EDITOR’S NOTE: Recently, Bogart Avila (BA/Public Relations and Advertising ’15) traveled to New York City to receive the American Advertising Federation award, which opened new doors for him. He wrote about his experience and was kind enough to share it with us! Madison Avenue is where you strive to be when you enter the
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kc Wayland, our Digital Applications Specialist here at Dodge College, recently went to SXSW to participate on a panel, and came back with some great tips for those of you who may be thinking about going next year. A few weeks ago, I was invited as a guest speaker for SXSW 2015
This past weekend, The Barber, Chapman Filmed Entertainment‘s debut film, opened in ten cities across the country to fantastic reviews! Here’s just a few snippets from some of them: “With a slow-burn sensibility and the veteran actor used to strong effect, this modest thriller will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand
Movies don’t all get made in Hollywood. In fact, there are many areas of the country that set up their own little versions of Tinsel Town. For example, New Orleans is quickly becoming known as “Hollywood South,” with many productions setting up shop down there. And Dodge Alumni Zoey Gordon (BFA/Film Production ’10) and Eileen
Professor Paul Seydor is no stranger to Sam Peckinpah. In fact, he knows so much about the man that he just released his second book about the director’s foray into westerns. The book, entitled ‘The Authentic Death and Contentious Afterlife of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’, Seydor dives into the untold story of Peckinpah’s
It seems that all of our students, once they graduate from Dodge College, go on to do amazing things in the industry. Take Kelly Galuska (BA/Screenwriting ’06) for example. As soon as she graduated, she moved to New York to begin her journey down her career path. While there, she worked as a page at
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Dodge College offers a lot of amazing interterm courses! This time around, Thomas Garber (BFA/Film Production ’15) tells us about his experience in the Big Apple for Professor David Kost’s Film Capitals of the World – New York course. Fitting a
This summer, Dodge College is offering some amazing travel courses. From an outdoor film festival, to documentaries about historic Japan, to cross-cultural exchanges, our professors are offering students unique opportunities all over the world. FTV 361I-01/561I-01 Il Cinema Ritrovato Film Festival – COURSE FULL! Tour the film restoration lab and cinematheque, explore the walled
EDITORS NOTE: Rachel Beltran (BFA/Digitial Arts ’17) is one of our many talented Digital Arts students. She, along with some classmates, had the opportunity to go to Los Angeles to check out the Academy Award nominated animated and short films. She was kind enough to share her experience with us. It didn’t really hit
EDITORS NOTE: All of our students do amazing things, but some of them are actively working to help create change in our local communities. In today’s guest post, Rachel-Jean Firchau tells us about the fantastic things Chapman’s PRSSA is doing here in Orange County. What creates a strong community? Five students from Chapman University
It’s no secret that Chapman’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts is one of the best film schools in the world. We are number #1 in the sheer size and number of student productions, the only school with a Screen Acting and defined Television program, and our school is ranked the #7 film school by
On Monday night, Dodge College launched its brand new course, The New Era of Television, on the Sony Pictures lot with an amazing panel of some of today’s most influential people in entertainment. The panel included Sony Pictures Television President Steve Mosko, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, and AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll. The