Film Planning - Script

    Now that the characters have been cast, it is time to work on the first draft of the script. Me and the group already had an idea of how we wanted the film opening to start. We all agreed that the beginning of the film opening would show Alejandra (Gabriella) waking up to a loud alarm clock and she would try and fail to shut it off and resort to ripping the alarm clock out of the wall. 

    The film opening would continue with Alejandra getting ready for school and calling Arianna (Jocelyn) to let her know she is on the way to pick her up. Since we already had the plot idea and the progression of the film opening figured out, I helped figure out which camera movements, shots, and angles would look best and seem more fitting for the scene.

First Draft of Script:

    In the script, we wanted the close friendship between Alejandra and Arianna to be established immediately and made clear to the audience. So we thought that my character, Arianna, calling Alejandra "Ale" when talking to Arianna on the phone while getting ready is an easy way to make their close relationship obvious and clear to the audience. 

    We wanted the film opening to be light-hearted and a little silly. The inclusion of Alejandra's disheveled state, her ripping the alarm clock out of the wall, and Arianna saying "You're still in your pajamas aren't you?" with the reveal of Alejandra in her pajamas as she laughs embarrassedly clearly expresses the comedic aspect of the coming of age genre.

    The rest of the film opening and the scenes will be probably focused on the Alejandra and Arianna and Alejandra's car. We planned for the girls to grab some breakfast probably at a local Starbucks location and then they would drive to school. I pitched the idea that the last scene after the girls decide to skip school is a shot of the car driving away in a static shot so that the scene does not have too much finality but shows the audience that more events are going to occur after the cut.

    The next step is to gather the props needed for the scenes. This would include an alarm clock, blush, a backpack, and I am assuming the food/drinks from Starbucks would be included. We are going to have to think more on how to shoot the getting breakfast scene. I will also have to find an empty spot in my schedule to figure out when to film since we have to film inside Gaby and Sophia's house. We cannot use my actual house as Arianna's because I don't live close enough so Sophia's house will be used as Arianna's house. I also have to figure out what outfit I can wear that will encapsulate the 2000s era and the aesthetic the teen girls had at the time.