“Ciao from Italia!” Dodge College’s Travel Course to Il Cinema Ritrovato
Guest blogger Max Keller shares his first thoughts about the Dodge College travel course bringing film studies majors to the heart of Italy.
Icons, Geniuses and Mavericks: Chapman University’s TEDx Conference
TED has been around for close to thirty years now. Their belief is their creed: “Ideas worth spreading.” I first encountered the web-based TED Talks as an undergraduate. Jill Bolte Taylor was describing what it’s like to have a stroke and I found myself crying, watching this woman open herself up to the world. It
Dodge College Student Films Win Top Prizes in Film Festivals Across the US
Dodge College’s student films are making tremendous strides on the indie festival circuit! “Shoot The Moon,” “Election Day,” “Among Giants,” “Incest! The Musical,” and “Palm County” are some of this season’s biggest successes.
Cecil Awards 2012: The Photos
Check out these images from the Red Carpet before the show, the ceremony, and the afterparty. Lots of steampunk-themed outfits and decorations on stage helped this year’s theme of “Romance: the Imagination of Invention” really come to life!
New Fall Course – “How I Got My Movie Made”
We’re thrilled to announce a new course this Fall, featuring Dodge College alumni and film professionals actively working in the industry, speaking directly to students about how to get their projects turned into movies!
Cecil Awards & Nominations!
In anticipation of our student-produced awards Show, the Cecil Awards, our faculty has voted on the list of graduates’ thesis films. Check out the full list of nominations from each program here!
Cinephile’s Dream Calendar: Max’s Picks for the 2nd Half of May
Well now that we’ve all gotten our Avengers fix in, it’s time to take a look at the repertory high points in the second half of May, and boy, are there some fantastic movies. Below are the three screenings I’m most excited about.
Community Voices 2012 Screening
On Wednesday night, the “Community Voices” class screened its fourth annual series of final projects.
Digital Arts Students’ Mobile Game “AXLE” Wins Chapman a New Trophy!
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the IEEE Trophy are our very own Digital Arts, and Computer Science majors!
“There Will Be Blood” screens on film with Filmmaker-in-Residence
Filmmaker-In-Residence JoAnn Sellar will screen There Will Be Blood, PT Anderson’s epic capitalist drama, tonight in the Folino. This stellar film will be screened on a 35mm film print!
Cinephile’s Dream Calendar: May Edition
< ?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> Welcome to the summer movie season! We’ve got The Avengers this week and over the next several months we get films like Prometheus and The Dark Knight Rises , films that could potentially become classics. However, we won’t be able to tell if they’re classics for years, so why not go
Digital Arts Thesis Projects Update: “Lights Out”
Today, Digital Arts student Marie Cheng gives us a behind-the-scenes taste of life from Dodge’s digital suites. Stay tuned for more updates from her, and for more snapshots of the Digital Arts program as graduation day draws near!