New film-makers have honed their camera skills by shooting a documentary about an Oxford mental health group.

Half a dozen aspiring video journalists were put through their paces as broadcasters as part of the Dream2Screen project, in Blackbird Leys.

The group learned a range of camera techniques over six weeks of classes before filming the Oxford Survivors group as part of their final project.

They will now edit the raw footage into a 10-minute documentary, which they hope will help the support service find funding.

Oxford Survivors’ committee member Ricky Warner said: “It’s going to give a better view to the general public, so they can see what we’re all about.

“Hopefully, it will put our membership up. There are a lot of people out there who don’t even know we exist.”

Oxford Survivors provides support for people who have used or continue to use mental health services, and people with long-term addiction problems.

It holds coffee days for members on Fridays and Saturdays at the Blackbird Leys Community Centre.

Calvin Goodgame, manager of the Blackbird Leys multimedia hub, said he hoped to use Dream2Screen to highlight other services in the local area.

A previous video journalism group filmed at the Blackbird Leys Adventure Playground.

Mr Goodgame added: “The raw footage looks quite good. For their first video project it’s not bad.

“We thought we would get a collection of video programmes we have made and put them on a new website after Christmas.”

Dream2Screen pupil Justin Davis, 27, from Kestrel Crescent, said: “We were very inspired by what Oxford Survivors are doing and felt it deserved to be highlighted.

“We wanted to show the fact that groups like it are really important to the local community and give a voice to mental health issues.

“It has been really fascinating, learning how to operate a camera, how to interview someone and how to set up a shot beforehand.

“It has been a really positive experience. We are just hoping it will do some good for them.”