Class of '22 Graduates Who Have Secured Post-Grad Work
Sony Pictures Entertainment Grace Halter B.A. Screenwriting and B.A. Business Administration What position will you hold there? I am an Administrative Assistant to the EVP of Global Digital Marketing and Analytics and the SVP of Global Digital Marketing in the Digital Marketing Department at SPE. What are you most excited about? I am most
A Conversation with Pam & Tommy's Assistant Art Director
The new hit show Pam & Tommy starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan has swept the internet by storm. The drama miniseries tells the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s honeymoon sex tape being stolen and leaked to the public. The story, coming from mid-90s Hollywood – full of nightclubs, Malibu mansions, beaches, and
Behind the Scenes on Pretty Boy
This January, a group of Dodge student filmmakers transformed a 90-acre ranch into a world of witches, magic, and more in the making of the independent feature film Pretty Boy. Led by co-writers and directors Skylar Schanen, a junior screenwriting major, and Camryn Tynan, a junior television writing and production major, a crew of 25
Practical Advice for Writing Coverage and Succeeding at Your Internship
On March 5th and 6th, Alexandra Bowen, who works at The Kennedy/Marshall Company, taught a Career Center workshop on the basics of development internships and everything you need to know to write stand-out coverage. Alexandra is a member of the Producers Guild Association, and her credits include Finding Oscar (executive produced by Steven Spielberg), Laurel
Life as an Editor on Ted Lasso
Since graduating from Dodge College’s Film Production program in 2007, Melissa McCoy has gone on to work on TV shows like CSI, Grace and Frankie, Life Sentence, and most recently, as an Editor on Ted Lasso. Editors are responsible for putting together the final image that viewers see on screen. However, comedy show Editors, like
How Xpedition Brought the World of Tablescaping to Competition Shows
It’s not everyday you get to say your company created a competition show staring Martha Stewart on Discovery+. Xpedition, a production company ran by three Chapman Alumni (Hunter Johnson, Derek Helwig, and Yael Egnal) created Table Wars: a show where designers compete against each other to create the best show-stopping party environments through the artform
How 27 Chapman Alums Collaborated to Make a 'Weird and Wild' Feature Film
Between 2017 and 2020, Skye Braband (’18), Sarah De Leon (’18), and Marty Lang (’16), along with 24 other Dodge alumni, had the opportunity to collaborate on the feature film Chompy and The Girls, a horror/comedy that draws attention to deeper issues surrounding mental health. The film is centered around a young woman who meets
Dodge Students Selected as Finalists in the Coca Cola Refreshing Films Competition
You might see some familiar names in the 2022 Coca Cola Refreshing Films Program. Dodge Students May-Lynn Le, a junior film production and screenwriting double major, and Kaylen Ng, a junior creative producing major, have been selected as finalists in this year’s competition. The team kicked off production this weekend with 18K in funding received
Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi Joins Dodge as a Visiting Artist
One of the world’s most renowned filmmakers, two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, will join Dodge College as a Distinguished Artist this spring. Farhadi, who has won almost every top film award, including the Palme d’Or from the Festival de Cannes, is the writer-director of such acclaimed works as A Separation (2011), The Past (2013), The
Introducing Dodge's New In-House Film Festival Specialist
Having been a Senior Programmer at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for 15 years, Mickey Duzdevich knows everything there is to know about film festivals. As Dodge College’s new in-house Film Festival Specialist, he is excited to share his expert knowledge and help students navigate the ins and outs of the festival process. We
Introducing Project: Pilots
It’s always Pilot Season here at Chapman. Project: Pilots, a new club on campus this year is making sure of that. Created as a space to workshop student written Television pilots, the club has already drawn in a dedicated group of writers in only its first few months on campus. Emilie Evans, a junior Television
From Chapman Student to Writer on Marvel's Hawkeye
Katie Mathewson graduated from Chapman University in 2011 with a BA in Screenwriting. Since graduating, she has gone on to work for Comedy Central as a writer’s assistant on @midnight and worked on the writing staff of Pitch on FOX. Most recently, she wrote an episode of Marvel Studios show Hawkeye for Disney+ with her