Excerpt from "The All American Candidate" Screenplay

When I had first heard about the Fresh Ink script reading series last semester, it immediately piqued my interest, so hearing more about it this semester, I knew that I wanted to submit a script. I tossed around a lot of lukewarm ideas before I eventually started to formulate what became my screenplay, The All-American Candidate. I worked very hard on trying to build strong characterization, specifically with the characters of Franny and Harrison, who we see in this scene. I wanted Franny to be crass and rude, but only because she’s scared of showing any emotion and ruining her reputation. I wanted Harrison to be a “know nothing know-it-all,” but at the root of it all, I wanted him to be kind, and that came through exceptionally well once I started working with the actors, Olivia Swanson and Chris Nigro. In the scene I have chosen, Franny calls Harrison, her friend who she is not too fond of, because she has nowhere else to turn.