Film Festival Kudos for 3/28/16
Screenings and Awards Jackson Miller’s GUIDE has been officially selected for the 49th Annual Humboldt International Film Festival (http://www.hsufilmfestival.com/) Gabe Figueroa’s COLD WINTER’S NIGHT won Best Student Short Film at the 3rd Annual North Hollywood CineFest and has been officially selected for the 10th Annual GI Film Festival Nicole Jordan-Webber and Ceylan Carhoglu’s GARDENERS OF
A Storyteller On the Need for More Storytellers
EDITOR’S NOTE: Making a living as a writer isn’t always the easiest thing in the world to accomplish, but many Chapman alumni have been able to do so. A perfect example of that is Michael Ashley (MFA/Screenwriting ’07), who has had many of his screenplays optioned and co-written a book about how to turn your
Alumni Spotlight - Jonathan Formica
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 Jonathan Formica (BFA/Television and Broadcast Journalism ’12). DODGE: Share your career path with
Independent Film: Making My First Feature
EDITOR’S NOTE: No one knows better that making a feature isn’t easy than Cameron Sawyer (MFA/Film Production ’09). Today, he shares with us the trials and tribulations of making his first feature film. Making a feature film is scary, especially when it’s your first! It is all you can do to convince investors to
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