Music Video.

For our homework, we had to embed a music video from YouTube onto our blog. We could choose any music video, but I chose We Sleep Forever by Aiden.

I didn't only choose this as Aiden are my favourite band, but also because I thought it fit in with the theme of 'Thriller movies' rather well. The song was written for a horror/thriller movie called Dead Silence in which a woman is controlling a ventriloquist doll that attempts to kill everyone. Although I know that this movie is more of a horror, there are many thriller elements and this music video, I believe, tried to capture some of the Thriller elements by using the bit at the beginning of the video with the gravestones (with the names of members of the band) before the music even kicks in; I believe they done this bit to create a mysterious and tense atmosphere and then when the music kicks in, it could make the audience jump.

I believe that the way the video is shot also contributes to how it is like a Thriller movie. It is scened mostly in the dark with artificial light so we can see the band, this is often used in thriller movies to create tension as you can't see what is happening or who is in the dark. I think that they're all wearing white to contrast against the dark night and their actions are sometimes quite sudden which is another feature in most thriller movies.