'The Black Hole' by Phil and Olly...

Along with 'Virus', another short film we watched in class was 'The Black Hole', written and directed by Phil and Olly (surnames not given in credits). This short sees a man in an office discover that a black cricle on a sheet of paper acts as a black hold and allows him to pass through it into objects such as a copier, a wall and a vending machine. He then uses it to access the safe but ends up getting stuck inside.

Here is 'The Black Hole':

I really like the way this is done also, and I would like to use this as inspiration for my own short film. Similarly to 'Virus', this short uses connotations of a thriller genre such as the lighting, sound and overall tone of the piece to suggest that it is a film of the same sort, however it cleverly uses this to turn it into a comedy. A film such as this could be hard to pastige due to the special effects of the black hole, but I really like the overall idea of mixing genres, and using pure film to tell a story instead of dialogue.


-KW