An elevator system comprising: at least one elevator car ; a camera affixed to the at least one elevator car and located on the top and/or bottom of the elevator car to capture media of components of the elevator car , wherein the camera is operated by a controller ; and wherein the controller is configured to: automatically capture, from the camera , media associated with a set of locations, wherein the set of locations are associated with the at least one elevator car ; and transmit, by a transceiver, one or more sequences of the media captured from the camera , wherein the media associated with the set of locations is captured at a first time; wherein the set of locations comprise locations associated with components of the at least one elevator car and corresponding to components on or around the elevator car ; wherein the controller is further configured to: automatically capture, from the camera , second media associated with the set of locations, wherein the second media is captured at a second time; wherein the second time is different from the first time; characterised in that the controller is further configured to: compare the media to the second media to determine a change to at least one of the components of the at least one elevator car ; and transmit an alert based at least on the change to the at least one of the components. at least one elevator car ; a camera affixed to the at least one elevator car and located on the top and/or bottom of the elevator car to capture media of components of the elevator car , wherein the camera is operated by a controller ; and wherein the controller is configured to: automatically capture, from the camera , media associated with a set of locations, wherein the set of locations are associated with the at least one elevator car ; and transmit, by a transceiver, one or more sequences of the media captured from the camera , wherein the media associated with the set of locations is captured at a first time; wherein the set of locations comprise locations associated with components of the at least one elevator car and corresponding to components on or around the elevator car ; wherein the controller is further configured to: automatically capture, from the camera , second media associated with the set of locations, wherein the second media is captured at a second time; wherein the second time is different from the first time; wherein the media associated with the set of locations is captured at a first time; wherein the set of locations comprise locations associated with components of the at least one elevator car and corresponding to components on or around the elevator car ; wherein the controller is further configured to: automatically capture, from the camera , second media associated with the set of locations, wherein the second media is captured at a second time; wherein the second time is different from the first time; automatically capture, from the camera , second media associated with the set of locations, wherein the second media is captured at a second time; wherein the second time is different from the first time; characterised in that the controller is further configured to: compare the media to the second media to determine a change to at least one of the components of the at least one elevator car ; and transmit an alert based at least on the change to the at least one of the components. compare the media to the second media to determine a change to at least one of the components of the at least one elevator car ; and transmit an alert based at least on the change to the at least one of the components. <EOS>