Looking for something to do over InterTerm break? Experience London and Paris in film, explore the streets of Old Havana, escape behind the scenes on the set of Saturday Night Live. With so many opportunities for adventure this January, which journey will you choose? But hurry, deposits are due Thursday, October 31.

FTV 389: Cross-Cultural Documentary Singapore – January 12-31
This course is designed to give students a practical and theoretical understanding of how the documentary film can be used as a creative medium to explore and represent foreign cultures. The course will travel to Singapore where the students will have the unique opportunity to produce a short documentary about an aspect of the nation’s rich diverse culture.

FTV 323/523 & 323S: Transcultural Documentary Filmmaking in San Francisco – January 8-29
This interterm we will be offering Trans-Cultural Documentary in partnership with our Singapore campus. 17 Singaporean students will be spending three weeks with us, partnering with American students to make short documentary portrait films about the many fascinating cultural stories of Santa Barbara and San Francisco. We will spend a week in Orange and Santa Barbara pre-producing the documentaries, followed by a week of shooting in San Francisco, and a week of post-production back here in Orange. The course covers the nuts and bolts of documentary pre-production through post-production, and covers how to craft a story that informs about many issues at once and how to work as part of a team. Course dates are Jan 8-29. If interested send an application with your name, year, major, experience with documentary film, and a short paragraph about why you want to to take this course, to Professor Sally Rubin at rubin@chapman.edu. Applications are due Friday October 18.

FTV 346: Networking in New York and DC – January 7-19
CBS News, CBS Sports, NBC News, NBC Sports, Colbert, Fox News, CNN, MLB Network; The Capitol, Liberty Island, Ground Zero Memorial, Central Park, Broadway….Enticed? Oh yeah, best pizza, hot dogs, deli, Chinese, Italian—ever. Dates are January 7-January 19, 2014. Join Professor Pete Weitzner and twelve– fifteen students for “Networking in New York and DC.” To apply, email professor Weitzner, weitzner@chapman.edu.

FTV 329/529: London and Paris in Film – January 6-20
Spend this January in London and Paris.  Experience the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the Champs Elysees, Piccadilly Circus, Notre Dame, Westminster Abbey, and so much more while learning about the movie business and history of these film capitals.  Visit film facilities and locations, meet working professionals and get to know these great cities. Contact professor, Dave Kost, kost@chapman.edu for questions.

FTV 416/616: Expedition Documentary Cuba – January 8-19
Old Havana, colonial treasures, a day at the International Film School with Cuba’s film stars of tomorrow, cycling in the wild interior…If you’ve always wanted to go to Cuba, “Expedition Documentary: Cuba 2014” may be perfect for you. Email Jeff Swimmer with questions swimmer@chapman.edu.

FTV 361/561 section 01: Sundance Film Festival – January 16-21
This course, which is worth 3 credits, is taught at Dodge College and then on-location at the internationally-celebrated film festival in Park City, Utah! There are two identical sections of the class being offered this year. 10 students will travel to the first half of the Sundance Film Festival from Jan. 16 – 21 and 10 students will travel there during the second half of the festival from Jan. 21 – 26. There will also be four required days of class time held on campus. Both groups will be required to attend the same three on-campus class days from Jan.13 – 15 and then each group will follow up the trip with a class meeting and final exam. Space is limited so acceptance to the class is competitive.

FTV 361/561 section 02: Sundance Film Festival – January 21-26
This course, which is worth 3 credits, is taught at Dodge College and then on-location at the internationally-celebrated film festival in Park City, Utah! There are two identical sections of the class being offered this year. 10 students will travel to the first half of the Sundance Film Festival from Jan. 16 – 21 and 10 students will travel there during the second half of the festival from Jan. 21 – 26. There will also be four required days of class time held on campus. Both groups will be required to attend the same three on-campus class days from Jan.13 – 15 and then each group will follow up the trip with a class meeting and final exam. Space is limited so acceptance to the class is competitive.