Twelfth Blog Post

At the beginning of the film, two individuals, a older man, and a teenage girl enter an elevator. Once in the elevator, the teenage girl begins listening to music off her cellphone aloud. The older man notices the music and decides to listen to his own music off his phone aloud. Once stopping at a floor, a women enters and begins listening to her own music off her phone, as the individuals did before her. The process continues until the whole elevator is about full. Towards the end of the film, a man enters the elevator with a boom box, and begins setting up his box to play music. All of the individuals stop their music, as the man looks around wanting them to stop the playing of their music. The man then inserts a headphone and begins listening to his music. The people in result are shocked and few even laugh to notice they can't hear the man's music.

The author's purpose of the article, to inform everyone on their decisions of respect. It's rude to listen to music out loud, and to where others can here. The author is trying to suggest to people, be like the man with the boom box, and respect the people around you and their space. Insert headphones when listening to a video or music, as the audience around you may nit be interested in hearing the audio you are playing. I believe the author is intending this video towards teenagers and younger adults, as they often lack the skills of respect of people around them. Teenagers often listen to loud music, and don't have a realization of the thought of others personal space. I think the author made an important clue in the beginning to support this idea, as they begin the playing of music aloud with the teenage girl. As the teenage girl begins playing music, the older man, and future entries continue the process of playing aloud music. This situation was not by accident, it was a theme to show the higher chance of teenagers starting this process, and the fact that others will follow the train of playing music aloud if they cannot hear their own thought. This whole process just makes things difficult for incoming people to handle, and is why therefore they continue the process. The three ways I would say this video is teaching people about community, is personal space. First, be aware of the fact you are in a public space, and realize the thought that others may not want to hear the music you are playing. Second, be aware that the actions you insist, will be repeated by individuals around you. If you do a certain task, people, and mostly those younger will repeat the task. So next time you decide in doing an action, be aware an individual may follow your actions. Third I would say this video is teaching a person about knowing between right and wrong. This can be seen in an example, as if someone is playing music aloud while your in an elevator, just ask them to insert headphones. The individual will most likely follow your request, and stop the personal focused behavior. Overall, this video teaches a lot of ways in which we can teach people about the proper ways in which we treat and interact throughout our community.