Who are the Supporting Characters: James and August

 James

James is one of the most important supporting characters in the film. He has a big role in affecting Betty's life because they were together for quite some time before their breakup at the beginning of the school year. Which only happened because James acted like the immature, silly teenage boy he is, cheating on Betty with August. 

Physically, James is a Hispanic-American 17-year-old boy who lives in the same town as Betty. He has known Betty since they were very young, but only started dating during high school. I should mention they go to the same school and are in the same grade level. He has my physical appearance since I am the one who plays him. For the entire scene, he wears a red sweater with white and black striped, along with black jeans and white Tommy Hilfiger shoes. He has very dark brown, wavy hair and brown eyes. 

Mentally, James is a bit silly. By this I mean he is a young, immature boy who doesn't fully think before he acts. He completely broke the trust of the girl he loves and cheated on her with another girl during the summer when he was on vacation. Yet, he somehow expects Betty to forgive him and come running back to his arms because he still loves her. He obviously wants Betty back, which can be seen by how he goes to her doorstep with flowers just to win her back. He also feels horrible for what he did, regretting the entire summer with August. James is pretty popular in school. He might not be friends with everybody, but he definitely knows his way around the school. He usually likes to play sports and video games with his friends, along with spending time with Betty (pre-breakup). James will not rest until he finds a way back to win Betty. For he might not know anything, but he knows he misses her. 

James never speaks directly to the audience, but he is actually the only character in the film opening that has a two dialogues with two different characters. He speaks slowly and softly to Betty, as he is trying to win her back. He wants to be on his "best behavior" for Betty and is practically begging her to take him back. On the other hand, he speaks very harshly and direct with August. He has no feelings for her and is actually getting annoyed with her constant attempts at trying to be with him. He wants nothing to do with her anymore and begins to argue with her about the issue.

There aren't many probs associated with James in this opening. The only prop he really interacts with are the flowers that he brings to Betty, obviously representing his desire to be with her again. 

August

August is also a very important character to the story because she is the main cause for the situation in the film. She is the girl that James had a relationship with while still with Betty. While she may seem to be only present in the movie to explain the cause of the end of Betty and James' relationship, I assure you she also has deeper emotions and feelings in this story. 

Physically, August looks like your typical popular girl. She is an 18-year-old Hispanic-American girl that goes to the enemy school of Betty and James's high school. She is the lead cheerleader of the team at her school and is known by many people across the town. She is very confident in herself, wearing a white crop top and ripped jeans. Most consider her to be very pretty and everything a guy would want. She makes other girls very jealous and is known to flirt with a lot of boys. 

Mentally, August is very self-centered and shallow. She is less shy than Betty, but a lot more superficial. She only really cares about herself and sees herself as better than Betty. She did in a way entice James to be with her, even though she was aware of his relationship with Betty. Her maturity, confidence, forwardness, beauty, and fun spirit is what attracted James. But it was her ego, selfishness, attitude, and shallow personality that made him realize that Betty is his one and only. However, while August might seem like this selfish, emotionless soul, she actually surprises herself by falling in love with James. She genuinely wants to be with him and wishes for him to forget about Betty and come back to her. She misses those nights where she'd sneak off with James and just "live for the hope of it all". 

Like James, August also never speaks directly to the audience, but she does have a conversation/argument with James. She seems to be very flirty with her words, and also very insistent. This is ultimately what annoys James and leads to their argument in the car. She mostly just tried to convince James to be with her again.

She also doesn't have many props. She does pull up next to James in her car though. While we thought a sports car would best represent August's personality, unfortunately my father's mini van was the only vehicle available. Still, the point of August driving in her own car is to show her slight maturity and independence.