Creating a Script

Throughout our film opening, there is not much dialogue, we wanted to focus more on what was happening on the screen and visuals rather than the conversations they had. We also believe we're able to show the dynamic and part of the plot just from what the audience will be seeing occur. So the only part that includes specific dialogue is when August and James go to pick up Betty at her house and we see the three of them in the car having a casual conversation. This is the part where the audience will be able to learn more about each character and how they differ from each other, but work so well together. 

The three of us spent some time discussing what the three characters would be discussing just the main idea and if that was going to have an effect on the overall story. To make the scene more natural and authentic, James, Betty, and August are going to be portrayed by three people who are best friends in real life so we are hoping the chemistry will be able to get picked up on the screen. With Covid and trying to make it seem less awkward as possible, this felt like the best option we had. At first, we just wanted to include bullet points of topics we wanted to have the characters talk about so it doesn't seem forced because, in the end, they're not professional actors. Since Thiago is one of the actors and someone that has been involved with the project since day one, he wrote the script but discussed it with me and Lorena as he went along. He knows the type of dialogue we want but at the same time he knows how the dynamic between him and his friends are so he tried making it as natural as possible. We are filming soon and I am excited to see how this will play out on screen!!