Click the poster image the HTML5 video plays?

Question

I have an HTML5 video with a poster attribute. I would like to somehow set it up so that you can click on anywhere on the video element (the area of the poster image) and it

Answer 1

Using get(0) also works

    var play = $('.playbutton');
    var video = $('#video');
    play.click(function(){
        video.get(0).play();
    })