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On-Site Documentation and Photo Plan

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LSXcalade Manual Valvebody Street Driving/Exploring Dallas (Dealy Plaza)

What happens here

The creator gets out of his car and walks around the area near the Texas School Book Depository at dusk. He observes the road and buildings, wondering if the bricks on the ground are the original ones from 1963. He points out a "white X on the road" which marks the spot of the assassination, noting he's seen historical footage but it doesn't "do it justice" in black and white. He wants to create a "then and now" shot with his car at the exact spot. He finds a group of young men also filming in the area and, recognizing him, they offer to help him achieve his desired photo by filming him driving by the spot.

Goal: Capture the essence of the historical site and plan the "then and now" photo recreation.

Tools and materials

  • GoPro Camera GoPro — For walking around footage and recording interactions
  • Modified Cadillac Escalade Cadillac — To be featured in the photo recreation
  • Smartphone — Used by the assisting individuals to film the car

What they say

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this is just like a little access road is now a parking lot but there's the building right there about a cat cat kitty all right cool guess we can't be friends sometimes I really wish I had a like a legitimate camera because this is that would make an amazing shot right there and that's where it happened right there instead of the little white X on the road coming up the camera pick it up it's crazy to comprehend that like driving through that spot like the president died there like it's it's right there like I've seen the I've seen the footage seeing the documentaries all that stuff but it doesn't really like do me much justice seeing all that stuff and like get the grainy black-and-white we're barely coloured footage of the time because like it's not really relatable but that happened right here now that I can talk sick wagon bro anyway now that I can see it like it's just it's crazy to think that that's where this was it's real I don't know maybe it's just me but seeing like black and white pictures of stuff doesn't I don't know it doesn't really do much for me and I just can't pretend like I'm there because I don't see it in color obviously but I don't know I think you know what I mean it's it's hard to picture yourself in that scenario because you can't just turn color off in real life what I'd really like to do if I had friends is drop somebody off up here and have them like go stand where Abraham Zapruder was and it's like daytime and take a video and I'll drive through there like real slow so when I'm right over the spot I can take a screenshot of it and then like do like then now book with my car because I'm a nerd like that I like to take pictures of this thing in front of landmarks I have a picture of it with the barn from Days of Thunder the car wash from Breaking Bad Walters house from Breaking Bad the jail from the Blues Brothers as well there's a lot I try to stop it like these weird places just because it's cool to see it actually found some guys walking through here what I was watching traffic evening who I was so weird I was like yo yeah we take a picture so he's standing up where the brooder film was and I'm gonna drive right through there so I get a screenshot of that spot I think even standing up there they have the spot mark now I was actually in the process of filming a video and you block by so I know I was like it's cool because I was sitting there figuring that out so I swim that part how did it go she

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