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  Comparison and contrast between Infdel

and the Black Hole

‘Infdel’ and ‘The Black Hole’ are both short flms which are prominently

displayed through the social media website o youtubecom ‘The Black

Hole’ was submitted onto its channel on !"st #ctober $%%& whereas‘Infdel’ was uploaded 'o(ember ")th $%"! The narrati(es o the short

flms di*er greatly Infdel is ocused upon a soiree where the main

protagonist is genuinely startled through a member o the party denying

the holocaust+ this re(eals his own inner demons #n the other hand+ The

Black Hole is centred on the protagonist disco(ering a hole which allows

him to transcendently tra(el through di*erent ob,ects+ he is corrupted by

utilising this to commit immoral deeds o greed

 The representation o the main protagonist within the two shorts is

comparati(ely similar but also re-uently contrasts one another .iles+ themain protagonist o ‘Infdel’ is represented as an a(erage working man

 This is denoted through the mise en scene o a business attire he

constantly sports throughout the duration o the flm The same o/ce like

attire is sported by the protagonist o ‘The Black Hole’+ the

representation o him being a depressed

o/ce worker is built through him glumly sighing at

his workplace aesthetic These

representations o the characters both

highlight to the audience that they are

white collar workers who are based in abusiness proession Both o these

protagonists representations 0uctuate

through the duration o the narrati(es+

.iles is represented as an adulterous

man at the end o the short and the anonymous

protagonist o the Black Hole is represented as a greedy indi(idual

 The target audience o both o the flms

consists o white 1aucasian males between the

ages o !%2!3 This correlates with the intendedsocio economic group that both o the flms

would target4 B1" These

consist o the

5uper(isory or clerical

and ,unior managerial+

administrati(e positions

within the middle class and intermediate

managerial+ administrati(e or proessional within

the upper middle class I inerred this inormation

rom the business attire that both protagonists are wearing within theshort flms

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‘Infdel’s’ ideology is oriented on the constant theme o adultery .iles

inner con0ict is constantly shown throughout

the piece through se(eral shots which denote

his misery through glum acial e6pressions The

audience would belie(e that this is due to the

guests o the dinner party denying and

 ,ustiying the holocaust Howe(er+ this sel2

loathing is due to the immoral action o adultery

which is presented to the audience through the

last shot o the flm #n the other hand+ the ideology presented through

the Black Hole is blatantly stressing how humans can abuse power and be

sub,ugated by their own greed This is denoted through the protagonist’s

increasingly immoral actions implementing the holes power to obtain

di*erent material wealth4 rom a chocolate

bar in a (ending machine to money situated

within a sae