Thomas takes full advantage of her digital medium, shooting within closed spaces where the digi-cam is free to capture the intimate dramas unfolding within the walls, and exploiting the clean digital image (emphasised by filming in crisp black and white) to illustrate the stark realities of modern life.
But One Life Stand isn't just a showcase for cutting-edge technology. It's a deeply human drama about a single mother and her troubled teenage son...This is no hysterical melodrama; there's a beautiful, understated, sombre quality as well as gentle humour at work in what is, essentially, Trise's story.
So while Thomas works within a very British and Scottish tradition of exploring domestic life besieged by a less than caring modern society, One Life Stand never resorts to cliche. Instead, issues, themes and characters are handled in as clear-minded and precise a manner as the images are recorded by Thomas' use of digital technology.