The first encounter that Holden and Alyssa have alone together is in a bar. It is the same day that they met and they are still trying to get to know each other. So Alyssa brings up the idea to play darts and Holden politely accepts the offer. While they are playing darts, they get to know each other better by discussing their current projects, Holden is a successful comic book creator and artist with his comic book "Bluntman and Chronic", while Alyssa is not as successful in her own right with her project titled "Idiosyncratic Routine". As the scene goes on you can see that both of them have a mutual understanding, and according to Holden, both of them have "shared" a moment. The way that Kevin Smith went about showing this vital scene is by having a point of view shot from the dartboard. This shot showed both Holden and Alyssa standing next to each other. Also since the dartboard is a stationary object, you don't have any movement in the scenes the framing is primarily focused on them so not to distract from the viewer to focus from the pair. Also the use of deep focus comes in handy. For example, when one of them ran out of darts to throw they would walk up to retrieve them, while they were doing this the camera would use deep focus to show the other in the background, stilly checking the other one out. Also if you notice, the sides that they stand on in the scene reflect their stance on life. Holden, the more conservative of the two is on the right, while Alyssa, the more liberal, is far to the left of Holden. The next time the two meet is at a bar, once again. This time Alyssa invited Holden to come see her. When Alyssa goes up to the stage and sings a song with her old band, she dedicates a song to a "special someone". Holden automatically thinks that it was him. After Alyssa sang a "throughty rendition of a Debie Gibson tune" (Chasing Amy) she signaled for someone special to come closer to the stage.
