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Shapes

So we've come inside the Hotel and as we walk into the kind of main entrance, the first thing we come across is this big old sign. And it's kind of hard to miss. And it's also really striking. It's got this big arrow on top. It's got these old lights. It's got these wonderful repeating lines. And so immediately I think, I want to see if I can find a picture here. That arrow is pointing this way, and an arrow was just such a strong compositional thing, and it implies movement and motion. And so my first thought is, I am going to come around here, because if I shoot down the length of the arrow, I am going to have--if I shoot with a wide angle down the length of the arrow, I am going to have some nice perspective that's maybe going to give it a little more dynamism and really reinforce the idea of motion in this arrow. And still I have got the repeating textures and all of that kind of thing. So I am trying some of that. And as you can see, I am doing what I have said you've got to do:…

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