URN-ING A LIVING (2020) - DIRECTOR
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
A short documentary that followed the day-to-day lives of a group of funeral directors. Observing the impact their profession has on their mental health and others around them. As a team of filmmakers, we aimed to humanise a profession that is often heavily misunderstood, immersing ourselves in their work for several weeks.
This was an incredible and somewhat rare experience that had a substantial impact on myself and the crew involved. Over the course of the week with the individuals, they opened up to us about the stigma surrounding the profession and the subsequent mental impact that comes alongside it.
Directed under the university of Gloucestershire
CREDITS
The employees of Alexander Burn Funeral Directors
Producer - Ellie Clapperton
Director of Photography - Megan Lansdell
Sound designer - Lucy Bell
Editor - Abbie Wilmott