On the Run
Logline
Two Texan 17 year olds, Angelina and Steven, run away from dramatically different worlds and for very different reasons, meeting on the run, as they confront danger in three states -- Texas, Nevada, and Arizona -- as their lives will be forever changed through their criminal encounters and their blossoming relationship.
Genre
Drama,
Short Summary
Angelina runs away from her single mother who was demanding she steal and do sexual favors. Steven drives off in the family's Mercedes to escape his domineering mother who has turned him into her errand boy since her divorce. These 17 year olds will be forever changed by meeting on the run.
Setting
Corpus Christi, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Overcoming Monster/Villain
Plot - Other Elements
Coming of Age, Meaningful Message,Understanding of the criminal and the victims in a mass shooting
Mature Audience Themes
Information not completed
Main Character Details
Name: Two main characters - Angelina and Steven. Angelina is a 17 year old whose mother has been making her steal and lately to do sexual favors at the local brothel to help her single mother pay the bills.
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Badass
Additional Character Details
Name: Steven is also a main character. He is 17 and he runs away to save himself from his mother's domination of him since she and her husband divorced. Steven's family is rich in dramatic contrast to Angelina's poor family. He is smart and just suddenly gets sick of his mother running his life. His act of rebellion by running away is really his way of saving himself by asseting his independence.
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Complex
Additional Character Details
Name: Uncle Barney is one of Angelina's former boyfriends. Angelina's single mother has had many boyfriends over the years. When Angelina and Steven meet up with Uncle Barney on the run, their lives will go in a new direction as they help him to pay back his gambling debts in Las Vegas and then, when he dies in the mass shooting at the concert in Phoenix that he has taken them to on their way back to Texas as a reward for helping him out with his problem. Angelina suspects that Uncle Barney is actually her father.
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Role: Mentor
Key Traits: Heroic, Honorable, Lone Wolf, Adventurous, Complex, Engaging
Additional Character Details
Name: Jasper plays a minor role. He is one of the criminal-types that Angelina and Steven encounter on the road.
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Role: Antagonist
Key Traits: Aggressive, Criminal, Decisive