"The Black Hole" Short film research

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The Black Hole- Short Film Analysis

Conventions;

Title

The title "The Black Hole" comes on screen and the video opens up as a

circular motion emphasising the focus of the lm, reinforcing the

signicance of the title

Length

!#, a short duration for a short lm $ut is su$stantial enough to convey

the message

Characters

% character, a &hite young man in an o'ce suit He epitomises the

dominant male side of the $usiness and corporate industry and theirongoing greed and desire for money

Figure 1 Title intro to scene one


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Figure 2 Main character

Camera work

(any mid) &ide shots to keep the characters face in shot and part of the

scene that is most necessary or relevant Typical comedy shots are used

such as the *oom and close ups These types of angles and shots add

more o$vious humour to the dry lm Also for the audience to remain in

sync &ith the characters emotions and thoughts

Figure 3 Close up of money

Twist/ lot

The man+s $oring &ork hours are interrupted $y a great nd, no having

the a$ility to reach things out of $ounds Ho&ever this soon turns sour

&hen the man+s greed gets the $etter of him and lands him in trou$le

rather than in luck

!mplicit/"#plicit meaning


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This short lm carries an implicit meaning rather than a running oke The

message $ecomes most clear to&ards the end of the lm in the last

scene, the man loses all the money to greed and is stuck in the safe

$cting %physical&

ery slo&, lacking emotion and energy in the introduction to the scene

&hich emphasises the genre and tone of the message .ntil he nds the

mysterious hole and his e/citement and optimism gro&s The $ehaviour of the actor ts the comedy style as many satires are lo& key and go against

the typical conventions regular comedy

Come'ic !ronic (oun'

0iegetic sound has $een used for e/ample, &here the paper makes a

rustle noise and the man $reathes and eats 1ther sounds are hard to

distinguish &hether it is diegetic like the photocopier, this may $e non-

diegetic $ut it is hard to tell as the sound lines in &ell &ith the actions

2here there are o$ects entering the $lack hole there is non-diegeticsound like an unusual space noise 3o soundtrack is used ho&ever the

photocopier is continuous and acts as fre4uent $ackground noise to

familiarise the location and also $ring the serious reality to the man5s

actions at the end

Mise)en)scene/location

(ild $lue tones and soft lighting set the mello& and dull feel of the

environment 6ighting sho&s certain spots of special interest such as the

vending machine The location has 7uent levels of light and shado& andthe same dimmed light to keep a professional appearance and also read

Figure * Last scene in +The ,lack -ole+


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to the audience that the man is isolated in a large &orkspace area 8ertain

spots of light engage the audience in the dark side of greed against the

light side9

:a sense of cheeky $ehaviour and surprise getting a chocolate $ar

:a vision of greed gone too far $ecoming desperate for money

Figure . 0ce man takes a chocolate ar from the ven'ingmachine rst stolen item mi' lm4

Figure 5 (tart of last scene he attempts to steal from theo0ce safe4

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"The Black Hole" Short film research