{"id":1699,"date":"2025-06-09T19:26:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:27:14","slug":"misuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2025\/06\/09\/misuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Misuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Logline: A teenager denied the opportunity to attend college grapples with a rocky home life, but discovers the euphoria of pain medication. Trapped in a cycle of self-isolation, he is forced to reckon with his addiction in solitude.<\/p>\n<p>Page Count: 7.5<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Drama<\/p>\n<p>Cast Breakdown:<br \/>\nBrennan (18) &#8211; our protagonist, depressed, discouraged, bad communicator, stuck; senior in high school<br \/>\nDalton (18) &#8211; animated, chatty, blunt; Brennan\u2019s longtime friend; senior in high school<br \/>\nFinley (17) &#8211; anxious, unintentionally funny, cautious; a new friend of Brennan and Dalton; junior\/rising senior in high school<br \/>\nSchool Boy 1 (14-18) &#8211; high school student at Brennan\u2019s\/Dalton\u2019s\/Finley\u2019s school<br \/>\nSchool Boy 2 (14-18) &#8211; high school student at Brennan\u2019s\/Dalton\u2019s\/Finley\u2019s school<\/p>\n<p>Location Breakdown:<br \/>\nINT. SCHOOL BATHROOM<br \/>\nEXT. BRENNAN\u2019S HOUSE<br \/>\nINT. BRENNAN\u2019S BATHROOM<br \/>\nEXT. FINLEY\u2019S HOUSE<br \/>\nINT. FINLEY\u2019S BASEMENT<br \/>\nEXT. SIDEWALK<br \/>\nINT. BRENNAN\u2019S KITCHEN<br \/>\nINT. BRENNAN\u2019S ROOM<br \/>\nEXT. SCHOOL<br \/>\nINT. SCHOOL HALLWAY<\/p>\n<p>Special FX\/Cheats\/Stunts:<br \/>\nThe characters\u2019 use of recreational and prescription drugs (weed and opioids) needs to be faked.<\/p>\n<p>Credit:<br \/>\nWritten by Aidan Maurer<\/p>\n<p>Contact Info:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:aimaurer@chapman.edu\">aimaurer@chapman.edu<\/a> 202-677-1969<\/p>\n<p class=\"last\">Read Here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/03\/MISUSE-Aidan-Maurer.pdf\">MISUSE-Aidan-Maurer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logline: A teenager denied the opportunity to attend college grapples with a rocky home life, but discovers the euphoria of pain medication. Trapped in a cycle of self-isolation, he is forced to reckon with his addiction in solitude. Page Count:<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2025\/06\/09\/misuse\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-10-pages","category-drama"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}