EDITOR’S NOTE: Pavel Jech, our film division chair, recently had the opportunity to spend some time with someone whose work he has admired for quite some time. Moving to Southern California has meant meeting some Czech people that I normally did not see very often in Prague. Recently I attended an “intimate event” with the
At the 64th Annual Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild Golden Reel Awards, our students have a whopping FIVE of the 8 nominees this year for the Verna Fields Student Award including (http://variety.com/2017/artisans/in-contention/mpse-sound-editing-nominees-2017-full-list-1201971642/) Taylor Scherer for Brodin Plett’s EDEN Gerry Vazquez for Tom Teller’s ICARUS Xiang Li for Brian Robau’s IT’S JUST A GUN Peiqi Duan
Living in Southern California, chances are you’ve run across the drag community at some point. It is thriving, especially in Los Angeles, and is full of amazing personalities and wonderful stories. As a personal aside, I absolutely love it. I never miss an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and often visit drag shows. So, when
Back in the 30s and 40s, everyone gathered around their radios to hear the latest adventures of The Shadow, Dick Tracy, Johnny Dollar, and more. These days, you can listen whenever and where ever you want, thanks to iTunes having such a plethora of them. And more are to come, thanks to Kc Wayland’s interterm
Halloween may be long gone, but horror is alive and well in Roy Finch’s Modern Horror Workshop, one of the many interterm classes here at Dodge College. Throughout this four-week course, Finch has asked his students many questions, including why do such films invoke sensations of fear, dread, and more in audiences? Why do audiences
Join us for a pre-release screening of GET OUT on Monday, February 6 at 7PM In Universal Pictures’ Get Out, a speculative thriller from Blumhouse (producers of The Visit, Insidious series and The Gift) and the mind of Jordan Peele, when a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate, he becomes ensnared in
Ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges and doing extraordinary things is a central theme of the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things, created by Chapman alumni Matt and Ross Duffer ’07. Facing the unknown, the characters work together, creatively solving problems as they arise, to reach their goals. That theme also describes the careers of the Duffer
Every so often, we’ll be spotlighting alumni and what they are up to these days. These Q&A sessions will give you a bit of insight into where the world has taken them since graduation. This week, the spotlight is on Tara Hernandez (BFA/Film Production ’10). DODGE: Share your career path with us –
Yesterday, Dodge College officially opened their newest addition to the Chapman University family: Chapman Studios West! Located on West Palm Avenue, just a short walk away from Marion Knott Studios, this new location is home to the Dhont Documentary Film Center, which will bring our documentary program to new heights. Before the ribbon cutting ceremony,
Having trouble on the stages? Need a hand with construction rules? Want to know the do’s and don’ts of the new stages? Then you need to talk to Marita Tyler (MFA/Film Production & Cinematography ’11), Dodge College’s new Stage Manager! We obviously like to keep it within the Chapman family here, hiring alums to help
Although companies the world over seek a foothold in China, in many ways it’s easier said than done. Cultural and language differences are just the starting point of challenges to be surmounted for Americans working in China. For Dodge College faculty, the launch of the first Summer Film Academy in Shenzhen, China, was not