Each year for the past few years, Chapman students have traveled with Professor Nam Lee to the Busan International Film Festival to get a taste of Asian cinema and culture. There, they see the works of Korean masters like Park Chan-Wook and Bong Joon-Ho, as well as films from China and other parts of Asia,
Hellboy. The Amazing Screw-on Head. Abe Sapien. Baltimore. B.P.R.D. Each of these unique characters came from the head of Mike Mignola. Last week, Bill Kroyer’s Digital Arts students hosted Mignola, as he gave an in-depth talk about his career and fielded questions from the audience. When he first started out 30 years ago,
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of France and the arts? The Louvre? The Mona Lisa? Hiroshima, Mon Amour ? It’s probably not animation. Yet the influence of French animation is also enormous, from the first animated film in history, Reynaud’s Pauvre Pierrot to Illumination Studios’ newest blockbuster, Minions .
When you think of epic, sprawling space films about intergalactic wars, one tends to imagine a massive, multi-million dollar price tag to go along with it. However, some students here at Dodge are doing their own take on this type of film, making it look like what you’d see on the big screen, but for
South Korea is one of the few countries whose domestic box office is larger than that of the United States. After decades of hardship under Japanese colonization, authoritative military governments, censorship, and strict regulation, South Korean cinema is booming. This, combined with its success in the international film festival circuit, has led Asian film scholar
Tinder breaks dating down into its simplest form: you get a brief snapshot of a person, what they like, what they don’t, how they look, where they are located, and make a quick decision as to whether to swipe left (thanks, but not for me) or swipe right (hey, maybe something can come out of
For those in the Digital Arts program using motion capture, Xsens has been a huge help. Their state-of-the-art motion capture technology has helped some of our students do amazing things in their films and projects. Though we received a version of their MVN technology last year, we recently upgraded to the newest generation. Xsens visited
Years ago, when movies and television featured shots of sweeping vistas, panoramic sunsets, and flying over landscapes, filmmakers would need to go through a lengthy process of hiring a helicopter, mounting the camera rig, and actually flying over those areas to capture those beautiful visuals. It wasn’t cheap, but it resulted in amazing results.
Though still relatively new, our MFA in Documentary Filmmaking is making waves, and catching the interest of many people looking to tell powerful stories. Recently, Professors Sally Rubin and Jeff Swimmer gave a masterclass to talk about some of the major challenges and issues facing today’s documentary filmmakers, including changes in technology, broadcast, distribution outlets,
Can’t get enough Chapman News? Now you can find them all over social media! But just what is Chapman news? It airs every Friday, live on local Channel 6 at 12:00 p.m. It’s a weekly newscast, produced by a hearty band of thirty Dodge College/Chapman University, broadcast-journalism students. The show is focused on the University,
The Emmy Awards are a time for writers, directors, producers, and stars to be recognized for their work in Television. However, behind the cameras, the a whole other show is going on, with a multitude of moving parts to make sure it runs smoothly. Professor Steven Hirsen took his TWP-311 Advanced Multi-Camera Production class to
I love LOST. It’s seriously my favorite TV show of all time. Hands down. So, of course, when I heard that David Fury, writer/producer extraordinaire, would be a guest for Ross Brown’s New Era of Television (TWP-510-01), I absolutely made myself available to hear him chat with the class. And the fact that he was