Draft Synopsis

After the initial planning of our five minute short film, I started to turn the notes into a full synopsis and logline of the film. Doing this before the screenplay 

Logline

To stop his imaginary friend from taunting him, a schizophrenic adolescent must obey the orders and venture into the old asylum before the break of dawn. 


Synopsis

Franklin is a schizophrenic, and one day he is talking to his imaginary friend, a young boy, when the boy starts getting more demanding, telling Franklin to go into the old mental asylum, He abides, breaks entry, and then gets trapped inside, with his young companion still by his side, forcing him onwards. As Franklin gets more panicked whilst trying to escape, his schizophrenia gets worse, and he starts imagining that he’s not alone as the asylum fills with dead bodies and taunting characters around him. Frantically, Franklin becomes desperate to escape, running and weaving, trying to find an exit, when he realises there is no escape and collapses to the floor. He wakes up, finding himself in his own bed, and after being urged to go back to sleep by his young companion, he fades back into his rest. But little did he know he hadn’t yet reached the end of his ordeal.