Planning- Rough plot


  • The short film will start with two small children (most likely both female) in a bedroom setting.
  • A woman will enter the bedroom  and asks one of the children 'who are you talking to?'
  • When the shot switches to the view of where the two girls were, there is now only one.
  • The girl replies saying '(other girls name) of corse!'
  • This then fades to some montage shots of the two girls together for example; At a park or in a playground at school.
  • Montage shots begin of significant points in time such as; tooth falling out, learning to ride a bike and the first day of school.
  • For all of these shots the imaginary friend is present and involved somehow within the event.
  • As the montage shots progress, the passing of time is signified -Through the changing of actors/actresses, that are older than he previous.
  • These shots transition into older activities including; parties, first kiss, learning to drive, first cigarette and first break up.
  • (The imaginary fiend is not included within these)
  • Between the second set of montage shots there are shots of the imaginary friend either sat in the girls bedroom, or can be seen at the event but on the outskirts looking in. To signify the separation and lack of connection between the characters.
  • This could end one of two ways;
  • The first being that there is an end shot shown of the girl grown up with her child and the child then proceeds to say she has an imaginary friend
  • Or the alternative option would to have the ending left open in the way of not having a conclusive ending and ending on a fade

With regards to sound, my initial idea would be to have odd bits of speech from characters (as diegetic sound), with a combination of narration from the point of view of the imaginary friend. This could be mixed with background music (therefore also incorporating non-diagetic).

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