BLACK HOLE

Black Hole:

The title of the short film is seen through a black hole, which is immediately related to the title. The editing of this is clever, it foreshadows what is going to happen in the film. It opens up into an office and a diagonal track is made until we see a man, in the middle of the scene on a CU. The match on action of him hitting the printer button hard is portraying to the audience that the printer has broken and is a featured part in what is going to happen next. This is also shown through his pressing the button several more times and kicking the printer too.

The colours of the office are dull and bare, it consists of the colours grey and blue, which convey his emotions of being bored and dreary. He, too, is dressed in plain colours, a white shirt and a grey tie. His top button is undone and his tie is wonky. His hair is also messy and he looks tired and bored. The quietness of the room, with the occasional bleep of the printer also portrays the boredom and drab feelings the man is feeling being in the office. He has obviously been asked to stay behind at work to finish off some printing, which explains the quietness of the office and his tired look.

When the paper is printed, it is shot from a high angle. The black hole is in the middle of the scene in a CU, showing that that is the most important part of the shot. When the man picks up the piece of paper, the audience see this from a LDS which quickly changes to a CU again to see his confused facial expression.

When taking a drink from his cup and putting it down again, the cup falls straight through the printed hole. We then see the mans confused facial expressions through a low angle through a POV shot of the paper. It is recognised here that the only sound used in the film is when the mans hand comes into contact with the black hole. It is an extra-terrestrial sound that makes it seem like the hole will take him to a different planet.

There is a panning shot of a big wooden door with a sign reading 'Keep Out' on it. This proves to the audience that there is obviously something of big value or importance in this room and that the man shouldn't be entering it. The flickering light adds an eerie, thriller-y feel to the shot and makes it seem even more like he shouldn't be entering the room.

A CU of his arm entering the vault through the black hole shows him pulling out lots of counted up notes and a series of sped up cuts are used to show his hurry and excitement as he empties more and more money from the vault, until finally he climbs inside and the sheet of paper falls down and he gets locked inside.