A GROUP of young people has been branching out into the documentary film business.

The youngsters from Howbury youth centre in Slade Green have just premiered their short film about apprenticeships at a heritage event in Greenwich.

The filming was done over six sessions, including location shots at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden.

The team of six from the youth centre shared a range of jobs including scriptwriting, filming and editing.

Called The Apprentice, the film includes interviews comparing the apprenticeships of past years with today’s version.

The youngsters talked on camera with people who began their working lives as apprentices at the Vickers company factory in Crayford and with modern day apprentices, contrasting their experiences.

Philip Muspratt, 11, is the narrator of the film.

He said: “"I enjoyed going to the London Transport Museum to see how transport has changed through apprenticeships.

“ I learnt all about apprentices who made their own tools and how they were made.”

He was so impressed by what he learned, he added: “ I hope I can find an apprenticeship for myself, as it is more hands on than school.

“I think an apprenticeship could help my future and I think it would change my future."

The short film was shown as part of an event at the Greenwich Heritage Centre called The Story of London 2010, organised by Eastside Community Heritage.

It was also part of the London-wide 99 Per Cent Campaign to celebrate the positive contribution young people make to life in the capital.

To find out more about The Story of London 2010 project and Eastside Community Heritage, go to hidden-histories.org.uk and visit 99percent.org.uk for details of the 99 Per Cent Campaign.