establishing casting and script for my characters

Hey blog!

Filming for the project will start soooonnn! I'm currently working on my script and am still coming up with more ideas to add to my project, but one thing I know for sure is the characters. My opening will consist of 4 characters. 

Cast:

Maisely Smith, played by Gabriella Benhamu

Oliver Finch, played by Alvaro Urenda

Stacy Reynolds, played by Valeria Bautista

Emily Smith, played by Nicole Torres

Background of the story

Oliver and Maisely met when she had to tutor him for biology in his sophomore year. She had taken it in 8th grade and passed with straight A's. He was interested in her, and then he asked her out, but reluctantly. So did she. Since then, their relationship has been somewhat of a "honeymoon phase." They had never really had any major problems, just small disagreements like most couples do. Maisely and Stacy were best friends when they were younger. When they started getting older, Stacy started to get jealous of Maisely. 

The opening takes place in the summer, right before the start of their senior year. Maisely and Oliver have been dating for a year and a half at this point, and Maisely would've never thought Oliver could hurt her. 

Script:

*It starts out with Maisely looking at pictures of her and Oliver on her phone while sitting in her bedroom. He texts her he's outside, and she walks out to his car. The music starts playing while they drive. Maisely looks out the window, thinking. Cuts to them arriving at them eating out together on a date. Short montage of the date until the end*

Maisely: Thanks for the food, Ollie. I love you.

Oliver: Yeah, of course. I love you more. 

*He helps her get up and helps her from her chair. While walking out, he holds the door open for her. Another girl walks in, and when Maisely isn't looking, he checks her out. They walk back to his car, and he takes her home*

Oliver: Bye babe. See you tomorrow. Love you. 

Maisely. Byee! I love you more. *They kiss, and he drives away. She sighs and goes inside*

*The shot cuts to her getting ready for bed while music plays (diegetic) and she dances while brushing her teeth. She goes to sleep, and it cuts to a shot of her in the morning. While she's getting ready, she's dancing and listening to music once again while brushing her teeth. She gets ready, starts her day, and leaves her house in her car. She's going to go get food*

Maisely: Hey Siri, give directions to the nearest Panna Express. *It calculates her route and starts navigating, and she starts driving there*

(She gets out of the car and gets a call from her best friend, Emily, and she asks something about Oliver. Emily had heard a rumor about Oliver and another girl and wanted to express her concerns to Maisely. As she's walking on the phone, she sees Oliver... with another girl.)

*Incoming call from Emily*

Maisely: Hey Em, what's up?

Emily: Hey girl, how's it going?

Maisely: I'm good. Uhm, I'm a little busy right now. Can I call you later?

Emily: Yeah, but, um, I just wanted to tell you something really quickly. 

Maisely: Okay, uh, what is it?

Emily: Okay, so basically, uhm, I'm at Saturday school right now, and I heard Marissa talking to Owen about how she saw Oliver with another girl the other day, and like, I don't know if it's true or not, but I just wanted to tell you, you know, just in case. 

Maisely: Oh, uh, wow. Do you think it's true? I don't think Oliver would do- 

*She looks up and freezes. She stops mid-sentence when she sees Oliver giving flowers to another girl. Maisly gets sad but then sees who the girl is and just gets angry. The girl is Stacy. She thinks to herself, How could he? And of all people, why her? She's hurt, angry, and confused, and she storms up to him to confront and break up with him*

Maisely: Um Emily. I'm gonna call you back. Okay? Love you, bye. *She walks up to Oliver and Stacy*

Maisely: What the fuck, Oliver? You're cheating on me? With her?

Oliver: Oh shit. Um, it's not what it looks like, I promise. 

Stacy: He must have come to his senses and realized how pathetic you are.

Maisely: *Slaps Stacy.* Fuck you.

Oliver: Oh shit.

Maisely: Go fuck yourself, Oliver. We're done.

*She starts walking away, and he runs up to Maisely and takes the flowers from Stacy to give to her.*

Maisely: Take your stupid flowers back. I don't want them. *She shoves them back in his hands*

*Oliver is following her, apologizing, begging her to forgive him, and still trying to hand her the flowers. Maisly grabs the flowers and hits him with them.*

Oliver: Please, Maise. I'm sorry. Please, c'mon, it was nothing. I love you, Maise, please. It was a stupid mistake; she means nothing to me. please 
Maisely: Apparently, I meant nothing to you, too. Get the hell out of my face.

Oliver: Maise, please, I'm sorry. Please, it'll never happen again.

Maisely: Don't call me that. Don't speak to me ever again. Don't call, don't text, and take those stupid flowers and shove them up your a-

*it cuts to the intro of the film (NAME TBD)*