ORANGE: For an entire weekend, Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts hosted the SikhLens' Sikh Arts and Film Festival for a second consecutive year from Nov. 18-20, celebrating the best and brightest in Sikh cinematic and artistic culture. The three-day cinematic showcase featured emerging artists and musicians, a gamut of films touching
Events assistant Ashlee Abernathy writes a guest post on our recent screening of Like Crazy: Like Crazy screened just a little over a week ago in the Folino Theater at Dodge, and I think I can speak for nearly everyone in the audience when I say that this film went above and beyond expectations. The
2011 Cecil Award winners: Didn't see the show last weekend? Watch the event on our video archives. Best Undergraduate/Graduate TV Screenplay Scarlet Glass – “Pilot” by James Sweeney Best Undergraduate/Graduate Screenplay, Film Last Knight of Sudan by Ryan Riley Excellence in Producing – Undergraduate Hannah d'Angerio Kai de Mello-Folsom Excellence in
Every year, the Dodge College faculty honor the graduating senior class (at both the Graduate and Undergraduate levels) with an awards ceremony named for our original building's namesake, Cecil B DeMille. The show, which is planned, produced, and executed entirely by a staff of students every spring right before Commencement, is a huge student event,
The Prime Time TV Club held its annual “Foot in the Door” night where five recent alums told students the inside story on how to land that all-important first job in film or TV.
Chances are high you remember the economy collapsing a few years ago. But, despite over $20B in losses and bailouts, most people don't really understand what caused the crisis, or who's to blame. Tomorrow night, you can find out. We're screening Inside Job, the Academy-Award winning documentary by Charles Ferguson (of No End in Sight
What a day! [Jump to the Quotes] [Jump to the panelsts' last advice] Last Friday, we presented our annual Women in Focus conference. For over 10 years, we've welcomed a handful of prominent women working in the film and media industries to speak directly to students about their career path, educational choices, professional development, and
From Professor Bill Kroyer of the Digital Arts program: On Wednesday, April 6, Dodge College will host two of the most important animation directors in Hollywood history, John Musker and Ron Clements. “Ron & John” have created some of the most famous works in the modern Golden Age, arguably starting that revival with their
Who’s psyched to get scared? Tomorrow evening, we’re hosting a very special, pre-release screening of Insidious, at 7:30 in the Folino. The film played at SXSW, which I recently attended, and though I didn’t get to see any films while I was there, the marketing campaigns for Insidious had the town buzzing! Everyone said it
The awesome epicness of TRON: Legacy is coming to Dodge in 3D! Based on the 1982 scifi cult classic TRON (yes, the title is capslocked), the sequel Tron: Legacy has been in the works for nearly 20 years in various forms, and it’s definitely Disney’s hotest “for big kids” property in quite some time. The
Just a quick note to thank everyone for coming out to our events this week! We had a smash success with our pre-screening of Cedar Rapids, the hilarious (and, surprisingly touching) comedy starring The Office’s Ed Helms. While we had let you know about the event just days before it played, we weren’t expecting the
Special Pre-Release Screening of Cedar Rapids Wednesday, February 9, 2011at 7:00pm in the Folino Theater Come see this hilarious film before it opens in theaters! RSVP for the screening Synopsis In Miguel Arteta’s new comedy CEDAR RAPIDS, to call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), “naïve” is a gross understatement. He’s never left his small