How Indie Can You Get? - The Making of RETAKE
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s blog comes to us from alumni Nick Corporon (MFA/Directing ’09). His first feature film received a distribution deal last year, and he was kind enough to share the story of how it got made with us. This is a great piece on the trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking, and how hard
Pixar Gives Tips on Getting an Internship
Recently, we had Kim Diaz, Manager of Recruitment & Talent Outreach, and Tricia Andres, recruiter, from Pixar come visit, and they gave an excellent presentation on their amazing internship programs. In addition to telling the students all about their amazing opportunities, they also offered some great tips and tricks on applying for internships that can
SCREENING - FIFTY SHADES DARKER with director James Foley
Join us for a screening of FIFTY SHADES DARKER with guest, director James Foley, Thursday, February 16 at 7 p.m. in Folino Theater. A Q&A with Foley will follow the screening. This is an exclusive event open to the Chapman community only. Chapman IDs will be required for entry. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia
A Night To Remember with Martin Scorsese
EDITOR’S NOTE: Recently, Professor Harry Ufland took his class to a private event with Martin Scorsese. One of his students, Stephawn Christopher Spears (MFA/Film Production ’19), was kind enough to share his experience of the evening, as Mr. Scorsese is one of his biggest influences. On January 30, 2017, I, along with forty-five other
Pre-Release Screening: FIST FIGHT and Q&A with screenwriter Evan Susser - 2/15/17
Join us for a pre-release of FIST FIGHT followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Evan Susser on February 15, at 7PM in the Folino On the last day of the year, mild-mannered high school English teacher Andy Campbell (Charlie Day) is trying his best to keep it together amidst senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration and
Richard Gladstein Joins Dodge College as Spring 2017 Filmmaker-In-Residence; Joyce Cox Joins As Pankey Chair
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, recognized as one of the premier film schools in the United States, announced today that two-time Academy Award® nominated producer Richard Gladstein (The Hateful Eight, Pulp Fiction, The Bourne Identity) has been named the Spring 2017 Marion Knott Filmmaker-in-Residence while acclaimed VFX producer Joyce Cox (Titanic,
Director Ivan Passer Shares His Stories
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pavel Jech, our film division chair, recently had the opportunity to spend some time with someone whose work he has admired for quite some time. Moving to Southern California has meant meeting some Czech people that I normally did not see very often in Prague. Recently I attended an “intimate event” with the
Film Festival Kudos for 1/31/17
At the 64th Annual Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild Golden Reel Awards, our students have a whopping FIVE of the 8 nominees this year for the Verna Fields Student Award including (http://variety.com/2017/artisans/in-contention/mpse-sound-editing-nominees-2017-full-list-1201971642/) Taylor Scherer for Brodin Plett’s EDEN Gerry Vazquez for Tom Teller’s ICARUS Xiang Li for Brian Robau’s IT’S JUST A GUN Peiqi Duan
Thesis Film 'When Wigs Fly' Explores What Happens To Aging Drag Queens
Living in Southern California, chances are you’ve run across the drag community at some point. It is thriving, especially in Los Angeles, and is full of amazing personalities and wonderful stories. As a personal aside, I absolutely love it. I never miss an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and often visit drag shows. So, when
Audio Drama Production Course Teaches Students Aural Storytelling
Back in the 30s and 40s, everyone gathered around their radios to hear the latest adventures of The Shadow, Dick Tracy, Johnny Dollar, and more. These days, you can listen whenever and where ever you want, thanks to iTunes having such a plethora of them. And more are to come, thanks to Kc Wayland’s interterm
Tom McLoughlin: The Man Behind the Best Friday the 13th Film
Halloween may be long gone, but horror is alive and well in Roy Finch’s Modern Horror Workshop, one of the many interterm classes here at Dodge College. Throughout this four-week course, Finch has asked his students many questions, including why do such films invoke sensations of fear, dread, and more in audiences? Why do audiences
Pre-Release Screening: GET OUT - February 6
Join us for a pre-release screening of GET OUT on Monday, February 6 at 7PM In Universal Pictures’ Get Out, a speculative thriller from Blumhouse (producers of The Visit, Insidious series and The Gift) and the mind of Jordan Peele, when a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate, he becomes ensnared in