The Gravedigger

Written By

vikki kerslake

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EXT. CEMETARY - EVENING1.1. 00:00:08

Establishing shot of the streets of london, before panning out to a nearby old cemetery. We see a middle aged, haggered and drunken grave digger, digging a grave.

Rain starts to pour, and the grave digger staggers into the nearby church's cellar.

INT. CELLAR - CONTINUOUS2.2. 00:00:23

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The grave digger collapses onto the floor in a drunken manner. He spots a large collection of wine bottles, gin bottles and barrels of beer stashed within.

He goes to grab some bottles, and starts drinking. He comes across an unusual looking bottle; filled with a pink liquid and reading '...'.

He picks the bottle up, and drinks the entire bottle in one go.

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INT. DREAM SEQUENCE 3.3. 00:00:55

We see the grave diggers eyes widen as we pan out to see in front of him. The rooms interior has changed to a claustrophobic room with psychedelic colour.

Beneath the grave diggers feet, a grave opens up and he falls through. he falls onto a long platform, made up of barrels. We see him struggle to keep his balance upon the platform. The platform moves like a seesaw. On one end the Grave digger stands, and on the other is a collection of bottles stacked. As he climbs towards the bottles, the platform tilts towards the bottles.

As he reaches the bottles, a sudden weight forces the platform to shift its weight.

He looks at the end, and sees a shovel has been stuck into the opposite end of the platform. He then looks down and sees that the platform is now a coffin.

The coffin stands upright, knocking him down. It slowly creaks open to reveal another version of himself, laying dead inside.

The Grave digger screams from the shock, and we zoom in to see his eyes shut.

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INT. CELLAR - CONTINUOUS4.4. 00:01:03

The room has gone from colourful and claustrophobic, to a dull white. we finally see the grave diggers arm appear in shot, gripping the mysterious bottle he drank.

His grip loosens, and the bottle rolls slowly away to reveal to the audience that it was in fact, poison.