When In Doubt, Simply Walk Up Nine Flights Of Stairs

When In Doubt, Simply Walk Up Nine Flights Of Stairs

Have you ever gotten into an awkward situation? If so, then the comedic short film, The Elevator would be the perfect representation of that moment in your life.

This award winning short, directed by Greg Glienna, begins with a very slim man walking toward the elevator. The character’s name is unknown, which allows viewers to better identify with this strange man with no name. He presses the button and patiently waits for the elevator doors to open. When the doors finally open, he walks inside.

The closeup of the ninth floor button being pressed proved to be a very significant part of the film. That particular shot foreshadowed every person’s pet peeve. When I’m in the elevator by myself,

Before the next obese man steps into the elevator, the slim man looks at a sign. The director of the short film was very exact, when incorporating the eyeline match. When the man’s eyes are directed to the sign, the camera immediately cuts to what he’s looking at, causing viewers to become a part of the film’s diegetic world.

During the next shot, the slender man begins to calculate what he perceives to be the strangers’ weights. His weight assumption for others is an accurate representation of weight assumption in today’s society. There’s a plus sized section in mainly every retail clothing store nowadays, which proves that society isolates overweight individuals from lean individuals.

After calculating that their combined weights were over the elevator weight capacity, the elevator dropped down to the first floor again. There was no reaction from anyone, which showed confidence that the overweight people didn’t care how much they weighed. They were happy with themselves, and that seemed to be all that mattered to them.

As the elevator proceeded to rise up again, it stopped on the fifth floor, where an even more obese man was walking toward the elevator. Before he reached the doorway, the slim man pushed through and got out of the