2. One mans quest to find his daughter leads to questions
he may never want to answer
3. Plot Twists
Serious Plot
Build up of music
Binary Opposites in locations/characters
Fast paced
Isolated ares
Realistic
Mental health issues
Foreshadowing
4. Begins with a panning shot of the house panning across (few seconds)
Cuts to Sam in the kitchen making a packed lunch, softly singing along to
music in the background.
Tracks Sam around kitchen, see pictures of the family posted everywhere
and shows glimpse of missing posters.
Close up shot of Sam breathing heavily, eyes glazed over as if remembering
something.
Calls up to Ellie to come downstair to go
Pans up to Ellie at the top of the stair case, she is dripping wet and does not
appear to react
Cut to park scene where you see Sam pushing Ellie on the swing, someone
approach Sam to talk and mentions being sorry to hear she is still missing
Cut back to wide shot and Sam is pushing the swing with no one on it
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5. Sam and Ellie are spending quality time at the park together. People keep telling Sam that they are “here to
help” which is confusing for him. People cannot see Ellie, but Sam can. Ellie is always dripping with water.
Ellie is on the roundabout at the park but suddenly, she disappears from Sam’s view when he is speaking to
somebody. He shouts, running around, desperately trying to find her. “She was literally just there!” Suddenly
someone stops him and tells him that Ellie has already been missing for 3 years.
Sam is alone at home and is worried and confused – he has become a recluse and drinks away his time. His
estranged sister, Laura, comes to his aid and cleans him up. She decides to help Sam let go of Ellie by helping
him to exercise his fantasy.
At first, it was just a ploy to help Sam, but the siblings uncover some truths about Ellie’s mysterious
disappearance. Ellie keeps appearing to Sam, where he runs after her, but she is no where to be found. Laura
does not know about Ellie’s appearances to Sam.
Laura finds out about Ellie’s appearances to Sam and begs him to get help but he refuses and shuts her out,
Sam starts to begin to realise that it is not really Ellie that appears but a figment of his imagination.
He starts to remember what happened the night Ellie disappeared and goes to Laura for help. Together they go
to the lake and find Ellie’s body at the bottom. Sam remembers the night he drowned her because he thought
he was helping her.
Ends with them both deciding to out the body back in the lake and never speak about what happened. Sam
decides to get help.
7. Early 40’s
Unemployed – used to be a lawyer
Looks disheveled
Wife has left him
Estranged sister
Schizophrenic
Traumatic childhood
Spontaneous
Always cracks bones
Likes to bake
8. 8 years old
Daughter of Samuel Loch
Died from drowning in lake
Wears the same outfit
Always dripping wet
Adored her father
Pale, blonde hair, big blue eyes
Uncomfortably, unusually quiet
Was popular at school
Missing
Loved nature
Loved swimming
10. Late 30’s
Single
Sister of Samuel
Primary school teacher
Very involved aunt
Helps Sam to find Ellie
Traumatic childhood
Always has a plan, keeps a cool head
Extremely honest
Has a habit of fiddling with things when she's nervous
Great care in appearance
11. Kara Loch
-Mother of Ellie
- -Ex-wife of Sam
- -Left Sam shortly after Ellie disappeared
-Young and couldn't handle Sam's illness and losing
their daughter
• Friends of the family
• Police looking into Ellie's case
