. It consists of over five hours of footage of poet John Giorno sleeping, challenging the viewer's perception of cinematic time. Only Sleeping (Short 2011)
Short-form platforms have invented the "POV sleep video" – often not meant to be slept to, but watched while falling asleep. Sleeping Sex Video 1
Unlike cinema, these popular videos are tools. Channels like and Michael Sealey produce 3-8 hour long videos featuring a narrator guiding you into deep sleep with visual black screens or slow-motion nature footage. These are technically "sleeping filmography" if we define "film" as moving image plus audio—but here, the visual is secondary. Unlike cinema, these popular videos are tools
Cinema often uses sleep as a gateway to exploring the subconscious, memory, or psychological distress. Cinema often uses sleep as a gateway to
: Perhaps the most iconic sleep-related film, where Freddy Krueger kills victims within their dreams [14]. Before I Go to Sleep (2014)