If you’ve been anywhere on campus in the past week, you’ve already heard of The Warlocks and Witches Ball, which takes over Dodge College this Thursday at 8PM. For those readers not privy to the Warlocks buzz in person, suffice it to say, Chapman Ad Club and PRSSA – the two student organizations who plan,
This week, we have a very special presentation of the hard-to-find documentary, Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake, Thursday 10/28, at 7PM in the Folino. From the Project Moonshine website: In the summer of 2006, a group of seven high school students from Reno, NV set out to make a documentary on Sonic Youth. As part
[Update:] Because the film is over 3 hours long, the screening will be split into two parts (luckily, the film has an intermission), the first of which will play tomorrow, October 16th, and the second on next Tuesday, October 24th, followed by a Q&A session. Both presentations begin at 7 PM in the Folino. Film
Another year, another batch of amazing films, and another great event! First Cut 2010 went off without a hitch this year. The DGA sparkled, the traffic was at least somewhat accommodating, and by 7 PM the lobby at the Director's Guild of America theater was packed with alumni, faculty, trustees, the Deans, excited students, and,
First Cut, the short film event hosted by Dodge College for the Director’s Guild of America, is almost upon us! The date for the screening in Los Angeles is Wednesday, October 6th, 6:30 PM, at The Director’s Guild of America in LA. And, I’m pleased to announce, the lineup has been finalized! Here are the
Whether by the careful planning of Events Specialist Julie Gorzik, or random serendipity, we have two amazing sci-fi themed events on campus tonight. Avid Lecture Series: Lost Dodge brings yet another educational demonstration / discussion with the creators and professional users of Avid’s industrial-strength multimedia composition and editing tools, and what techniques they use to
Of all the many things you learn in the classrooms, editing suites, and backlots here at Dodge College, the most important of them is something you can’t even learn from a textbook: networking. As we all know, nearly every media industry today functions at least to some degree on the associations and contacts industry professionals
Dean Bassett gave a heartfelt introduction to this year's Cecil Awards, mentioning – among other things – the exciting developments coming to Dodge College, including the advent of 3D and the inclusion of a 3D production class in next year's course catalog. Finally, he asked everyone in the theater to turn, stand, and congratulate the
Final Screenings and Upcoming Events: With the end of the school year looming ahead, things are winding down here at Dodge – but as every year ends, new opportunities pop up! We had a really interesting meeting this morning with a member of the SCVNGR crew, as we explore bringing location-based social networking (ala the
Red Bull Athlete Exam: Come be a part of this unique live talk show, as we take a journey into the mind of professional big wave surfer Ian Walsh. On May 7th, Adam Bollinger (Chapman University Student) will get to the root of what makes Walsh tick. What prompts Ian Walsh to surf some of
If you can get by AF 208 tonight, my old friend “Toastmaster” Tom Kalajian is delivering his annual public-speaking sermon to the media-law class. Plenty of seats in the amphitheatre. Tricks of the trade on everything form a three-minute speech to Master of Ceremonies before an audience of thousands.