With Chapman University closed for the winter holiday break as of last Friday, December 20, Dodge College students, faculty, and staff will by now be nestled at home with friends and family, preparing to celebrate the season. With some free time on your hands – finally! – now’s a great chance to show your
Two outstanding Dodge College alumni received massive, early holiday gift this year: a grant from the Caucus Foundation to celebrate their filmmaking passion! Michael Fitzgerald (MFA and Maura B. Kelly (’13, MFA Film & Television Production) were winners of Student grants from The Caucus For Producers, Writers & Directors in 2012. They were among five others
The College Television Awards unofficially known as the “Student Emmy Awards” is open for submissions. The name is confusing because it doesn’t deal strictly with television except that the awards are given out by the Emmys Foundation. Also, the awards are given to the producer of the film, which mirrors the hierarchy in television. About
Something tells me you’re likely to have some free time in the next few weeks – meaning now is the perfect time to see what opportunities you can create in 2014. This year, we want to give you a leg up by connecting you to The Sprite Refreshing Filmmaker Contest, which is revamped for 2014
We have some thrilling news from Lifetime Television Networks, courtesy of alumna Mariana Flynn (’02, Creative Producing): MARIANA FLYNN NAMED VICE PRESIDENT OF NON-FICTION PROGRAMMING OF LIFETIME LOS ANGELES, CA (November 19, 2013) – Mariana Flynn has been named Vice President of Non-Fiction Programming of Lifetime, it was announced today by Eli Lehrer, Senior Vice
Dodge College student Oliver Bogner is quite possibly one of the busiest twentysomethings in southern California. With the various accolades and accomplishments he’s already known for, between a full-fledge production company, a reality TV pilot, and profiles in Forbes Magazine, you’d be forgiven for assuming he’s an alumni, out of school for half a decade.
The folks at Charleston International Film Festival are big fans of Chapman, and especially the films from Dodge College. And who can blame them? The Charleston International Film Festival (CIFF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization created in 2007 to bring people together through the art and science of film. Through this unique art, which has
Professor Pete Weitzner recently shared some great photos from trips his Broadcast Journalism students have taken in and around LA TV production hot spots. Visits to LA newsrooms and network-TV shows are a mainstay of the broadcast-journalism program. This fall ChapTown’s future newsies were in control rooms and on set at HBO’s Real Time with
Every January, the small mountain town of Park City in Utah, becomes a media circus filled with film industry, sponsors, film buffs, and the lucky filmmakers whose works have been selected for either the prestigious Sundance Film Festival or its famous spin-off the Slamdance Film Festival. This year, our Dodge College alumni have multiple projects
Continuing the successes we’ve written about in the past, alumnus Justin Simien has received a broader kind of acclaim for his recent film, Dear White People. Simien has been recognized at festivals across the country, for his unique brand of scathing wit, a trend that surely suggests even bigger things are on the horizon. Most
Dodge College continues its annual tradition of sharing a special pre-release feature film for students, just before the holiday break. In partnership with our friends at the Audio Engineering Society (AES), this year, we’re screening the film Lone Survivor December 14 at 7PM: Based on The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage
Concluding our week of special guests and screenings, Friday’s premiere screening of the works of the Project W class was a huge success! Professor Sally Rubin, who leads the program, described the purpose of Project W: Lots of people have asked me, ‘what is Project W, anyways?’. Project W is a program we designed