Textual Analysis of The Black Hole

Director: Diamond Dogs
Production House: HSI London

Narrative: 

A sequence that follows a bored office worker, who discovers a black hole which is like a portal. He uses this for personal gain and uses it to get a chocolate bar and to steal money. However, karma catches up with him and when he goes into the black hole, the paper falls off the safe and falls face down on the floor so he cannot get back out.

Enigma Codes:

How did this Black Hole come about?
What is he going to do with this new discovery?
Will he ever get out of the black hole at the end of the film?

Character Establishment: 

The character is introduced as a bored office worker. He is male and perhaps late 20s/early 30s, who wants more out of life. Because he is portrayed as a bored office worker, this is the reason he uses the black hole for personal gain and you see a much greedier side to him. He is wearing smart office wear, as he is in an office environment. It looks like it’s the end of the day though as his tie is loosened slightly and his sleeves are rolled up and he looks less presentable.

Locations: 

The film is set in an office environment and normal office props are used, such as the copying machine and even the safe.

Editing: 

Cuts are mostly used for the editing and a variety of shot types are used too. There are mainly close ups, so that the audience can see how the characters facial expressions/emotions change throughout the film. At the end, there is a slow pan outwards, to show that the man is trapped in this black hole.

Sound: 

The characters doesn’t actually speak throughout the whole film, but there are sound effects for all the office props, such as the noise the copying machine makes. And there is a very quirky, distorted sound, every time the character puts his hand through the black hole, to show that this object is unnatural and strange.

Titles: 

The titles at the beginning are very basic. White font on a black background but then that fades and the title is in the same shot as the office background.