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  1. I Thought I Could Fly: Book Trailer (alternate version)

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    I Thought I Could Fly: Portraits of Anguish, Compulsion, and Despair Bellevue Literary Press $22 Trade paper ISBN: 978-934137-09-3 144 pages Nonfiction A tree’s bare limbs against a grey sky, a…

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    • I Thought I Could Fly Book Trailer

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      I Thought I Could Fly: Portraits of Anguish, Compulsion and Despair Bellevue Literary Press http://www.blpress.org/ $22 Trade paper ISBN: 978-934137-09-3 144 pages Nonfiction "Evocative images,…

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      • THE CITIZEN - excerpt

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        Are we biologically prepared to differentiate memories of what is real from mediated images - simulations of what might, conceivably, be remembered? If not, what are we liable for? And what is our…

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        • Mythos

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          A scene from handmadevideo's production "The Citizen," an interactive quicktime movie in 18 parts. I had just read William Gibson's Neuromancer....

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          • Life at Night

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            This piece was developed over the period 1995-1999 and finally finished in mid 2000. It was nominated to Cannes 2001 by Nora Barry of Druid Media and premiered at her groundbreaking web launch, The…

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            • BOOK TRAILER: Coming of Age

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              This is another re-cut. Many of the book trailer ideas originate here from an interactive piece called "The Citizen." Because the Citizen in its original form allows a game style interaction it can…

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              • City

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                Just a loop (best to download and loop in Quicktime) investigating the scene at one corner. The file is built from one 10 second video clip. The music is by Casey OBrien, a vimeo member.

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                • Press Promotion: Get it Straight

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                  A demo for a commercial idea supporting the online presence of a publisher.

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                  • easystreet

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                    This is the original idea, built upon photos obtained from The Library of Congress. A re-cut called The Charmed and Timely Marriage of Harry Mcmarty is also available on this site as a demo book trailer.…

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                    • Book Trailer: Forrest Press Presents The Last Rajah

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                      On March 17, 1928, Nancy Anne Miller married Tukoji Rao, former Maharajah of Indore. The wedding of a well-educated, cultivated young American woman to an Indian potentate of Hindu background who…

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                      • The Allan Thomson Case

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                        Based upon newspaper accounts of the true story of the case against Allan Thomson accused of murder in the death of his employer in old Chicago. Contact the author for interactive version intended…

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                        • Book Trailer: Coffee House Press Presents: The Latehomecomer

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                          The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded…

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