only tangentially related, but I recently had this idea for a short (very short) film: You see a person wake up in the morning, jump in the shower, brush teeth, eat breakfast, the whole morning routine... then they grab a briefcase or whatever and walk to their front door, which is locked. Instead of unlocking the door themselves and walking out, they ask out loud, "permission to leave the house?" [Close up of their face looking at the lock. Close up of the lock. Another close up of their face as they wait. Then a close up of the lock sliding back.] Then they open the door and walk out. Now it just needs a good title.