We open to a long establishing shot, at eye level to reveal a large mansion like building, this is framed to perfectly fit the length and height of the building to heighten its grandeur, however the ordered and structured appearance of the building greatly contrasts to the lack of structure and disorder of the scattered chairs on the front lawn.
The next two eye level close ups use straight cuts where the two older gentleman are framed in the same position on screen both wearing glasses and a similar structure of clothing, however the contrast occurs not only in the transformation from low key to high key lighting, but the second frame uses a female to the left to decrease the wasted space. Further, the close up reveals the former gentlemen lacking eye contact to the camera, whereas the latter does, demonstrating a paradox in their temperament and confidence.
The next extreme closeup is of an older gentleman hand fidgeting with a small red wrapper, the emphasis especially being on the wrapper since the red contrasts to the grey tweed suit (emphasis again on the exaggerated diegetic rattling of the wrapper).
The eye level long shot of the orchestra followed by the swimming pool, create a distance from the viewer to the group of people, with the viewer first being spectated by them, to the spectator themselves. By having so little wasted space in the first shot creates a state of claustrophobia, which then is softened when there is wasted space in the second shot to imitate the relaxed state the characters are experiencing in the pool.
Yet, this contrasts from the sudden close up low angle shot of the larger male with an asthma pump, here there is minimal waste of space most likely to increase the size of the overweight male.
However, this contradicts to the back lit close up eye level shot of the youthful female who appears as a shadow, surrounded by wasted space likely to demonstrate her slim physique associated with her young age.
The long shot through the door frame highlights the haggard and stooped figure of the older females, is exaggerated in the low angle mid shot of the female looking up to the ceiling under a key light to highlight her in the shadows: the use of quadrants can also be identified with the males face being in the lower left quadrant whilst the female is positioned in the upper right quadrant, likely a comment on gender.
The POV eye level shots through the window frames positions us as one of the nurses you can examine, as the close up over the shoulder shot, expands to a long shot from the same position, then further from the opposing viewpoint to examine the front of the girl to identify her youth in the close up where it reveals the inspecting females framed behind her.
Another eye level mid shot reveals a youthful female surrounded by white decor, a demonstration perhaps of the purity and innocence connoted with that age.
The sequence of cuts and shots for the haircut, uses the upper two quadrants to reveal a close up of the males eyes creating an ominous ambiguous shot, that then straight cuts to an extreme close up of the scissors cutting this hair where the audience suddenly understand what is occurring, an innocent haircut. Yet, it further uses a close up of the male once again as he stares off screen still creating a greater sense of ambiguity.
Once again we return to the establishing shot of the location, however it is at night. Further, the front of the frame lacks the disordered scattered chairs, and replaced with a graceful side angle of a female "artist" acting as a fountain piece.
This then is a straight cut to a closer view of her side profile, this eye level long shot is highlighted by the key light within the staging.
Yet, this below key light is similar here where the high angle mid shot reveals a naked female lounging in a pool of water, her physique holding the same frame as the stage.
The mid shot frames the lower half of a silhouetted male within a cocoon like furniture piece, the wooden frame similar to the wooden stick (that examines the age of the character).
The long eye level shot of the older member laying in a side profile directly horizontally across the screen demonstrates a split or divide within them, as the straight cut to the high angle close up of a younger individual in the same position perhaps to highlight even more the change that comes with age.
The eye level close up pan across the hostile sterile room to the older gentleman, which then zooms closer to his face to emphasise his haggard features to reveal his age even more so (likely a message within the plot hence its called "YOUTH"), this then straight cuts to a long shot which frames him the furthest away from the camera in the centre of the door frame, a means to represent his isolation or even distance from himself.
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