Visual Effects for Film and Television

Acknowledgement

Everything in this book was taught to me by somebody and I hope that by passing on some of that information I am repaying at least in part all those kind people who took the time to explain things.

I should particularly like to thank Kevin Wheatley, Ken Lawrence and Terry Hylton who waded through the manuscript in various stages of completion and put in a lot of the things I missed out! I must also thank the folks at Focal Press: the series editor Peter Ward for his support, Georgia Kennedy, who somehow kept her composure with each missed deadline, and Margaret Denley, who explained and smoothly ran the production process.

Finally I’d like to thank Evelyn and Joe for releasing me from domestic duties so that the accompanying words ...