THE BLACK HOLESHORT FILM ANALYSIS

FILM SETTING

• THE SETTING OF AN OFFICE ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO RELATE TO THE FILM, THIS MEANS THE FILM IS MORE BELIEVABLE AND ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO INVEST INTO THE SHORT FILM MORE.

• THE SETTING REPRESENTS THE EMOTIONS OF THE ACTOR AS IT IS DULL AND DARK, AGAIN THIS HELPS THE AUDIENCE RELATE TO THE FILM AS THEY’LL BE IN THE SAME POSITION OF A 9-5 OFFICE JOB.

COSTUME

• THE MALE CHARACTER WEARS WHAT A TYPICAL OFFICE WORKER WOULD WEAR – A WHITE SHORT, BLACK TROUSERS AND DRESS SHOES.

• AGAIN THIS WILL ALLOW THE AUDIENCE TO RELATE TO THE SHORT FILM AS IT IS CLOTHING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH OFFICE WORK

LIGHTING

• THERE IS VERY LITTLE LIGHTING USED IN THIS SHORT FILM.• THE LIGHTING IS DULL AND DARK AND ONLY HIGHLIGHTS THE MALE

CHARACTER.• THE LIGHTING REPRESENTS THAT THE FILM IS SET AT NIGHT, THIS IS

ALSO BACKED UP BY THE PROPS SUCH AS THE CLOCK IN THE BACKGROUND SUGGESTING ITS 3AM.

PROPS

• PROPS INCLUDED IN THE SHORT FILM INCLUDE GENERAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIKE A PHOTOCOPIER, THIS IS USED TO SET THE SCENE AND GIVE A SENSE OF NORMALITY TO THE FILM AND ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO RELATE TO THE FILM.

• ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A PROP IS THE PIECE OF PAPER WITH THE BLACK HOLE ON IT, THIS IS THE BASIS OF THE FILM.

SHOTS

• THERE ARE A RANGE OF SHOTS USED IN THE SHORT FILM, EACH FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

• THE DIRECTOR USES CLOSE UPS IN THE FILM SO THE AUDIENCE ARE ABLE TO FOCUS ON A CERTAIN SCENE IN THE FILM.

• THE DIRECTOR USES A NUMBER OF LONG SHOTS IN THE FILM TO SHOW THE LONELINESS OF THE MALE CHARACTER.

SOUND

• THE FILM STARTS WITH AN EXAMPLE OF DIEGETIC SOUND, THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE PHOTOCOPIER, THIS LETS THE AUDIENCE TO RELATE TO THE FILM AS AGAIN IT SHOWS AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT.

• SOUND IS USED TO INTRODUCE THE BLACK HOLE, THE SOUND GETS STRONGER WHEN THE CHARACTER INTERACTS WITH THE BLACK HOLE.