... Elsie and Phillip Stoneman are present, but also tells us an historical fact, that the theatre on that fateful night, is exact in size and detail as it was then. A jump cut follows and we see an iris shot at the bottom hand side of the screen. Iris shot's were used here specifically to allow you, the audience, to focus in on the main subject in question. Here in this medium iris shot we see the young Stoneman's as they take their theatre seats. As they both sit the iris begins to expand slowly to reveal the establishing shot of the theatre, it's stage and audience in all its grandeur. The audience is made up of wealthy, well-dressed men and women told to us by the way the costumes have been picked for this scene. The camera angle then changes from looking down at the stage and the back ...

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