The Black Hole analysis

The Black Hole:

This movie is about a sleep deprived office worker finds a Black Hole whilst photocopying late one night Suddenly the possibilities seem endless. We can immediately realise he has sleep deprived by his behaviour and the way he dressed, he wears a simple smart dress clothes which is worn out and is quite messy, his body language also suggestion of him being deprived as he starts to get frustrated when the photocopier machine does not work.

The film starts off with a Hole expanding fast, this reflects upon the title of the movie and gives the audience a sense that the black hole is an important element in the movie. The camera tracks diagonally towards the lifeless character daydreaming as he starts to use the photocopier, as the camera tracks it gives the audience a better sense of the setting which helps the audience to be part of the short film. The only noise that is being used is the photocopier machine, this emphasis the importance of the machine. There are close up of his hand and leg movement to show his frustration and anger as he hits the photocopier, this suggests to us of a deprived character.

We see medium and close-up of his face as he starts to discover the purpose of the black hole (which allows the user to go through any solid object). There is somewhat of an "Eerie Electronic" noise as he touches the black hole, this shows us that this is unusual and something new and attracts the audience into the short film more.
He then starts to experiment with the Black Hole on the paper, by stealing the food from the vending machine, we see a close up of his enlightened face as he finds successfully steals a chocolate bar. There is a slow zoom of a door, there is also low lighting which suggests to the audience that this area is banned from the public, and dangerous. As he slowly enters the room we see a mid shot of his face as he plans to steal the money from the vault, his reaction is one of feverish joy, showing his excitement at this unbelievable opportunity, whilst also being accompanied by a flash of greed. We then hear the digetic sound oh heavy breathing, which again shows excitement and greed within this character as he pulls out more money through the black hole of the vault. As he digs deeper into the vault for more money, he some hows goes inside the vault, we a mid shot of the paper falling off as he is still in the vault. There is a couple of second pause, we can hear the photocopier machine beep with error throughput the short film, this again shows the importance of the photocopier and constantly reminds the audience the cause of the black hole. As the camera zooms out, we hear the character tapping within the vault as he is unable to get out. This creates a sense of amusement for the audience, it also gives the message of "whatever goes around comes around", so being too greedy isn't always the answer no matter who you are.

The short film is very conventional, this is due to the fact that there is no dialogue but instead diegetic sound played throughout the whole short film, such as the error beeping of the photocopier. The isolationism is also a main convention of a short film, the sound created by the character such as heavy breathing of excitement etc, this creates a sense of isolation of the setting which allows the character to do whatever pleases him without getting caught (stealing money from the vault is an example). A cliffhanger is also left in the end leaving a moral for the story, this follows a strong conventional rule for a short film.