returns to being filled with normal people, as if the hipsters have disappeared.

Closing Scene

Final shot: The café sign with the word “Otto” prominently displayed.
Subtle hint: The door closes with the sound of a bell, hinting at the café’s ongoing sinister activities.

Notes on Tone and Style

Visuals: Quirky, vibrant colors with a gradual shift to darker, more sinister tones.
Music: Light, hipster-friendly music in the beginning, transitioning to eerie, suspenseful music as the story unfolds.
Pacing: Start with a slow, leisurely pace, building up to a faster, more intense rhythm during the reveal and climax.
Humor: Dark humor interspersed throughout to maintain a balance between horror and satire.

Additional Elements to Consider

Character Development: Brief but impactful interactions to establish the personalities of the owner and the hipster couple.
Symbolism: Use subtle symbols (e.g., the menu board, questionnaire) to hint at the underlying horror.
Cinematography: Close-ups and lingering shots to build tension and highlight key details.

This outline to create a compelling short film that combines dark satire with horror, offering a critique of hipster culture and extremes of trend-following.

A short film OUTLINE Hipster Burgers

Published Date 1/14/12 4:52 PM

Scenes

* street in Dalston, filled with normal people, one hipster, 2 hipsters, half hipsters, then all hipsters

* Café (Otto) camera tracks, line of hipsters to the owner of the café serving Coffey – behind him a board with organic, vegetarian, and Vegan (crossed out/sold out) burgers in stock.

* Montage different tables of happy hipsters eating burgers, the owner in the background with a questioner.

* Cut to owner asks questions to young pretty hipster couple “Q. Something hipster, @ vegetarian or vegan”, hipster girl answers vegan. The owner is interested and asks them to the kitchen to see how the burgers are made.

* kitchen – have to write this bit?

* the owner standing by a rubbish bin, if you look closely in the bin are the cloths of the hipster boy and girl, CUT he washes his handing in a sink and they run red. He walks out of the kitchen smiling. FADE – Next day.

* SHOT morning clean up, glasses washing, righting up on the noticeboard “fresh in vegan burgers”

* CUT Kitchen chopping up the body, CUT to everybody eating

* Reverse opening shot, street full of hipsters, half full, 2 hipsters, one hipster, only normal people.

* Café closed sign, owners shuts door, takes off his hipster glasses and crushes them under foot, walks off – the street is empty.