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Special Screening: THE ASSISTANT
Dodge College and Bleecker Street invite you to a free screening of The Assistant on Thursday, February 6 at 7 p.m. in the Folino Theater. About the Film Based on nearly a 100 interviews from former assistants of top executives at MIRAMAX, The Weinstein Company, Time Warner Company as well as other industries, THE ASSISTANT is a searing account of
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What You Need to do Before You Get Outta Dodge
Something I’ll never forget during my time at Dodge was attending the rotunda dinner with filmmaker Ed Zwick while his film Blood Diamond played. Which firstly, if you haven’t seen Blood Diamond stop reading this and go watch it. Ed opened up to the group by telling us, “The best piece of advice I can
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Oscar-winner Craig Barron Joins Dodge College as Spring 2020 Industry Insider
Craig Barron, an innovator in the cinematic technique of matte painting, contributing to visual effects on more than 100 films, will be teaching a course at Dodge college next spring. About Craig Barron Barron began his career at Industrial Light + Magic (ILM), working on such classic films as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,
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Staying True to the Story
Ragini Bhasin is a recent graduate of the MFA program in Film Production. Her graduate thesis film, Ghazaal, tells the story of a 13-year-old Afghan girl who hustles around in a refugee camp in Turkey to survive the harsh circumstances. When she gets her monthly period she does whatever it takes to make ends meet. Ghazaal
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Film Festival Corner Update
As the winter festivals begin to hand out their decisions and the summer festivals begin to open up for submissions, here is what our students have been up to lately on the festival circuit: Mojtaba Mirshekari (MFA/FP ’20) – BIRTHDAY Skyline Indie Film Fest WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival Oaxaca FilmFest Brian Robau (MFA/FP
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Iconic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Goes Off Without A Hitch
We had the opportunity to catch up with Tori before the Thanksgiving break where she let us know about this exciting opportunity. Tori is a 2011 graduate from the BFA in Television Broadcast Journalism. She provided the following insight to her experiences post-graduation. Q. How did you get connected with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade? A.
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AES Holiday Pre-Release Screening: 1917
***Open to the Chapman community only*** The Audio Engineering Society of Los Angeles presents 1917 on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the Folino Theater for their annual holiday film screening, courtesy of Universal Pictures. About the Film At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay)
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Pre-Release Screening: THE TWO POPES
Dodge College and Netflix invite you to a free screening of THE TWO POPES on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 7 p.m. in the Folino Theater. Experience THE TWO POPES on the big screen before its release on Netflix. About the Film From Director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) comes an intimate story of one of the most
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Pre-Release Screening and Filmmaker Q&A: BOMBSHELL
Dodge College Professors Scott Arundale and Roy Finch invite you to a free pre-release screening of Bombshell on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 4 p.m. in the Folino Theater. A Q&A with editors Jon Poll and Nina Kawasaki and composer Teddy Shapiro will follow the screening. About the Film Starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron,
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Special Screening: Martin Scorsese's THE IRISHMAN
Dodge College and Netflix invite you to a free screening of The Irishman on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 7 p.m. in the Folino Theater. Experience The Irishman on the big screen in Dolby Atmos, before its release on Netflix. About the Film Director Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Departed) delivers an epic saga of organized crime in
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Dodge College Welcomes Oscar-Winning Film Editor, Paul Hirsch
Professors Scott Arundale and Roy Finch invite you to a special event, featuring one of Hollywood’s most renowned editors, Paul Hirsch. Join us on Wednesday, November 13 at 4 p.m. in the Folino Theater at Marion Knott Studios. Paul Hirsch is an Oscar-winning film editor who worked on such classics as George Lucas’s Star Wars and The
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FREE Pass to Infinity Festival Hollywood
The Infinity Festival™ (IF) is offering Chapman University guests an opportunity to receive complimentary Festival Pass tickets (a$595 value!). On the Festival website (InfinityFestival.com) choose your ticket, and enter the IF19CHAP at checkout. The 2019 Infinity Festival, celebrating “Story Advanced by Technology” is now headed into its second year, in partnership with Title Sponsor, RYOT. The premiere festival for