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The BBC Electric Proms today launched New Music Shorts 2009 - an initiative offering aspiring filmmakers a £5,000 budget to make a music-based short film with a professional production company and have it premiered at the Electric Proms festival in October.

Announced today on Nemone's BBC 6 Music show, budding filmmakers are invited to visit bbc.co.uk/electricproms and listen to two tracks by rising stars – Dog Days by Florence & The Machine and On Dancefloors by Metronomy.

Ideas for shorts should be inspired by these tracks and two ideas will be commissioned this year.

The closing date for entries is Thursday 18 June 2009.

The idea for the New Music Short could be anything from a music promo to a drama or documentary.

The filmmakers with the most innovative ideas will receive up to £5,000 to make their film under guidance from award-winning commissioner John Hassay at music video production company Colonel Blimp.

This year the initiative is running in partnership with 6 Music and the winning films will be premiered alongside performances by Florence & The Machine and Metronomy at the Electric Proms this October.

BBC Electric Proms Festival Director Lorna Clarke said: "This is the fourth year of supporting young filmmakers at the Electric Proms and previous years have seen some real talent emerge.

"We're delighted to be working so closely with 6 Music on this initiative which really meshes new music and film together, bringing a different take on musical innovation to the festival."

FFor further details, to enter and to view last year's winners' films visit bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2009/newmusicshorts/.

The BBC Electric Proms will return in October and will be broadcast across BBC television, radio, online and via the red button for digital viewers.

Line- up and scheduling details will be released later this year.

Notes to Editors

BBC New Music Shorts

How to Enter:

• Go to bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2009/newmusicshorts to read more about the competition and apply.
• Listen to the two tracks supplied by artists Florence & the Machine and Metronomy and select which one you'd like to submit an idea for a new film.
• Go to bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2008/films/newmusicshorts to see last year's films.
• Entrants need to submit a pitch (200 words or less) explaining the idea, including details of tone and style, and a treatment (300 words or less) explaining how they will achieve it. They must have had some filmmaking or programme-making experience before and provide evidence of this by either uploading links to previous work or sending in a DVD. A list of production credits should also be included.
• The idea can be for any length from one to ten minutes.
• Films must be realisable within eight weeks of commission and on a budget of up to £5,000.
• You should choose one music track from the two options and explain your ideas as inspired by that track. You can only submit one idea. Evidence must be supplied in the submitted treatment of how the track selected has inspired the idea.

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