Pre-Production: The Script- Scene 1, Making Decisions

In the book there are a lot of character description and unnecessary dialogue. In some cases, there were phrases that were meant to be witty come backs but don't really make sense.

E.g.

'So how does this work, exactly?'
'We lift the tapes,' Robbo said. 'One each end.'
Pete dug the walkie-talkie out and switched it on. 'We're getting this taped, Michael!' Then he switched it off again.

That doesn't make sense. There are a lot of dialogue bits like that or that are there just to reveal something or tell us something about the characters or their history. So I removed them or reworded them to make the whole thing flow better.

I also didn't want much about the four friends who bury Michael because they die in the first scene and it doesn't make a difference to the plot what they are like so I made it very simple. I just gave brief character descriptions and got across that they are friends and Michael is a groom.

There is one line I left in :
LUKE
Just relax, we’ll be back in a couple of hours.



When Dylan read this he said that he thought it should be removed because it isn't necessary but I feel that this line is really important because it tells us that this is a prank. They aren't planning to leave him there forever and the prank simply goes wrong when they die. Dylan understood this reasoning when I explained. There is a lot in the book about what pubs they are going to next but it isn't necessary seen as they never get to the pubs.