Hi ! For this week My group and I needed to have completed a script or storyboard for our film. Due to the title amount of time we've had all together we decided developing a script first would be easiest. It is definitely still a work in progress. The hardest part of putting the script together was definitely making sure the dialogue felt natural and most importantly, not cheesy (although I'd say its pretty much impossible to make a coming-of-age film with out a little cheesy-ness.) We worked around this by REALLY trying to put ourselves in the characters position. Often times we would read a line aloud and if it sounded unnatural or something a teenager wouldn't say or just straight up cringey, we knew to change it. Below is the first draft of our script and although we are very happy with it, it is still subject to change.
*Note: lines that are highlighted indicate that we definitely plan on editing them in some way.
“FILM TITLE”
by
Elke Gomez, Mariana Aldana, Isabella Acosta
SHOOTING SCRIPT
February 14, 2025
“FILM TITLE AGAIN”
Screen opens with a montage of JORDYN DIAZ and AMELIA JACKSON, photos/videos of them as
children displayed on the screen.
JORDYN (V.O.)
I’ve known Amelia Jackson ever since the first day of sixth grade, and we have been inseparable ever since.
We do absolutely EVERYTHING together
A montage of photos of Jordyn and Amelia flash across the screen, emphasizing their time spent together over
the years.
INT. BEDROOM - DAY
JORDYN’S BEDROOM. POSTERS ALL OVER THE WALL, HIGHLY DECORATED. A PILE OF CLEAN
LAUNDRY LIES ON THE BED BESIDE AMELIA. SUNLIGHT FILTERS THROUGH THE WINDOW.
JORDYN sits at her desk writing in a notebook (offscreen), AMELIA is behind her laying on the bed, reading a
book.
JORDYN:
(To Audience)
Since it’s FINALLY our last year of high school, I decided that we needed a change of pace.
AMELIA (checking her phone: the time reads “7:30”)
AMELIA:
(Panicked)
Oh god it’s 7:30 already. (grabbing her bag) We're gonna be so late !!
AMELIA scrambles out of bed, EXITING and shutting the door behind her. CLICK.
JORDYN puts away the journal she has been writing in. She fumbles with her bag. The door reopens.
AMELIA:
Hurry up !!
JORDYN: TBD
(To Audience)
Alright guys, I’ll be right back, I have to go to school…
JORDYN grabs her bag, covering the screen (playful)
BLACK SCREEN
MAIN TITLES
SCHOOL BELL RINGS. MUSIC BEGINS.
EXT. SCHOOL
BUSY HALLWAY. STUDENTS LINGERING IN THE HALLS. LOUD TALKING. WE HEAR BITS
AND PIECES OF TYPICAL ‘HIGH SCHOOL’ CONVERSATIONS/TALK.
JORDYN and AMELIA walk through the busy hall, AMELIA is reading from the journal JORDYN had
been writing in previously. JORDYN (expectant) waits for a reaction from AMELIA. AMELIA looks up from
the journal, her expression unreadable.
AMELIA:
(Exasperated)
No…No way. A bucket list?
Okay, one: that is (emphasized) SO cliche
Two: How would we even do all this?
AMELIA begins to ramble, her voice fading out. JORDYN turns to the camera, rolling her eyes and grinning
(playful)
JORDYN:
(To audience about AMELIA)
She’s always like this. But she’s right.. (quickly) don’t tell her I said that.
I’ve gotta have a foolproof plan if she’s gonna go along with this. (frustrated) How can we even
(emphasized) BEGIN to tackle the list?
Still addressing the audience, JORDYN glances up and spots her solution. (Off-camera)
JORDYN:
(Looking back to Audience)
(Grinning) Talk about convenient.
AMELIA’S voice fades back in, her arms crossed as she finishes her rant about how absolutely impossible
JORDYN’S goal is.
AMELIA:
(annoyed) Jordyn?
JORDYN:
(dismissive)
AMELIA:
Hellooo, are you even listening? Come on, we’re gonna be late-
JORDYN:
(cutting AMELIA off)
(Grabbing AMELIA’S shoulder) Amy (AMELIA) look, I just found our solution.
JORDYN makes her way to the other side of the hallway, ripping the poster from the top of a board that she
had spotted during her tangent.
JORDYN shoves the poster in AMELIA’S hands and reaches in her book bag to grab her journal.
They flip through the pages of the bucket list until they find the right one.
JORDYN, AMELIA:
(AMELIA still looking down at the journal and JORDYN looks up to the audience)
List Item Number Seventeen, spend the night at a park
The item of the bucket list pops up on the screen it reads: #17 Spend the night at a park.
P.S Happy Valentines Day !!