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Community Voices 2012
Community Voices is a social issue documentary film program which links Chapman University documentary film students with Orange-County based organizations. Each semester, groups of students produce short character-driven portrait films that highlight causes the partner organizations aim to serve. The films are then used in the outreach and fundraising campaigns of these organizations, and are
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Got Sitcom Scripts? Amazon is Producing Original Series
Exciting news for TV and webseries-loving writing students today, as reported on AllThingsD. Amazon has released the first details on their Amazon Studios website, seeking submissions in the comedy and children’s series categories. From the Amazon Instant Video mini-site: What Kinds of Series Does Amazon Studios Want? We’re looking for compelling new voices and characters
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The Daily Pilot: "Arts Community Gathers at Chapman University"
The Daily Pilot published a feature about our Women In Focus conference yesterday, in their “The Crowd” section, highlighting influential members of the Orange County community. An interesting bit of Dodge College news from The Daily Pilot: Bob Bassett, dean of the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University,
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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
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Win an iPad at the Cecil Awards 2012!
We are very excited to announce that the Cecil Awards 2012 will be giving away an iPad to one lucky winner at this year’s show! Could the winner be you? Just follow these simple steps to enter: Submit a 60-second video in the comment box below the announcement video on the Cecil Awards 2012 YouTube
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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!
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"Women In Focus" Quotes Featured in The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter shared the exciting success of last Friday’s Women In Focus panel in their news section today.
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The Intercollegiate Computer Games Showcase
< ?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> Southern California is one of the hotbeds of computer game development, not just in the country, but the world. Saturday, April 28, the Intercollegiate Computer Games Showcase takes place in Dodge College’s Folino Theater.
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New Dodge College Events Calendar
< ?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> Did you know the University has a brand-new system to make it easier to find out what’s going on at all the different Colleges?
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Alumnus Thesis Film "Mamitas" Hits Theaters as Feature
Alumnus Nicholas Ozeki (’08) is getting some fantastic mileage from the short thesis film he produced during his final year at Dodge College, “Mamitas,” and his success is turning heads throughout the industry. The film is a coming of age story, set in East Los Angeles, revolving around a pair of friends and their misadventures
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Chapman's Bateman Competition Team Receives National Recognition
The team of Public Relations & Advertising students who created and executed the clever “PowerUp” campaign, which we wrote about in February and March, has received an Honorable Mention for their groundbreaking work. From the PRSSA’s National News desk: PRSSA 2012 Bateman Competition — First Phase of Judging Results April 23, 2012 PRSSA Headquarters received
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Want to know more about the Graduate programs offered at Dodge College and Chapman University?
As finals approaches, many undergrad students find themselves wondering about what their next step will be. With a degree from Chapman, you’re going places. But why not broaden your options? A graduate degree could make all the difference in your career, in both job choices and salary range. But sometimes the options can be overwhelming