Chapman University film students dominated Sundance this year, raking in awards, critical acclaim, and enough learning experiences to last a lifetime. Split across two sessions, to accommodate more students overall and tailor the experience for their discipline, our travelling Interterm class “Structure/Function Film Festival Sundance” brought two dozen students to the internationally renowned festival.
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
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
A round of applause is in order for the team of Dodge College alumni working on “Hollywood Heroes,” a new short film recently entered into the brand-new “Shot on RED” Film Festival. Director Burke Doeren recently reached out to us, to share the exciting news that his film has been selected as one of the
Get to know our school a bit better, by meeting our hard-working alumni in the industry. Here, BFA graduate Kristen Schreck catches us up with what her life has been like since Dodge. Chapman faculty expect more from you, and therefore, you expect more from yourself. We’re one Chapman Family with many #ChapmanStories. Share yours:
Students and recent grads gathered recently in the Pacific Design Center, for our annual College to Career Night. The event involves structured networking, where current students get face-to-face time with working graduates in their field or emphasis. After the opportunity to speak with these short-term mentors, everyone is welcome to enjoy the rest of the
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society awarded their Fierberg student film awards at the Rehoboth Beach Film Festival last week and – once again – Chapman swept the awards! Out of all the undergraduate film submissions from around the country, the Grand Prize and Runner Up prize both went to Dodge College students. Andrej
Alums Ben York Jones (’06) and Michael Mohan (’02) have successfully landed a new project – “Heartbeats” – at Starz, making waves across Variety , Deadline , ComingSoon.net , The Hollywood Reporter , and other major industry news outlets recently. “Heartbeats” is an intimate glimpse into the constantly intersecting and diverging lives of Bobby and
I recently got some time to tap into the mind of the newly-crowned Emerging Cinematographer of the Year , alumnus Kyle Klütz, to see what advice he could share with current Dodge College students, straight from the professional world. We cover everything from collaborating with a director, to applying film theory on-set, to which classes
The International Cinematographer’s Guild annually selects a handful of the most talented, promising professionals from its own ranks to compete for the Emerging Cinematographer’s Award. Including Directors of Photography, Camera Operators, Visual Effects Supervisors, Still Photographers, Camera Assistants, Film Loaders, all members of camera crews, the pool of talented members can be quite huge, rivaling
It was a great weekend for the Narrative TV program as one of its student pilots, “Called To Serve”, won Best Drama honors at the prestigious 2013 International TV and Film Festival! The Festival is “the premiere festival for independently produced TV pilots, web series and multimedia content: Technologically savvy and forward thinking, ITVFest prides