Acknowledgement

This book has been less stressful in preparation than it might otherwise have been, thanks to the support of a number of filmmakers who provided opinions and help and lent stills. Thank you to Amaru Amasi, Andy Glynne of London Documentary Group, Chris Allen of The Light Surgeons, everyone at Antenna, the staff of Addictive TV, Colin Spector, Raya, Neo (Jake Knight), Richard Graham, Phil Grabsky, Sean Martin, Jonnie Oddball, Matt Sheldon, James Sharpe, Liz Crow, Jon Rennie, Nick Ball, Max Sobol, Annie Watson, David Casals, Carl Tibbets, Gurchetan Singh, Debra Watson, Kevin Lapper, Mark Innocenti, Paul Cowling, Carlo Ortu, Emily Corcoran, Jon Price and Ed Spencer. Thanks also to Colonel Blimp, RSA Films and Anonymous Content.

The brilliant people at Focal Press have been supportive and friendly – many thanks are due to Elinor Actipis, Becky Golden-Harrell, Christine Tridente and Cara Anderson in Boston. In Focal Press at Oxford, thanks to Jenny Rideout and Christina Donaldson, who helped develop the first edition.

John Edmonds and Nick Wright provided much valuable feedback prior to publication; Lisa Hill offered advice on careers in the United States; and Michael Rabiger took time out from his own book (Developing Story Ideas) to help with my questions.

Nearer to home, thanks go to Esme, Zoe and Alfie for doing without Jane stories for a while. Much praise must go to my wife Wendy Klein, who offered calm solutions and additions to the ideas contained in the book, and helped develop the overall structure.