"CHOOSE".

CHOOSE

An original screenplay by Rollion Milburn-Hampton

One woman, two talented men - someone has to go.

Synopsis:

Quentin Noctavious is a highly talented guitarist/composer who hasn’t quite lived up to the potential and promise of his first hit song. Miles Becorran is a music manager known for finding the best talent and holding onto these class acts while they rise to the top. They are two men involved with the same woman, vying to prove which is the better for her.

Jada Bynum stops standing in the shadow of her want to be a star guitarist pseudo-husband and step out on her own as a singer. To the amazement of Quentin Noctavious, Jada’s first step of faith, competing for one of the highly in demand spaces on Talent Storm, a reality TV talent show, results in Jada making the cut. Her voice, her style, and her sense of humor brings her to the attention of Miles Becorran, the manager of the up-and coming girl group, Faze. Miles, known for seeing the end from his very first view of talented newcomers, feels Jada is not only going to win the talent show, but take the nation by storm.

Miles sets out to find the best musicians to back his new star on the rise, and finds that Quentin has written the perfect songs for Jada. Miles convinces Quentin to allow Jada to sing his material, then works with Quentin to shape the music around her.

As Miles spends more time with Jada, her heart, frozen from her isolation in the years she attempted to keep Quentin happy, thaws. She comes alive, and with her the audience of Talent Storm. Fan momentum develops and grows from the first day of competition.

When she takes the stage, the vote, audience and live television, goes off the chart. Miles races to get Jada’s first album finished, to take advantage of the moment when she wins or loses. It’s a win-win situation, but only if Miles can take advantage of Jada’s window of fame.

Quentin feels the pinch of having Jada become not just her own person, but a star in her own right. He watches the growing attraction between Jada and Miles. Quentin does not doubt that it will go beyond the platonic, but has no idea how to stop it. He knows that he has neglected the love she once had for him. He has no idea how to get it back.

His frustration is compounded by his respect and admiration for Miles as a musician and as a manager who can pull the most incredible performances from Jada.

The closer Jada gets to the finals in the show, the closer Jada and Miles get to crossing the line to becoming lovers. When it happens, for once the husband is not the last know.