5:25pm Thursday 14th February 2008
By David Deans
MANY of us say we've got a film or a novel in us somewhere - but rarely get the motivation to put one together.
Now a team of young girls from Pill are producing their own picture about teenage pregnancy.
Teenagers from the "Who Cares? We Care!" group are currently writing the script for the movie.
It's hoped, once funding is secured, that the group will be able to employ professional technicians for the 10-minute film.
Currently the script features a 19-year-old Londoner who gets his 15-year-old girlfriend pregnant, but doesn't want to know.
15-year-old Carmel James said they picked the subject as it was relevant to their age group.
She said: "Its something which we can do from our point of view as its about a girl who is our age."
The girls are not new to film making, and won a Newport First Films award for the best use of music in a documentary they produced last year.
They hope to use rap, as well as dialogue, to tell the story in this picture.
Sarah Delahay, 15, said she thought the rate of teenage pregnancy had increased in recent years.
She added: "For most people in my group of friends it's not a problem, but in the area it is getting worse."
The group, which has been running for 18 months, has been brilliant according to Natalie Stagg, 17.
"There were mostly just sports groups and not much for girls at Pill before Who Cares? We Care! started up," she said.
Mandy Carpenter of Pill Film Club says a team is available to assist with production, although the girls will also be working behind the camera.
Girls interested in joining can attend on Wednesday at the Pill Millennium Centre, at 5.30pm.
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