Staring Down The Competition (Will Price)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_Msrdg3Hk

What I Like About The Film

• What i especially enjoy about this film is how the black hole itself has almost been given a whole identity for itself. The way we are presented with a POV shot from the holes perspective with some cheap editing and how in the end the hole turns on its creator and entraps him in the safe. I am convinced that the film simply wouldn't be as good, in fact it may be rather mediocre without this point as it adds to the narrative and gives off the impression of a parable as opposed to just an event with no real adequate explanation.

• A second thing that i especially like about the film is how in addition to the hole seeming to have a personality and life of its own, that this effect is mainly created by the almost threatening hum of life that emanates from it when its touched that sounds almost like interference. Its hard to tell whether or not this sound is diegetic or not but i think that it probably is judging by the reaction of the office worker as he first goes to touch it. Its a small point, but i think it helps to convey the hole as a character which as you can tell I'm still rather hung up on.
• In terms of Mise En Scene, i am incredibly impressed with the portrayal of the office worker, the way the shirt has been unbuttoned at the top and the tie has has been loosened slightly combined with the facial expression of someone who is bored out of his mind at having to stay behind for longer than the rest of the office to continue his repetitive fully captures the hell of working in such a tedious job and almost urges you to try and understand why he would use the hole to steal the money from the safe, it offers him a way out of the dimly artificially lit mental torture chamber.
  

What I Will Use From The Film

• The main thing that I have learnt from watching this short film is that mise en scene can really communicate the smallest things in the world. If basic things like loosening a tie can change the audiences feelings towards the character then i should be able to have a field day with the various iconography that remains possible for the film i have planned.