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"Broadway Backwards 3" was a difficult but rewarding piece to edit. Out at the Center was allowed to interview performers at the party, but not allowed to film the actual performances, which were filmed by a third party. I had to interleave our interviews with their performance footage, which had already been edited into a short punchy segment with abrupt jump cuts between performances. At the suggestion of the Director, I used "J" cuts and "L" cuts to soften the transitions, which made all the difference. Having the audio come in before the video and vice versa gave the segment a feeling of continuity, while allowing me to downplay the third party's motion graphic logos in their video footage, and to play up Out at the Center's motion graphics.