Elevator Music

In the video, two people got on the elevator at the same time. The girl retrieved her phone and started to play some rap music out loud. The older man obviously saw this as rude and began to play classical music on his own phone. Then another woman got on the elevator and began playing music of her own. This escalated as more and more people got on the elevator and played there own music out loud. Then a man with a boom box on his shoulder got onto the elevator. He looked at each one of them and one by one, they began to turn off their music. He then proceeded to put a cassette tape into the boom box. Everyone was waiting for the music to play aloud, but in the end he put his ear buds in.

The author's purpose for writing and directing this video was to make a point about courtesy of others and how behaviors can catch on. The first girl started playing her music aloud, which in many situations is considered rude, and that behavior continued to catch on as more people entered the elevator. The audience for this video would be the general public. This isn't something that applies to a certain group of people, being courteous to others is something that applies to the entire population of the world. Playing music out loud when it is easy enough to wear headphones, is something that bothers even me. A person shouldn't have to be walking down the street, or getting into the elevator and hear your music, especially if it is vulgar or offensive. The use of headphones is courteous, use them.