In the opening scenes of the episode, the screen displays a text that says “San Junipero”. The use of this editing technique is to let the audience known where this episode takes place. As soon as the text goes away, the establishing shot of the city transitions into a high angled followed by a medium angled tracking shot of a blue car. There was a lot of mise en scene used such as the model of the car, the clothing, and the sets. All those examples are there to help describe the era to the audience so that they know it takes place in the eighties. After someone gets out of the car, the camera moves into a panning wide shot of the main character walking also known as Yorkie. As the character stops and looks at the television through the window, there is an offscreen sound from a guy and a girl and their conversation. This suggests at the audience that they may be important to the story later. After the camera transitions to a head on shot of the two, it cuts to an over the should...
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