Story (1st draft)

It's a dark stormy evening in our coastal setting and the only thing that can be seen is the old lighthouse that stands by itself on top of a cliff edge.

Inside is a lone lighthouse keeper. Though he spends his time unaccompanied, he is quite content to sit solving crossword after crossword, although he completes them in only a quarter of the time he should, due to intermittent lighting.

Eventually the lighthouse keeper hits a tricky question and becomes rather stuck. Before this point we hear a rhythmic scribbling going on as he writes down the answers in time with the light. Now however the pattern is broken and the scribbling is replaced by the occasional tapping of his pencil on the table. After the light illuminates him a couple more times (his face appearing more confused/ frustrated each time) it eventually comes to an end. Or at least the bulb blows, the light goes off but still continues to spin.

So now the exterior of the lighthouse is in darkness and the interior isn't far from it (there could be candle or torch inside. An exit sign maybe illuminates the place a bit.) the lighthouse keeper moves his face closer to the window, trying to see out. At this point we also hear a collection of boat horns, but do not see them as they are left in darkness. After having a look out of the window he then looks toward the big light bulb (slowly) and then back towards desk (worringly) - he fixates on his beloved crossword for a couple of seconds, before looking back up toward light and clicking his fingers (as if to say "right, lets do this!").

Next he makes his way down the circular stairs and out of the door, where outside there is a tremendous storm. We see him taking a couple of difficult steps, struggling against the wind. 

He then struggles through another door before pushing against the wind to close it. He is now inside a little convenience store.

He walks towards a shop counter and points. The shopkeeper reaches for a lightbulb, however the lighthouse man waves his hand as if to say "no". So the shopkeepers pointing hand begins to move around, being directed by the mumbling of =the lighthouse man. Eventually he makes a noise signifying what he wants. Again he targets lightbulbs, however this time the shopkeeper pushes several of them aside before revealing, to his own apparen=t surprise, an unusually large bulb at the back of the shelf. After paying the shopkeeper the lighthouse man hugs both arms around the bulb, hoists it off the counter and makes his way back to the exit.

When we see him back inside the lighthouse he is attaching the bulb with difficulty (we can still hear horns from water).

Once attached he looks out of the window to a mess of several wrecked boats. To begin with he looks shocked, however his shock turns to joy as the answer to his remaining crossword question is revealed in a mashup of two colliding/ sinking ships.

Film ends with content look on lighthouse keepers face. He bends down and scribbles in the answer. Time for the next one!