Alumnus Jason Wise writes to let us know the trailer for his feature film “SOMM” is holding court atop the coveted iTunes Trailers mountain!

Please join us for our Community Voices Documentary Workshop Screening on Thursday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Folino Theater.

Professor Jeff Swimmer invites you to join him for The Art of Flight – 3D on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. in Folino Theater.

Please join us on Thursday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m. in Folino Theater for our inaugural Project W: Stories of Women Creating Change Documentary Screening.

Dodge College of Film and Media Arts invites you to join us as we proudly unveil and celebrate the work created by 46 students during this past January’s interterm session on Wednesday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. in Folino Theater.

March has been a great month for the Prime Time TV Club; between finalizing projects and wrapping up thesis pilots, students hosted a prominent TV director and casting director.  Read on to find out more:

Love filmmaking, exotic locales, and exciting adventures?  (And, not too afraid of the heat?)  Check out our newest documentary travel course, to Cuba!

Open to all, this course travels to Iceland for a 12-day journey into the heart of one of the world’s most culturally rich and geologically diverse countries.

Guest author Brian Hamilton recently went on-location with the students of Interterm’s “Shooting the Dramatic Series” class, who are shooting and producing a pilot titled Called to Serve.  The narrative follows the story of two men leading a life of religion, in an overtly secular world.  Brian shares his experience interviewing the subjects post-shoot.

Please join us for our Community Voices Documentary Workshop on Thursday, December 6 at 7 p.m. in Folino Theater.

An event that needs no introduction! Come see this year’s slate of amazing Destination: Africa documentaries Thursday, November 29th.  This year’s documentaries were filmed in Mozambique last summer, and run the gamut of compelling characters and subjects. As always, delicious free food and drink will be provided!

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 Application Period is now open for Destination: Africa 2013, through November 19th.  The films made in last year’s program to Mozambique will screen November 29th at 7PM.

Last Tuesday night the Prime Time TV Club was treated to a big helping of reality…

As part of a recent piece in the Wall Street Journal, collecting some of the more exciting film festivals taking place in New York this season, our own Television/Broadcast Journalism grad, Brendan Nahmias, and his film, “Humble the Poet,” are cited as major draws for the festival.

Please join us in the Folino on Wednesday, October 24, for a screening of the documentary film, Room 237, at 7PM.

Every year, Dodge College students travel around the world, making documentaries and narrative feature films about issues and cultures well beyond the Southern California sunshine.  Over the next week, students are welcome to attend several general purpose information sessions to learn about the following travel courses, to Costa Rica and India, respectively. Expedition Documentary, Inter-Term  Continue Reading »

TV Professor Ross Brown interviews a recent grad, Katie Chilson, who majored in Television and Broadcast Journalism, who now works for ABC.

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 »

Check out this short video we just added to our Vimeo channel!

Check out this short video we just added to our Vimeo channel!

Check out this short video we just added to our Vimeo channel!

Due to the popularity of last year’s Sundance Travel Course, which takes students to some of the most important film openings of the year, and shines a lot on the industry wheelings and dealings taking place at such events, this year, we’ve created two!  We expect these courses, which take place during the January Interterm  Continue Reading »

Chapman Alumna Jillian Arnold, professor of Cinematography, describes the process of filming in space, which she recently had the opportunity to do as a cinematographer for NASA.

Dodge College is hosting the writer of “The Inbetweeners,” a popular British TV comedy – recently made into a film – this week!

This summer, students travelled to Burkina Faso, Africa, as part of our international filmmaking program.  Next Thursday, September 13th, the students will screen their films in the Folino Theater.

Founder of Bogner Entertainment, and Sophomore Television / Broadcast Journalism major Oliver Bogner was recently profiled, in a high-profile piece on Forbes.com in their “All-Star Student Entrepreneurs” feature.

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!

Okay, in our last discussion (Building a Career, Part 1), we talked about the first two steps of building a career after you graduate: landing that all-important first job (whichever one you’re offered) and then working as hard as you can at it – with a smile.  Today we’re going to go from Step One  Continue Reading »

Building a career is a step-by-step process, so here’s Professor Brown’s advice on how to get there, a little bit at a time.  Part 1 of 3.

Community Voices is a social issue documentary film program which links Chapman University documentary film students with Orange-County based organizations. Each semester, groups of students produce short character-driven portrait films that highlight causes the partner organizations aim to serve. The films are then used in the outreach and fundraising campaigns of these organizations, and are  Continue Reading »

The FTV 114: Introduction to Television Production: Studio class had a real treat last week. Special guest Mike Thornburgh was in the TV Studio for the past two days, for an extended workshop on lighting for the TV Studio.  For two hours each day, students got hands-on techniques, tips, training, and exercises on the unique  Continue Reading »

Guest Blogger Hannah McDonald (Fiml Production ’14) shares some of the highlights from her January Internship on the set of “Harry’s Law“.  You can find her original blog and all the day-by-day details on her tumblr.  Enjoy! -JP Dodge College has an exciting opportunity called “Interterm,” where during the month of January you can either  Continue Reading »

Orange, CA – (February 20, 2012) – Five film students from Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, recognized as one of the premier film schools in the United States, has won the grand prize for MOFILM Live’s first U.S. college competition for an ad they created for Campbell Soup, depicting a child  Continue Reading »

Creativity is a blend of inspiration and perspiration – a marriage of innate creativity with mastery of craft, discipline, and plain old hard work.  Students Professor Ross Brown’s  in FTV 328 got a taste of this in class on Thursday.  After outlining the basics of story structure and walking the students through examples of the  Continue Reading »