I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier for their support and confidence in me and my crew in contracting my company to create the makeup and creature effects for their feature film "Dogma".

Dogma was an extremely challenging project and I must admit a bit difficult to pull off, with just the sheer volume of the effects in the amount of time we had. But I have to say it was worth it. Because of the respect we have for Kevin and Scott, we wanted to do our best work and wanted to give more then what they asked for. In the end I feel that Dogma is some of the best work my crew and I has done on any project.

I would also like to thank my crew both East and West for there great work, support, and loyalty even when I may have pushed hard to get the best out of them. The goal was to attempt to portray everything from Kevin's great script.

Special thanks to those key crewmembers and production crew for Dogma should also be mentioned at this time. Makeup Effects Coordinators Louie Zakarian and Joe Macchia two talented and great artists who without them the project would have never have turned out as successful as it has. Key sculptors and artists Vinny Schicchi, Thomas Deniere, Sandy Collora and Eli Livingston for all of their support and talent. Greg Ramoundous, Mechanics Coordinator and head puppeteer, without this man and his efforts the wings would not have flapped the way they did and the head of "Noman" would not have uttered a word. Wing mechanic designer Ken Walker who worked till his eyes bled, John Cherevka who also built the wing mechanics and Noman head, who also did some of his best work and puppeteering on this project. Feather girl Lisa Lowe who put a terrific team together who put the real feathers and dyed hundreds of them to get just the right shade of grey that Kevin Smith wanted. Fake Feather Sculptor and painter Mark Alfrey who pushed to make sure the fake feathers looked as good as the real ones. And feather application coordinator William "Tigger" Iverson who kept Lisa Lowe's crew on the right track. Key concept artist Frank Fruscello who I drove nuts with constant concept changes. Although I can't mention everyone, I want to thank you all; you guys are the best.

On the Production end of things I would like to thank Production designer Robert "Ratface" Holtzman for being behind me every step of the way. Production Coordinator Lisa Bradley who is simply the best in my books. She took care of ever need my crew had. Director of Photography Bob Yeoman who always made sure my screw-ups were lit just right, and lastly the person who introduced me to Kevin Smith and got me the job in the first place Scott Mosier who I consider to be a close friend and who is simply the best producer I ever had the honor to work with. He believed in me and stood by me through every bump in the road. Thanks to Kevin Smith for also giving me the freedom and trust to let my mind and imagination be free on his movie. I hope to work with you guys again.

In the end, I hope the fans like what we did and their expectations are satisfied and I that we gave justice to Kevin's script and ideas.

Sincerely
Vincent J. Guastini
Creator of "Dogma" Makeup & Creature Effects