The concept for the film was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents' divorce in 1960.
But her intent is to spur recognition, even when the scene is based on a complex amalgam of actual and imaginary phenomena.
Facebook, on the other hand, is based on a solid foundation of angry birds and imaginary sheep.
Glyn Maxwell's libretto is based on a novel by Philip Pullman, and its fantastical plot, which roams through imaginary landscapes peopled by spirits, concerns the young heroine Lila's ambition to outdo her firework-maker father.
He would bring no formal education to his discoveries; his understanding of the world would be based on a patchwork of dreams, imaginary science and facts, as well as his own intuition.
Its imaginary terraces are based on a variety of extant and demolished housing projects tucked in among boarded-up row houses in that neighborhood, where trapped old folks (fewer every year) sit on Baltimore's trademark white stone steps.
Described as a "dark fairy tale" by Stephen Dalton in The Times – "The Wizard of Oz meets The Truman Show, with a light sprinkling of Life On Mars" – it is based on imaginary events in the career of Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman.
The pianist on this week's cover, George Booth says, "is an imaginary character, but the drawing is based on my mother, whose nickname was Mawmaw.
By Françoise Mouly and Mina Kaneko January 20 ,2012 The pianist on this week's cover, George Booth says, "is an imaginary character, but the drawing is based on my mother, whose nickname was Mawmaw.
The field has no preconstructed goals; the youngsters set up stones as goalposts at either end of the field, and the height of the imaginary crossbar is based on the size of the goalie.
