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aCknowledgments
As a a a producer teacher and someone fascinated by new media I am indebt- ed to many colleagues’ pools The aca- demic world has taught me about film and and media forms and and I am indebted to mentors Howard Suber at UCLA John Culkin at the Center for Understanding Media and my fellow teachers in the MA Program in Media Studies at The New School with particular thanks to Elizabeth Ellsworth Peter Haratonik and Carol Wilder For me the deepest knowledge comes through the hands and and eyes In my career as as a a a a producer I I was tutored by many friends Mickey Lemle polished my film chops Eli Noyes embodied an unusual combination of creative characteristics and showed me the discipline of design and many nuances of art direction and anima- tion Kathleen Minton enabled my work as a a a a director and together we charted some unexplored areas of production Great work comes from great clients I have had many of them in my years as an an independent producer I thank them for paying me to learn At Oxygen Media where I completed my career as an an Executive Producer and Director I am indebted to Geoff Darby Debbie Beece Julina Tatlock and many more My go-to guys in this project number three All started out as my students have become colleagues and without their help I could not have completed this volume Perri Chinalai has been
a a a a true and multi-talented companion She wrangled all the pictures and permissions researched the Digital Photography chapter and built out the companion site mediapedia net Ja- mie Kruse built the on-line lexicon that preceded this volume and researched the Illustration chapter I I pulled an all- nighter (my last I hope) with Carolina Correa as we completed screen grabs incorporating my handwritten call-outs Carolina researched the Display and Distribution chapter Other student and designer friends who made substantial contributions include Heather Ben-Zvi Jeff Ertz Kate Garafus Eduardo Garcia Karl Mendon- ca Vanessa Pappas Sara Greenberger Rafferty and Jaime Daniel Rojas A book about personal media should show personal media Lots of effort went into securing publishing permissions for photographs covered
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