Camera Trouble

I wanted to re-shoot the walking text shot before I added personality to the text because the original shot was a still photo, and I wanted some motion on the street. Unfortunately, the zoom on my Canon is only 18-55 mm and to get the right angle of the street, the only place to set up is 3 or more floors up, across the street. I had another lens, but it has lost a screw, consequently the focus on the top of the image does not match the bottom.

This is the image from the animatic. I had to crop a lot from a higher resolution still to get this usable image.

I am borrowing a camera tomorrow with an 18 to 88 mm zoom.