Working on the first draft for my script I continued to research into Rufus’ character by determining his role within the cemetery. In my mind his cemetery is within a small village, allowing him to act as the groundskeeper, funeral director and tenant all at the same time – something that’s rather difficult to show visually within the script. I decided the best way to portray this would be to have him filling out various pieces of paperwork in addition to his arranging of a funeral (integral to the plot of the short) which could play into his daily routine montage which would then, in turn help the idea of his monotonous, day-to-day routine.

 

Because I wished for my script to maintain a melancholy, yet slightly comedic tone, I wrote whilst listening to songs featured within a show that I feel pulls off the emotional moments well – NBC/ABC’s ‘Scrubs’, including:

Coldplay | Everything’s Not Lost

Peter Gabriel | The Book of Love

Joshua Radin | Winter