Can Creativity be Taught?
As someone who teaches TV writing and producing at one of the world’s premier film schools I get asked certain questions all the time: How do you get an agent? (subject for another blog post) How do you break into TV? (see blog of 6/9/2010) Can creativity be taught? The answer to this last question
BackGround Acting: LA - The Visitor (Chapman Univ)
After a late-night shoot in Las Vegas kept me up nearly to dawn back in March 2009, I got a really cool phone call from a young director at Chapman University in Los Angeles. I had been on set in Las Vegas until
The Crowd: Thousands donated to Chapman students
Luncheon co-chairwoman Donna Calvert, outgoing Fashionable Women of Chapman President Charlene Prager, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts Dean Bob Bassett, luncheon co-chairwoman Donna Bunce, Neiman Marcus Director of Public Relations Michaele Hall. (Daily Pilot / June 30, 2010) The Fashionable Women of Chapman University presented an impressive check for $236,000 to Chapman Dean Bob Bassett at
Social Media Day
That’s right – after hearing, living, and sharing social media for the past few years, the world’s online community has finally birthed a day of special recognition for the burgeoning field of social media, cleverly titled “Social Media Day.” What is it? Essentially, it’s a non-government-affiliated holiday, featuring “meetups” (the godchild of last year’s “tweetups”)
Chapman grad opens new boutique in Orange
Usually people go to New York City to pursue careers in fashion. Lauren Miller went the opposite way. A native of Diamond Bar, Miller, 26, studied advertising and public relations at Chapman University. She followed that with a degree in fashion design at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City. Missing
My First Job in Television: Stand in for a Dog!
MY FIRST JOB IN TELEVISION: STAND-IN FOR A DOG Talk about starting at the bottom: my first job in TV included standing in for a dog while they adjusted the lighting for a dog food commercial. Yep, there I was, an honors graduate of a top flight university, down on my hands and knees
Alumni Interview: Molly Wilson
ALUMNI INTERVIEW: MOLLY WILSON What was your major and when did you graduate? TV Production/Broadcast Journalism – 2007 Where do you work now? I work at Warner Bros. Television in Current Programming What do you like most about your job? I love the fast pace the world of TV offers. The problems
What's a Showrunner? (Part 2)
Here's a link to a great round table discussion where some of today's top TV writer/producers reveal how they do it on a daily basis. Roundtable: Seth MacFarlane, Ryan Murphy, Chuck Lorre, Doug Ellin, Steve Levitan, Linda Wallem — Th livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com By Matthew Belloni "This place looks like Johnny Sack's office," Seth MacFarlane noted at
O.C. student team is national champ
A team of Chapman University students has placed first in the American Advertising Federation's National Student Advertising Competition, the university announced. They beat out 120 teams nationwide including finalists from Texas State University, the University of Wisconsin and University of Nebraska. ADVERTISEMENT More from Business 'Hundreds of thousands' lose jobless aid Jesse James
Chapman Ad Club takes 1st place at Nationals
Chapman University’s Ad Club just won the entire NSAC competition, placing first at the National level! Congratulations to the entire team, faculty advisor Cory O’Connor, and the dedicated Chapman fans throughout the campus: you’ve all worked so hard – you deserve it! What is the NSAC? It’s the National Student Advertising Competition, a national program
A TV Series based on a Tweet? On CBS!?
A TV SERIES BASED ON TWITTER POSTINGS? AT CBS??? Yep – that’s exactly what this fall will bring. CBS has ordered a half-hour comedy for fall based on the popular series of Twitter postings &*$! My Dad Says. At first blush, this seems crazy – using something as slight as Twitter postings to
Cross Cultural Film-Making
TV Students Robert Amidon and Ashley Young are off to Korea with Prof. James Gardner as part of a Korean exchange program where Chapman students make a short film with Korean students from Seoul Institute of the Arts, then the Korean students come to Orange and make a film with the Chapman Students! Television students