New TV show helps smartphone users find “app-iness”
So many mobile apps – indeed, about 300,000 – and so little time to find the handful that will make mobile life a little happier. Enter The MoShow, a nationally syndicated television program created by Frank Chindamo, adjunct faculty at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. The show, co-hosted by a wise-cracking
Decision Clarification and Admitted Student Update
A quick update on a question we have been getting a lot recently… I think there has been some confusion on decisions that have gone out that are not deny or admit. If your decision says “Roll to regular decision” this means that are going to look at your application again with the regular
The iWeb Series Festival is Almost Here
Dodge College is thrilled to announce that we are the hosts of the first annual iWeb Series Festival! Taking place February 4-5, the iWeb Series Festival will showcase some of today's most cutting-edge video content, produced and distributed entirely through the web. With the rise of video-sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo, and falling technological
CHAPMAN WRITES THE BOOK ON WEB SERIES
Chapman has written the book on creating web series…literally! Chapman Professor Ross Brown has just published Byte-Sized Television: Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet, a first of its kind, step-by-step guide to writing, producing, editing and marketing your own original web series. Based on the groundbreaking Byte-Sized Television courses he created
Don’t Miss: “Conviction”
This Thursday, we’re holding a screening of last year’s riveting thriller, Conviction. Here’s what it’s all about: (spoiler warning!) Two-time Academy® Award winner Hilary Swank (MILLION DOLLAR BABY, BOYS DON’T CRY) stars in CONVICTION, the story of the unwavering bond between brother and sister who made a solemn promise to always be there for one
Chapman taps Kilimanjaro filmmakers
Eight students to shoot 3D docu By Dave McNary, Variety, Sunday, January 9, 2011 Chapman University's Dodge film school has tapped eight student filmmakers to shoot a 3D documentary on their expedition to reach the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro at 19,341 feet. The students — four male and four female — are set to depart
Regular Decision Applications due this week!
I am sure you are all putting the finishing touches on your application right now and getting ready to turn everything in. I just wanted to remind you all to make sure to submit everything online onto the Common Application. The only thing that should be mailed or faxed in is your letter of recommendation
Stunt Class Update - Guest Cinematographer Steven Bernstein
Early this week, Steven Bernstein (many-hat-wearing director of photography for Monster, Underworld, and Half Baked to name a few), spoke to students in the Folino covering a wide range of topics from how to work with crews, keep narcissism in check, how to overcome onset fears of all kinds, and recounted some very funny stories
What’s Happening this Interterm?
Like many colleges and universities, Chapman University and Dodge College take a very welcome, two-week long break for the winter holidays following the end of classes and exams in December every year. By this time, students have already registered and class schedules mostly finalized for the Spring semester, starting the first week in February. However,
Congratulations to Professor John Badham
Congratulations to Professor John Badham on his most recent accomplishment. Says Dean Bassett, "this is a real attribute to Professor Badham's artist vision." Read the complete article.
When you will get your decision if you applied Early Action
It is that time of year that I know you are all patiently waiting to hear back from the schools you applied to. It seems a lot of people are out there trying to figure out when exactly they will here from us, so I thought I would help clarify… First, you will find
Toying with Film - NYTimes.com
NYTimes.com Sarah Owen December 17, 2010 It’s easy to paint Alex Eylar as your typical nerd. He keeps a list of every movie he’s seen since 2001 — 1,627 films and counting. He has an annual pass to Disneyland. And, at 22 years old, his massive Lego collection — an estimated 30,000 pieces — can’t