A participatory film produced for Village Arts that features residents of all ages from Saltburn-by-the-Sea working together to create colourful and decorative lanterns that would be used in an upcoming procession. Outside in a field some of the children taking part in the procession rehearsal. In a small room inside a local community centre several children work to decorative a lantern in the shape of a fish by adding colourful tissue paper over a wooden or bamboo frame. Nearby a man is...

A participatory film produced for Village Arts that features residents of all ages from Saltburn-by-the-Sea working together to create colourful and decorative lanterns that would be used in an upcoming procession. Outside in a field some of the children taking part in the procession rehearsal. In a small room inside a local community centre several children work to decorative a lantern in the shape of a fish by adding colourful tissue paper over a wooden or bamboo frame. Nearby a man is working on a different lantern. In a larger room many men, women and children work to build various lanterns also placing colourful tissue paper over wooden frames to create a variety of different sea creatures. On a field a rehearsal for the lantern procession with children being given instruction and practicing on the grass to walk in a certain formation. The film ends back inside the hall where more work is carried out on the lanterns in readiness for the procession.