The black hole prints out and it moves to a medium shot of the man looking at the piece of paper. It then goes into a close up where you see the uninterested and drained expression on the main characters face. It starts off with an establishing shot so you get an idea of where the film is based. In one of the first scenes where the man is photocopying things you see the clock behind him which says it is 3 o’clock, you presume it is 3am with the use of dark lighting and the fact there is no one else in the building.

The Mise en scene once again sets the scene, the props and scenery shows that it is based in an office. As the film progress the meaning of the lighting changes as the darkness of the lighting shows how he is being sneaky and doesn’t want to get caught.

It also represent gives some backing detail to the film by showing it is at night and as it is in an office you presume that the guy has been made to work late. The lighting is very dull and dark which accurately represent the tiredness of the main character at the start of the short film. He uses the black hole to open the door and once he’s in he sticks the black hole onto the safe and starts getting out money from the safe, once again the greed overtakes him and he climbs into the safe to get more money however the black hole falls off the safe and he is stuck in there. Greed then gets the better of him as he tries to break into a room which says ‘keep out’. After putting his hand into it a few times he tries using it on the vending machine and gets a chocolate bar. He disregards it and puts it to one side, it’s only when his cup disappears through the black hole that he realises something isn’t quite right. He is photocopying some sheets when an a3 sheet of paper with a big black circle is printed out. The black hole begins with an office worker who is tired and bored of his job, he’s working late and isn’t enjoying himself. Black Hole is a drama/horror/thriller with only one character, no words are used only sounds. I think the main theme throughout the Black Hole is greed and how it can take over people in certain situations.

Black hole short film analysis