He reaches inside and pulls out a stack of money.He then proceeds to the safe and sticks the piece of paper to the door with some tape.We then see a close up of the man using the black hole to unlock the door from the inside.The lighting is low key which indicates that the door is off-limits for normal employees and is for the boss only.There is then a pull focus zoom shot of a door with a 'keep out' sign on it.At this point the very humorous and fake concept of being able to reach through things with a piece of paper becomes real to the spectators.ĬU of man taking bite out of chocolate bar.This begins to con notate the mans level of greed to the audience. He then uses the paper to reach through the glass of the vending machine to grab a chocolate bar.After the man discovers that he can put his hand through the black hole, her immediately looks up and straight at the vending machine.The man begins experimenting with the paper by picking it up and putting his hand through it which represents the human curiosity.Ĭlose up of man putting hand through paper.The man then sets the cup down on top of the black hole and notices the cup dissapears through the paper.It also looks like the camera is inside the piece of paper instead of on top which creates the 'black hole'.This creates enigma as we are wondering why we are seeing this from the perspective of the paper.The man takes a drink, but as he picks the cup up we cut to a low angle shot of him drinking the water from the piece of paper's position.The man kicks the printer and the printer prints a piece of paper with a large black circle on it.The male character is attempting to print something and becomes frustrated when the printer doesn't work.

His facial expression also shows that he is tired which tells the audience that he has been working late.

This costume is also iconic to an office worker.

The man is wearing a white shirt that has the top button undone which suggests that he has been working for a long time that day and is tired.

According to Todorv's theory this would be the equilibrium stage of the plot.The film opens with an establishing shot to a close up of a male character at work.

Black hole short film analysis