The student proposes creating a music video based on the film Requiem for a Dream. The music video will use the soundtrack from the film and focus on the theme of addiction, depicting how it affects individuals through quotes, POV filming, and photographs. The target audience includes fans of the film/music genre and those with addiction experiences. Production techniques will include location scouting, test shoots, and experimenting with camera settings to achieve the desired dark and moody aesthetic relating to the source material.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Unit 4: Final Major Project Proposal Form
Media Format (film,
documentary, motion
graphics,
photography,
animation, graphic
design etc)
I am going to do a music video for my final major project. Or a cross
between an awareness video and a music video..
Synopsis of Idea
(content, narrative,
genre)
The song I will be using is the soundtrack from the film Requiem for a
Dream, the video will be of a concept based style. As the song I have
chosen doesn’t have any lyrics I have decided that the story will be loosely
based on addiction, which is what the film Requiem for a Dream focuses on.
I hope to use different quotes from the film or film either written or spoken
over the track. The focus of my idea will be addiction and how it affects a
person, It will be filmed POV and parts not..I also want to use different
photographs I have taken in the video.
I will use some of the camera and editing techniques used in the film, for
example fast cutting, montages, time lapse photography, close ups and
other techniques used.
Target Audience?
(demographic NOT
age range)
The target audience of my music video will be anyone who likes the genre
of music this song fits into. It will also be targeted towards people who have
seen the film or read the book, Requiem for a dream. This could also be
targeted towards people who have had experiences with addiction or know
people who have. I think it will appeal more toyoung adults more than an
older audience.
Target Audience
Needs?
I will have to make sure that the track and spoken quotes from the film fit
in well together. I will also have to make sure that all my shots are well
framed and correct exposures and contrasts are used in any images I decide
to use.
How will your project
meet the needs of
your target audience?
(Make reference to
content you think will
appeal to your target
audience)
I think that the audience of my music video would like to see dark contents
and scenes that relate to the film.
What production
techniques will you
use to realise your
project?
The pre-production for my project will include a lot of research into
different locations and also different photographers that have influenced
my idea. I will also have to produce detailed risk assessments of places that
I am photographing and filming in. For the main production of my work I
will produce a few test shoots and experiment with the settings (exposure,
brightness and contrast) of my shots, this will help me decide how I want
my shots to look and make filming easier.