Produced and directed by Dave Brunskill for Village Arts, a drama written and performed by five pupils from De Brus School in Skelton. The film tells the story of Trisha, a teenager who is forced by her friends to choose between two rival groups. Instead, she takes a third path and decides to take her own life. Following her death the two groups confront each other over Trisha’s grave and after some soul searching are able to reconcile. Title: Village Arts presents This film shows how...

Produced and directed by Dave Brunskill for Village Arts, a drama written and performed by five pupils from De Brus School in Skelton. The film tells the story of Trisha, a teenager who is forced by her friends to choose between two rival groups. Instead, she takes a third path and decides to take her own life. Following her death the two groups confront each other over Trisha’s grave and after some soul searching are able to reconcile. Title: Village Arts presents This film shows how Tricia responds when her friends, who are enemies, force her to choose between the two very different groups. Tricia believes that the only way is out. It is dearly wrong Life is Just a Dream on the Way to Death Moonlight through the branches of a tree changes to a teenage girl, Trisha, lying awake in bed. A young couple walks along Stanghow Road making their way towards Skelton and Brotton Cemetery while inside two girls dressed in black pray over the grave of their friend. Intercutting between Trisha preparing and then taking her own life with pills the couple enter the cemetery and confront the two girls praying over Trisha’s grave. The two group argue blaming each other for their friend death. With emotions running high all four come to realise how each contributed to their friend’s death, one of the girls in black gives the other girl a paper tissue. The two girls in black pray over their friend’s grave reciting ‘life is just a dream on the way to death.’ With the four now reconciled two of them hug before walking away leaving the cemetery. The film ends on Trisha laying on her death bed and moonlight streaming through a tree. Title: The road of friendship is long and hard Think before you act to harshly Even the greatest of differences can be resolved Credit: Cast Earth: Emma Louise Lagan, Fire: Leanne Pucik, Trisha: Jeanna Thomas, Col: Danny Johns, Lucy: Gemma Bunning, Voice of Trisha: Joanne Hudson Written by Emma Louise Lagan Sound Recording Joanna Hudson Costumes and Props Emma Louise Lagan and Leanne Pucik Director and Producer Dave Brunskill Title: A Village Arts Production 1999 Made in collaboration with De Brus School Skelton Supported by The Carnegie UK Trust Following the main production a series of humorous out-takes.