BTB: Script intro

This, is what I have written so far as an introduction to our video, and our question. Melissa and Brianna are covering the history for the rough draft so we'll see how it all goes during script critiques (or, how it all went, as I couldn't be there for script critiques due to a tooth extraction).

THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT!

"Stretching 2000 miles and surrounded by four United States and six Mexican states, the US-Mexican border has long been a subject of controversy and conflict. Facing issues such as immigration, whether considered “legal” or “illegal”, free trade, and labor rights; the idea of the border itself has changed drastically over the years.

To some, it paints a portrait of hope, a landscape to a new life, through immigration and naturalization. And yet to others, it is an area in need of excessive security, with closed walls and a dividing line. It is native land to generations of indigenous South American tribes and home to the Latin American born Spanish- who with the help of the Indians and the rest of the populace won their independence from Spain in 1821.

But, how did this all begin? How did the border develop into what it is today and why? How did it evolve from a community of Native American groups, including the Aztecs and the Incas into such a symbol of debate; drawing the line between the United States and Mexico?"

I figure, once we put it all properly double spaced, and the camera views in it measures out to about a page, which, if the three of us each did a page, then our first draft should be about three pages.