A filmmaking project created and run by people under-25 is helping people from all backgrounds to develop their skills by making their own feature.

Created by filmmaker Max McGregor, actor and filmmaker Daniel Kerr, and filmmaker Archie Nelson, Next Take includes people from schools, colleges, universities and the New Scots community.

The team worked on developing a short film with Ukrainian refugees last year, as well as the chess-based short Your Move.

Their latest project will soon begin filming in North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway.

The film, which has been entirely created by the team of young people, is set in a fictional, remote Scottish village.

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More than 250 years ago the village was raided and suffered utter devastation, which is commemorated with a 24 hour silence every year.

However, the tradition is under threat by the connectivity and expansion of the modern world, with the film focusing on two different narratives around the tradition.

Mr McGregor tells The Herald: "We started in February and our group is a mix of about 20 people between the ages of 14 and 25 with different levels of experience and skill, from professional to people who are studying film, people who are just interested, even people who have never even considered it before.

(Image: First Take) “We’re trying to have a collaborative film which everyone has contributed to writing and we were doing that over the course of quite a few months this year.

“It’s a voice for people, a place where they can comment on themes that are important to them in an original fictional short.

“We try and get everyone to try their hand in every single role and pull it together into an actual finished piece that is a product of their ideas and their work.

“It’s learning the skills as you go about making it, which is really important."

The filmmakers were involved in the short film project Different Ways last year, the story of a Ukrainian refugee who faces unexpected challenges when travelling across Scotland.

(Image: First Take) Refugees from Ukraine were involved in the making of it, and it has been shown at events across Scotland.

Mr McGregor says: "It was something I had never done before.

“I’ve learned loads from doing this, not just about filmmaking.

“The thing that’s been most amazing for me is just learning about different people, a lot of our group are different nationalities and from all different backgrounds and cultures.

“I’ve become friends with a lot of people I’d never otherwise have met, and seeing them grow over the course of doing this is incredible.

“That’s why we’re so passionate to keep doing it.”

The project has received funding from both Screen Scotland and North Ayrshire Council, while a crowdfunder has been set up to help pay for things like travel, food on shoots and equipment.

Mr McGregor said: "We’ve received support from Screen Scotland a little bit of funding from the local authority as well, but it wasn’t quite the amount needed to do this scale of project so we’ve got a crowdfunder just to keep us going and see us through to the end.”

The Next Take crowdfunder can be accessed here. The finished film will be screened and submitted to film festivals.