erton ▁and ▁Neg ga ▁watched ▁The ▁L oving ▁Story ▁( 2 0 1 1 ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Ry den ' s ▁extensive ▁foot age . ▁Grey ▁V illet ' s ▁ ▁L IF E ▁Magazine ▁phot ography ▁was ▁influ ential ▁to ▁the ▁body ▁language ▁struct uring ▁by ▁Ed g erton ▁and ▁Neg ga , ▁with ▁Ed g erton ▁remark ing ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁study ▁the ▁post ures ▁of ▁the ▁Lov ings ▁in ▁V illet ' s ▁phot ography . ▁As ▁well ▁as ▁notable ▁influ ences ▁from ▁Nancy ▁Bu ir ski ' s ▁document ary , ▁Nich ols ▁spoke ▁of ▁Ph yl ▁New beck ' s ▁Virginia ▁Has n ' t ▁Always ▁Be en ▁for ▁Lo vers : ▁Inter ra cial ▁Mar riage ▁B ans ▁and ▁the ▁Case ▁of ▁Richard ▁and ▁M ild red ▁L oving ▁( 2 0 0 4 ), ▁in ▁which ▁Nich ols ▁draw s ▁upon ▁several ▁times ▁in ▁his ▁adaptation , ▁where in ▁Nich ols ▁stated , ▁" All ▁through ▁that ▁process ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁different ▁version ▁of ▁that ▁gest ational ▁thinking , ▁because ▁I ▁would ▁read ▁a ▁line ▁in ▁New beck ' s ▁book ▁about ▁the ▁Lov ings ' ▁son ▁being ▁hit ▁by ▁a ▁car , ▁or ▁about ▁Richard ▁drawing ▁blue print s ▁for ▁the ▁home ▁he ' s ▁going ▁to ▁build ▁her ▁before ▁they ▁get ▁arrested , ▁and ▁for ▁all ▁these ▁things ▁I ▁thought , ▁" Well , ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁a ▁scene ," ▁and ▁I ▁started ▁lying ▁out ▁the ▁structure ▁for ▁it ." ▁New beck ▁is