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Beyond Dodge College: Directing Student Reports from Burkina Faso
Directing student Caylee So shares some photos, and thoughts, of her time in Burkina Faso.
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TV is Good 4U: Building a TV Career (Part 2)
Okay, in our last discussion (Building a Career, Part 1), we talked about the first two steps of building a career after you graduate: landing that all-important first job (whichever one you’re offered) and then working as hard as you can at it – with a smile. Today we’re going to go from Step One
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Beyond Dodge College: Final Blog from Il Cinema Ritrovato
Hello everyone. Well, I’m packing up and getting ready to head out from Bologna tomorrow after an amazing week. Before I leave Italia, I figured I’d finish up writing about my time at this amazing festival. Onto the final three days of screenings!
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Seeking Freshman Writers for 2012-2013
Over the past year, we’ve brought you even more student perspectives than ever before. And the 2012-2013 year will be no exception to this trend, with five incoming freshman (both undergraduate and graduate) signing on to the party. But in case you missed the email or Facebook posts, I want to remind you that my
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TV is Good 4U: Building a Career in Television (Part 1)
Building a career is a step-by-step process, so here’s Professor Brown’s advice on how to get there, a little bit at a time. Part 1 of 3.
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Dodge College Alum Justin Simien's Screenplay Gains Traction in Social Media
A recent article in the Washington Post highlights the work of provocative screenplay graduate Justin Simien, who has creatively used social media to create an exciting following for his screenplay — paving the road to production.
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Beyond Dodge College: The First Half of Il Cinema Ritrovato
Buon giorno everyone! It’s Max with another report from beautiful Bologna. Before I get into what I’ve been seeing, I think I should take a moment to explain what the festival is all about.
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Sikh Coalition Diversity Video Competition
We are now accepting entries for the Sikh Coalition’s “Diversity Video Competition,” an award based challenge for filmmakers to produce independent short films exploring the nature of tolerance and diversity in the world. The competition is run by the same people who bring us the Sikh Art and Film Festival every year, so take a
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"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.
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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
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Chapman University offers TEDx conference "TedXChapmanU"
< ?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> Filmmakers, musicians, mavericks, and storytellers of all kinds will find today’s TEDx conference a compelling reason to stay (or return!) to Chapman campus this summer.
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Chapman Filmed Entertainment Ready to Begin Production of Micro-Budget Films
Chapman Filmed Entertainment Ramps up Inaugural Production; Thriller “Trigger” Pegged as First Feature Film Project!