Film Festival Kudos for 3/21/16
Screenings and Awards Jackson Miller’s PRISM won the Best College Short at the 26th Annual Cinequest Film Festival (http://www.cinequest.org/cinequest-film-festival-2016-wrap-and-awards) Alyxandra Press’ ALISON AND JEREMY has been officially selected for the 3rd Annual Emerge Film Festival of Maine (http://emergefilmfestival.org/films) Israel Gutierrez’ SIN FRONTERA has been officially selected for the 3rd Annual College Town Film Festival (http://collegetownfilmfestival.com/screenings_2016/)
Dodge Student Selected As One of Most Promising by American Advertising Federation
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ben Ng (BA/Public Relations and Advertising ’16) recently had the opportunity of a life time; being flown to New York City by the American Advertising Federation to celebrate his achievements. Ng shares his experience with us today! Last month, I had the honor of being selected by the American Advertising Federation (AAF)
The Journey Within Explores Music in Pakistan
Music comes from all over the world. With vastly different styles and meanings, music can tell a story unto itself, and really open your eyes to seeing things in a new way. That’s the case with The Journey Within , the documentary from Mian Adnan Ahmad (MFA/Film Production ’09), which will be screening this
Film Festival Kudos for 3/14/16
Tom Teller’s HUM has been officially selected and will play opening night at the 10th Annual National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) (http://www.nffty.org/opening-night-gala-2016) Marie Cheng’s VOLCANO has been officially selected for the 3rd Annual Emerge Film Festival of Maine Jon Milano’s STRAW DOLLS has been honored with two awards to its Sound Designer Jensen
Entertainment Industry Career Panel Offers Invaluable Advice
On February 27, Dodge College hosted an Entertainment Industry Career Panel as part of Parent Spring Summit. We invited families of our currents students to Marion Knott Studios and the Digital Media Arts Center to help them understand what exactly their students do in class and how they can help them reach their specific entertainment-related
Student Veterans: Learning about Critical Issues Along with my Students
One of the great joys of teaching is exploring new subjects and learning alongside our students. Today I sat and listened to five passionate speakers talking about the unbelievable and seemingly unending problems many of our military veterans face when they return to their homes after serving our country. It was an astonishing afternoon, made
Alumni Spotlight – Dan Olson
Every so often, we’ll be spotlighting alumni and what they are up to these days. These Q&A sessions will give you a bit of insight into where the world has taken them since graduation. This week, the spotlight is on Dan Olson (MFA/Film Production ’07). DODGE: Share your career path with us – how did
Screenwriting Students Get Pitching Experience with Real Managers
One of the things that Dodge College does so well is provide our students with real-world experience in their classes so they are better prepared for the entertainment industry. This past Friday, Matt Deller, one of our screenwriting professors, had managers from Epicenter come into his undergraduate thesis screenwriting class to give some advice about
Film Festival Kudos for 3/4/16
Screenings and Awards The 37th Annual College Television Awards, the Emmys Organization’s equivalent of the Student Academy Awards, has nominated a Dodge-record SIX films for the following categories: Jon Milano, Christopher Naughton, and Justin Alpern’s STRAW DOLLS (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4180048/) for Best Drama Gabe Figueroa, JJ Englert, and Colin Laviola’s COLD WINTER’S NIGHT (http://www.cwnthemovie.com/) for Best Children’s
Orange Is The New Hollywood
This week in Coast magazine, writer Jan Breslauer wrote about how when she got married, her soon-to-be husband suggested moving AWAY from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, and into the quieter community of Orange County. While appalled at the idea at the time, and away from being in the heart of her entertainment
Oscars, Isaacs, and History, Oh My!
It’s that time of year again, where the stars come out for that special night to celebrate the best in film, and award those who did an extraordinary job. That’s right, it’s Oscar season! Well, it WAS Oscar season. The award show was this past weekend, but we were still recovering from some of the
Cool Casual Comedy Brings Laughs from Students
Sometimes, three friends get together and say to themselves: “Hey, we should form a sketch comedy group.” And then, all is right with the world. Those three friends are Brett Melnick (BFA/Television Writing and Production ’16), Gregory Bordelon (BFA/ Television Writing and Production ’16), and Sam Wall (BA/Film Studies ’17), and I came