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Researching background and history

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Researching background and history

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Now that we've taken a look at both the interviews and the observational shots there is one more content element that I want to evaluate, and that's these historical scans. They're all right here in the exercise files under original scans, and I want to open all three, but I want to open them in Photoshop, which is going to be a better way to make that evaluation than inside Premiere. I have a few goals in mind for these historicals, so let's think about those goals first. First of all, I think these can add some variation to the look, it's really nice to have that beautiful footage, outdoor footage, Farmers Market footage, but I think when we go to these historical stills it's going to provide some variation that will be kind of nice. Second, as I look at the content here certainly my favorite thing is this picture of BD, I already know BD is a main character, and when you can take him back into his past visually that's going to just up the ante on that connection we want to make…

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