I need help with this one as well. Is there anyway to get rid of the black screen?
I'm adding to this. Stuck on the same thing with a black screen. The menu works and you can enter the gallery, but even then the actual game stays dark.
EDIT: After investigating this a bit I found out you can force the game to undo the black screen by reading a book from your inventory. It is a temporary fix, but it works. You should at least have the book "Maid of the North" in your inventory from the tutorial, no idea if you get it by skipping. Other books you can get at this point are "Lucas' Journal" and "Elvenfall" both during the previous mission.
If you don't have a book you could possibly force the black screen away with another item that darkens the screen, if any exist in the game.