Written on May 27, 2013 at 10:10 am, by Jared Parmenter
If you didn’t get a chance to attend last week’s Cecil Awards ceremony, just before our awesome 2013 Commencement Ceremony, you may have missed some of the most exciting news of the school year: the big winners of the student awards, including the coveted Dean’s Award!
Written on May 8, 2013 at 1:25 pm, by Jared Parmenter
Alumnus Jason Wise writes to let us know the trailer for his feature film “SOMM” is holding court atop the coveted iTunes Trailers mountain!
Written on November 16, 2012 at 3:53 pm, by Jared Parmenter
A huge round of applause is in order for Caylee So, a recent alumna from the 2012 Graduate MFA Film Production program, (directing emphasis), who was just named one of the best student directors in America from the Director’s Guild of America. Read on to see Caylee’s acceptance speech, and for more details on her Continue Reading »
Written on November 1, 2012 at 5:26 pm, by derekhorne
Among Giants (Chris Cresci, Ben Mullinkosson, Sam Waldman) screens at the Artivist Film Festival in Hollywood, Calif: (Nov. 1 – 4) See more student successes on the Dodge College for-students website.
Written on November 1, 2012 at 5:26 pm, by derekhorne
2 Chapman films screen at the Naples Int’l Film Festival in Fla.: Election Day (Zach Wechter) and Shoot the Moon (Alexander Gaeta). (Nov. 1 – 4) See more student successes on the Dodge College for-students website.
Written on November 1, 2012 at 5:26 pm, by Jared Parmenter
Alexander Gaeta’s film Shoot the Moon screens at the River’s Edge Int’l Film Festival in Paducah, KY. (Nov. 1 – 4) See more student successes on the Dodge College for-students website.
Written on November 1, 2012 at 5:11 pm, by derekhorne
Zach Wechter’s film Election Day screens at the Asheville Cinema Festival in North Carolina. (Nov. 1 – 4) See more student successes on the Dodge College for-students website.
Written on November 1, 2012 at 5:10 pm, by Jared Parmenter
2 Chapman films screen at the Rockport Film Festival in Texas: Election Day (Zach Wechter) and Shoot the Moon (Alexander Gaeta). (Nov. 1 – 3) See more student successes on the Dodge College for-students website.
Written on October 16, 2012 at 12:48 pm, by Johnny Newnes
This past Thursday night, Dodge College hosted the first ever Entertainment Industry Career Panel event in the Folino theatre. This event offered students looking for jobs the opportunity to hear from working industry recruiters about internship and employment opportunities in some of the biggest companies that any Film/PR student could hope to work for. Now, Continue Reading »
Written on October 9, 2012 at 1:08 pm, by Jared Parmenter
Congratulations to alumnus Joseph Ruggieri (MFA ’04) and his production company, Red Love Film, whose newest feature film, Joy, is now released through Amazon.com and other retailers like Best Buy and Barnes & Noble. Joseph wrote to us recently, sharing the success his film is achieving. Read on!
Written on October 3, 2012 at 10:59 am, by Jared Parmenter
Congratulations are in order for Chapman Singapore student Sonia Chew, who recently took the top prize at Singapore’s largest pop music station.
Written on August 31, 2012 at 12:30 pm, by Jared Parmenter
Alumnus Pete Villani (BFA Cinematography ’02) will be honored with a coveted Emerging Cinematographer Award for his work as a camera operator on the recet film Carjack, in an awards ceremony to take place September 30, in Los Angeles.
Written on August 1, 2012 at 4:51 pm, by Jared Parmenter
Nearly five dozen awards in 20 categories were presented to local reporters, editors and photographers during the annual OC Press Club Journalism Awards Gala, and one of the winner was our very own Professor of Television, Pete Weitzner!
Written on July 31, 2012 at 3:23 pm, by Jared Parmenter
Dodge College has hundreds of incredibly successful alumni working in the professional world, but it’s always nice when certain outstanding folk are recognized at the national level, as happened in last week’s Emmy nominations. Click here to get the scoop on our renowned grads!
Written on June 3, 2012 at 12:23 pm, by Jared Parmenter
Dodge College’s student films are making tremendous strides on the indie festival circuit! “Shoot The Moon,” “Election Day,” “Among Giants,” “Incest! The Musical,” and “Palm County” are some of this season’s biggest successes.
Written on May 17, 2012 at 4:40 pm, by Jared Parmenter
In anticipation of our student-produced awards Show, the Cecil Awards, our faculty has voted on the list of graduates’ thesis films. Check out the full list of nominations from each program here!
Written on May 9, 2012 at 5:09 pm, by Jared Parmenter
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the IEEE Trophy are our very own Digital Arts, and Computer Science majors!
Written on April 23, 2012 at 1:23 pm, by Jared Parmenter
The team of Public Relations & Advertising students who created and executed the clever “PowerUp” campaign, which we wrote about in February and March, has received an Honorable Mention for their groundbreaking work. From the PRSSA’s National News desk: PRSSA 2012 Bateman Competition — First Phase of Judging Results April 23, 2012 PRSSA Headquarters received Continue Reading »
Written on February 21, 2012 at 12:01 pm, by Lauren Kacura
If you are reading this and have been admitted to Dodge College and Chapman University…congratulations!! It has been a competitive year so you should be very proud to have gotten to this point. I wanted to share with you two opportunities we offer that should help with your decision-making process. Panther for A Day This program Continue Reading »
Written on September 8, 2011 at 5:33 am, by Jared Parmenter
A big congratulations is in order to former Dodge College student James Smith (’01, FP), who has just landed his first major credit on a feature film! Co-producing the new thriller starring Ryan Gosling, James has certainly made it to the big time. Not only is this a major Hollywood feature with a substantial budget Continue Reading »
Written on April 26, 2011 at 2:23 pm, by Christian Vieira
LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2011 – Producer and minority rights activist Loreen Arbus and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, (D-CA) received the prestigious Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors American Spirit Awards (ASA) and Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts Dean Robert Bassett was bestowed the Special Educators Award in ceremonies this past Sunday Continue Reading »
Written on February 21, 2011 at 6:56 am, by Lauren Kacura
If you have been admitted to Chapman University and Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, we do offer a special opportunity for students to see what it is like to be a student here at our wonderful school! You should have, or will be receiving soon, an invitation on your email explaining more Continue Reading »
Written on January 20, 2011 at 12:43 pm, by Lauren Kacura
A quick update on a question we have been getting a lot recently… I think there has been some confusion on decisions that have gone out that are not deny or admit. If your decision says “Roll to regular decision” this means that are going to look at your application again with the regular Continue Reading »
Written on January 5, 2011 at 11:49 am, by Christian Vieira
Congratulations to Professor John Badham on his most recent accomplishment. Says Dean Bassett, "this is a real attribute to Professor Badham's artist vision." Read the complete article.
Written on November 5, 2010 at 8:16 am, by Jared Parmenter
Congratulations to all the finalist teams, and to everyone who particiapted in forming the teams, and crafting the scripts. Here are the finalist creative teams: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Continue Reading »
Written on September 28, 2010 at 7:10 am, by Jared Parmenter
First Cut, the short film event hosted by Dodge College for the Director’s Guild of America, is almost upon us! The date for the screening in Los Angeles is Wednesday, October 6th, 6:30 PM, at The Director’s Guild of America in LA. And, I’m pleased to announce, the lineup has been finalized! Here are the Continue Reading »
Written on August 13, 2010 at 3:09 am, by Jared Parmenter
When you're hot, you're hot. And narrative TV at Chapman is hot! For the second year in a row, our flagship project, a full-length TV pilot, was nominated as Outstanding Drama at the NYTV Festival to be held Sept. 20-25. What's amazing about our success is that this is not merely a student competition, but Continue Reading »
Written on July 15, 2010 at 3:54 am, by Jared Parmenter
Less than two months after graduating, Chapman TV and Screenwriting student Clay Keller has won the $10,000 David & Lynn Angell Comedy Writing Fellowship for his original pilot script "Dinner Theater." The script was written by Clay for his FTV 328 Seminar in Television Writing course. The fellowship, part of the prestigious Humanitas Awards for excellence Continue Reading »
Written on June 11, 2010 at 8:58 am, by Jared Parmenter
Chapman University’s Ad Club just won the entire NSAC competition, placing first at the National level! Congratulations to the entire team, faculty advisor Cory O’Connor, and the dedicated Chapman fans throughout the campus: you’ve all worked so hard – you deserve it! What is the NSAC? It’s the National Student Advertising Competition, a national program Continue Reading »
Written on June 3, 2010 at 3:42 am, by Ross Brown
Jeff Levering (TBJ, 2005) is one of alums working in sports. Jeff chose the hyper-competitive field of play-by-play, passing on easier paths with Fox Sports and the NFL Network. And in a few short years Jeff has made it to second base, landing the play-by-play gig with the Springfield Cardinals, the AA-affil of the St Continue Reading »
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