"Mothers lock up your daughters" as a movie

Choose a short story, and imagine you’re turning it into a movie. Who would you cast to play the main characters? What songs or musicians would you include in the soundtrack? Would you alter the story’s setting? If so, how? Explain your responses.

Prompt	Original Story	Movie Proposal
Introduction Short story chosen and why	Mothers Lock Up Your Daughters Because They are Terrifying by Alice Sola Kim	small cast, and I feel it would translate well into a movie since it's mostly story-driven and pretty descriptive
CAST Teen Vogue - Teen Asian Actors
Caroline Innocent, well mannered girl who goes along with mini and ronnie, “sweetly tilted eyes and cashmere sweater dress and ballet flats like she was some pampered cat turned human.” “we have to earn our places in our homes. Caroline did it by being perfect and PG-rated, though her mind boiled with filthy, outrageous thoughts, though she often got so frustrated at meals with her family during her performances of perfection that she wanted to bite the dining room table in half. ”		Claudia Kim, looks like a normal Asian girl, is Korean
Mini Classic rebellious teen, “torn sneakers and one thousand silver earrings and chewed-up hair” “Mini did it by never asking for anything. Never complaining. Though she could sulk and stew at the Olympic level. Girl’s got to have an outlet.”		Lyrica Okano, carries the rebellious persona with her, Asian girl
Ronnie “Except for Ronnie, actually. We were worried about Ronnie, who wasn’t academically motivated like Caroline or even C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, what’s next motivated like Mini.” “them with their wonderful families—how dare they complain so much, how dare they abandon them for this creature? And perhaps Ronnie was just stronger and more skeptical, but she had another reason for wanting to keep Mom away. She was ashamed. The truth was that there was already someone inside her head. It was her brother, Alex. He was the tumor that rolled and pressed on her brain to shift her moods between dreamy and horrified.” “r. If the Halversons weren’t her parents, if Mrs. Halverson wasn’t her mother, then who was to be her mother? Alex would still have his family. He wasn’t the adopted one, after all. Ronnie would be alone in the world, with only fake companions—a blond husband who used to be her brother, and a ghost who would rest its hands on Ronnie’s shoulders until the weight was unbearable, a ghost that couldn’t even tell different Asian girls apart to recognize its own daughter.” “But I don’t care. I need your help, Mom. Please, are you still there? I’ll be your daughter. I love your strength. I’m not scared anymore. You can sleep inside my bone marrow, and you can eat my thoughts for dinner, and I promise, I promise I’ll always listen to you. Just make me good.”		Awkwafina, relatively plain looking Asian girl, good acting experience
Mother Perfectionist--”Mom told us we were beautiful and special and loved, but that is not to say that she was afraid to criticize the fuck out of us.”, also korean		Pat Carroll, she has a good creepy voice to work with, experienced voice actress
SOUNDTRACK
Scene	Artist / Song(s)	Notes
Party		pop songs, dance, mainstream
Beginning scene	Bad Decisions, a song by The Strokes	Radio in the car, background music
Ronnie being attacked		-suspenseful music
Caroline is doing ballet with mom	Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13 Waltz of the Flowers
Possession- ending	Sunflower, a song by Rex Orange County	“I don't wanna see you cry You don't have to feel this emptiness She said, "I'll love you 'til the day that I die" Well maybe she's right 'Cause I don't wanna feel like I'm not me”
SETTING
Where	a suburban town in the U.S.
When	Modern/Current