Interterm Stunt Class - An Overview
With three days of the first ever Interterm Stunt Class under our belt, I'm now thrilled to share our overall plan to show you exactly what it's like behind the scenes of a Dodge Production class! The deets: The class meets every day, on our soundstages, from 10-2 Every day features a guest speaker, prominent
Dodge Alumnus script picked up by New Line Cinema
Steven Quale has been hired to to direct New Line Cinema’s Category Six. The found-footage natural disaster movie, about high schoolers documenting a massive hurricane, was picked up as a spec from writer John Swetnam back in October. Quale, a visual effects protege of James Cameron who was a second unit director on Avatar, recently
Welcome back to a sunny winter at Dodge College!
We're back! And after spending my vacation in Boston, which hovered right around the freezing point, I can't tell you how thrilled I am to announce the first week of Interterm will be a refreshing, sunny, 80 degrees. Yep, that's just one more advantage of spending your January in Southern California! After a very relaxing
When Decisions will be released for Early Action and Film Production Applicants
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great holiday! Since we are now entering the month of January, I wanted to give you an update on when decisions will be coming out. For Early Action applicants (non-film production): We will send out decision starting on January 10th, through the rest of January.
Dodge College professor's film "Norma Rae" added to the 2011 National Film Registry
2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. "These films are selected because of their enduring significance to American culture," said Billington. "Our
Alum movie "Like Crazy" makes THR Critic Todd McCarthy's Top 30 Movies of 2011
TODD McCARTHY'S BEST OF THE YEAR: From franchise-ending finales to classics remade, from cinema's origins (silents) to its future (two unexpectedly brilliant uses of 3D), 2011's top films covered it all. Like Crazy (Drake Doremus) Felicity Jones, the find of the year, made a simple love story come vibrantly alive. View the complete list and
Dodge Alum. Chris Marrs Piliero discusses his latest music video for Ke$ha's "Blow"
Written by Darren Franich "Best of 2011 (Behind the Scenes): Director Chris Marrs Piliero explains why Ke$ha shot lasers at unicorns that bleed rainbows" By: Chris Marrs Piliero I’ve been told that I tend to incorporate violence in some form or fashion into my music videos. I didn’t realize this at first. Turns out, yup,
Facebook’s New Timeline Profile - What It Means For Students
Social-media loving students, listen up! Facebook is making major, major, changes to your profile, with yesterday's announcement of the new Timeline profile, which has been in development for several years, and was announced earlier at the F8 conference in the Spring. The feature allows users to collect their 'life story' in a much more
Christmas at the Ritz: Fashionable Women raise funds for Chapman and Dodge College
The amazing Fashionable Women of Chapman University presented Christmas at The Ritz. It was the 25th anniversary of the ultra-glamorous holiday luncheon that attracted a who's who crowd from high society, dressed to impress and prepared to donate significant funds to the O.C. university. Chaired by Anne Manassero with support from Kathy Hamilton, president of
First Cut 2011 in LA profiled by Shorts Network
Chapman University First Cut This past October, Chapman University held their annual ‘First Cut’ screening at the prestigious Director’s Guild of America building in Los Angeles. During the event, the best films, chosen by the University Dean, are screened to an audience of alumni and movie professionals View the video on the Shorts Network website.
Black List 2011 features Dodge College alumni
11 votes: "Hidden" by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer (BFA.FP/'07) An elevated horror-thriller about a family hiding in a bomb shelter after escaping a mysterious outbreak. Agency: Paradigm — Chris Smith Manager: MXN — Mason Novick Producers: Mason Novick, Roy Lee and Lawrence Grey producing for Warner Bros. 10 votes: "Two Night Stand" by Mark Hammer
The Women of Chapman's 25th Annual Christmas at the Ritz holiday luncheon
BY DONNA BUNCE, REGISTER COLUMNIST Another 25th anniversary was celebrated on Saturday, as the Women of Chapman (formerly The Fashionable Women of Chapman) held its 25th annual "Christmas at The Ritz" holiday luncheon at the 32-year-old Ritz Restaurant & Garden in Newport Beach. It was 25 years ago that the late Hans Prager and his