Hollywords to Donate Dictionaries to Local Schools

was published by McFarland & Company in July of this year. It defines over 10,000 words and phrases covering the full lifecycle of an audiovisual across all content forms and media. Nearly 2,000 of the term entries provide additional encyclopedic information, including the term’s origins, key stages in its development, and its impact on the industry-making the term definition more relevant, meaningful, and functional. In addition, the definitions are illustrated with more than 600 storyboards, production stills, posters, equipment photos, technical diagrams, and historical images illustrate key terms.

“I wanted to give something back to the schools that gave me the education that has made my career possible,” said Mr. Kroon. “When I approached Tammy [Brown, Hollywords’ Marketing Director] with the idea of donating copies of the dictionary to my past high schools, she was an enthusiastic supporter of the idea.” According to Ms. Brown, “If you consider the state of funding for public education, and how much we all owe to our schools and teachers, there was no way we could say, ‘No.'”