Faster (Within Temptation song)

Mother Maiden short film

The Unforgiving's first short film, Mother Maiden, was combined with the music video to "Faster" and released on 31 January 2011.^[4] The film begins with the character of Mother Maiden (played by Dawn Mastin^[5]) writing a letter and reciting a monologue which explains that she controls lost souls to seek revenge on "those with a dark heart." While Mother Maiden continues to speak, the film cuts between her and the "lost souls" which she controls. Firstly, we see the character of Sinéad dragging an unconscious man on top of a train, who awakens just before being killed by a low hanging rail road signal. We then cut to "The Triplets" (more of Mother Maiden's workers) crawling into a window, after which an unseen woman screams and the Triplets reappear with their mouths smeared with blood. Finally, we are shown a man shaving before an arm bursts from his bathroom mirror and strangles him. At this point, the "Faster" music video begins with the band playing the song in full. As it ends, we see Sinéad's corpse awakening in a morgue.^[6] The script was written by Steven O'Connell and Tim Smit. The music video and short movie were directed by Joeri Molsheimer.^[7]

Cast

• Dawn Mastin as Mother Maiden
• Nicola Hemink as Sinéad
• Key Graham as Sinéad's Fater
• Christopher Van Dujin as Triplets
• Matthijx Kat as Man on train
• Banny Bakker as Shaving Man

Alternate music video

At the same time as the release of the full "Faster" music video and Mother Maiden short film, an edited version of the song was released on YouTube with the same footage inter-cut (rather than as originally presented in their separate components of the three short-films –Mother Maiden, Sinéad and Triplets).^[8]