Please join us in welcoming special guest Mark Andrews, director of the Oscar Award-winning film Brave, for a special guest lecture on Wednesday, May 1 in the Folino Theater.

To the delight of digital art lovers, The 14th annual Animation Show of Shows is making its nation-wide rounds.  Once again, we’re lucky enough to host the diverse collection of films in the Folino Theater!

Don’t miss this opportunity to show off your portfolio to some of the biggest names in Digital Arts, Film Production, Advertising, and more!

The mobile platformer graduated from the Digital Arts department, catching the attention of local press with its endearing graphics, creative gameplay, and nearly-funded Kickstarter campaign.

You may remember the fantastic success enjoyed by a team of Digital Arts students last Spring, when their videogame Axle won a trophy for Chapman at a major independent gaming event here on campus.  After being nominated for a Cecil Award, then graduating, the alumni have been hard at work preparing the game for release,  Continue Reading »

Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winning PIXAR Director of Finding Nemo and WALL-E, makes his first-ever visit to Chapman to talk about storytelling and introduce the newly released 3D Finding Nemo on Friday, October 26 at 7 p.m. in Folino Theater. The lecture and Q&A will be followed by the 3D screening of Finding Nemo.     Remember  Continue Reading »

Listen up, guys – there’s a unique opportunity for Dodge College students coming up this week: the Entertainment Industry Career Panel. This is a great opportunity for all of us to hear from representatives of some of the most exciting companies to work for, and to learn about pursuing positions in the industry. These people  Continue Reading »

Professor of Digital Arts Bill Kroyer, and the Digital Arts Club, welcomes Kathy Altieri, Production Designer of Dreamworks Animation, to the Chapman Campus tomorrow, Wednesday September 27.

Announcing the 2012 screening of our most recent First Cut films!  The films will be playing in the prestigious Director’s Guild Theater once again, on September 27th, so make sure to save the date if you love to celebrate new talent, indie filmmaking, and spread your Dodge College pride!

Southern California is one of the hotbeds of computer game development, not just in the country, but the world.  Saturday, April 28, the Intercollegiate Computer Games Showcase takes place in Dodge College’s Folino Theater.

Wednesday evening, Rob Legato visited the Folino theater to discuss creating the effects for Hugo (one of my favorite 3D films ever!) in the stereoscopic medium with 3D-projected behind-the-scenes footage.  Additionally, Rob was here for a delicious dinner in the Fashionable Women of Chapman Rotunda Board Room to meet interested students for a more intimate  Continue Reading »

From Professor Bill Kroyer of the Digital Arts program:   On Wednesday, April 6, Dodge College will host two of the most important animation directors in Hollywood history, John Musker and Ron Clements. “Ron & John” have created some of the most famous works in the modern Golden Age, arguably starting that revival with their  Continue Reading »

The awesome epicness of TRON: Legacy is coming to Dodge in 3D! Based on the 1982 scifi cult classic TRON (yes, the title is capslocked), the sequel Tron: Legacy has been in the works for nearly 20 years in various forms, and it’s definitely Disney’s hotest “for big kids” property in quite some time.  The  Continue Reading »

The travelling film festival, “The Animation Show of Shows” is stopping by Orange County tonight at 7PM in the Folino – and as a Dodge/Chapman animation lover, you’ll get to see it for free! (click to download a larger .pdf image) From The Slate: Professor Bill Kroyer invites you to attend the Dodge College of  Continue Reading »

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 »