Week 12: Elevator Music

In the video, "Elevator Music," a teenage girl and an elderly man are seen standing in an elevator together. As they stand in silence, the girl pulls out her phone and starts playing some music rather loudly. This obviously irks the elder man, thus he takes out his phone and plays his own type of music just as loud. As the video continues, more and more people enter the elevator, and more and more people take out their phones and play the music they prefer as loud as possible. At the end of "Elevator Music," a man enters the elevator with a boombox, and everyone knows that his music will overpower all of their phones, so they turn their music off. However, the man decides to listen to his music through his headphones instead of blasting it for everyone else to hear. I personally think that the author made the music in this video stands for everyone's opinion, and that they're all trying to overpower what everyone else things. However, once the last person comes in with the boombox, the others realize that even though he has the loudest system (opinion) he keeps it to himself so that it will not disturb the others. I also think that the author's audience can pertain to anyone simply due to the fact that each person in the elevator is of a different age and race. However, the audience could also relate to those who are involved in politics and matters such as that. Altogether, this video can teach people in a community to respect one another, take turns when speaking out, and that in the end, sometimes silence is the best answer.