In the short film, Black Hole the protagonist creates technology in the form of a black hole, and uses it to help satisfy his curiosity and then greed. Ultimately, he is consumed by his own creation, greed, and becomes a victim of undesirable revenge effects.
Simply by the setting of the short film the viewers can conclude that the actor may be at the office by himself around three in the morning, based on the clock in the background of the film. These details are noticeable because it was a long shot, Dave and Maria Viera state that “…. a long shot concentrates on establishing a sense of place….” (122). The viewers can also infer that the protagonist’s job isn’t very exciting based on the lighting of the film, because if it were a pleasant …show more content…
When the protagonist pulls out the first stack of money and looks at it with amazement is when the viewer can confirm that greed is about to take over, because he could’ve stopped with the candy bar he had stolen, but now his desire has increased to a higher level of thievery because of greed. He starts to take more money out of the safe and with each handful taken out of the safe the more his facial expressions give off the feeling of desperation. Also, the life saver sound the black hole makes continues to grow louder and louder the farther he grabs inside of the hole. The feeling of desperation is also conveyed in this portion of the film because the protagonist starts taking out the money faster and in greater …show more content…
It is stated in slack and wise that revenge effects “… which might not be desirable or undesirable, are unforeseen consequences…” (55), and in the protagonist case the revenge effect was undesirable. If the actor hadn’t been so greedy he wouldn’t have gotten stuck in the safe, and it can also be concluded that technology isn’t always reliable and we can’t put all our trust in it. If the protagonist had not fallen into immoderation and would have stopped at taking the candy bar from the vending machine, he could’ve left the office with his invention and profited from it legally. If the protagonist had been more responsible with what he had created he would not have been consumed by greed, desperation, his own selfish desires, and he would not have fallen victim of undesirable revenge effects. Technology is what we make it and if we look at the short film morally it can be concluded that if we choose to use technology for evil the consequences that come along with that choice are on us not
Simply by the setting of the short film the viewers can conclude that the actor may be at the office by himself around three in the morning, based on the clock in the background of the film. These details are noticeable because it was a long shot, Dave and Maria Viera state that “…. a long shot concentrates on establishing a sense of place….” (122). The viewers can also infer that the protagonist’s job isn’t very exciting based on the lighting of the film, because if it were a pleasant …show more content…
When the protagonist pulls out the first stack of money and looks at it with amazement is when the viewer can confirm that greed is about to take over, because he could’ve stopped with the candy bar he had stolen, but now his desire has increased to a higher level of thievery because of greed. He starts to take more money out of the safe and with each handful taken out of the safe the more his facial expressions give off the feeling of desperation. Also, the life saver sound the black hole makes continues to grow louder and louder the farther he grabs inside of the hole. The feeling of desperation is also conveyed in this portion of the film because the protagonist starts taking out the money faster and in greater …show more content…
It is stated in slack and wise that revenge effects “… which might not be desirable or undesirable, are unforeseen consequences…” (55), and in the protagonist case the revenge effect was undesirable. If the actor hadn’t been so greedy he wouldn’t have gotten stuck in the safe, and it can also be concluded that technology isn’t always reliable and we can’t put all our trust in it. If the protagonist had not fallen into immoderation and would have stopped at taking the candy bar from the vending machine, he could’ve left the office with his invention and profited from it legally. If the protagonist had been more responsible with what he had created he would not have been consumed by greed, desperation, his own selfish desires, and he would not have fallen victim of undesirable revenge effects. Technology is what we make it and if we look at the short film morally it can be concluded that if we choose to use technology for evil the consequences that come along with that choice are on us not