
A2 Media Studies
The Black Hole
Genre
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Drama with a moral aspect.
Narrative
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A man waits at a printer at work to receive some items, but the printer is faulty; he gives the printer a kick for encouragement, and is greeted by a printed image of a single, large black circle. Initially, the man thinks nothing of this, and ignores the sheet of paper until he places his cup down on the paper and it disappears into the black circle. After testing the ‘black hole’ on a vending machine to retrieve a free snickers bar, he unlocks a door and celotapes the piece of paper to a vault, and starts to steal heaps of money. However, after stealing a few batches the man climbs into the vault to obtain more money, but once he gets inside the paper with the black hole falls down, and the man is left trapped in the vault.
Sound
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There is no dialogue in this sequence, considering that there is only one character presented so he does not have anyone to converse with.
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Non-diegetic mysterious noise, signifying that this object is mysterious and strange, and could possess some ‘powers’ or something as equally unusual.
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Diegetic sound in the film which is produced from the surroundings in the office, including the loud printer at the start of the sequence.
Camera Angles
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Panning - Establishing shot - gives the audience a feel into the characters working life, slowly developing the character. This panning also develops the location – the office.
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POV - inside the hole looking up at our character, almost as the black hole has been created and is staring at the character, waiting for him to discover it’s power.
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Camera pans down with the character as he is oblivious about the situation and forces us to feel the same as we get down to the same level as him.
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Low angle shot as the character discovers the black holes capabilities, he stands up to emphasize his new power and makes the audience wonder how and what’s he going to do next.
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Close up - of character at the vending machines showing his facial expressions as he is getting slowly carried away with the power and thinking ”what next”.
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Shot reverse shot - from the close up to the zooming into the door, back to the close - portrays him thinking about what’s behind that door, this also gives a mysterious feel towards the audience.
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Pans - During the scene when our character is stealing the money, the camera pans with the character which puts us into the position of feeling the same adrenaline as him.




Editing
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During the final scene when the character is seen taking the money from the vault, the editor uses a lot more shorter cuts edited together to speed up the action dramatically which creates more panic upon the audience and the thought of weather he is going to escape with that money.