Film Festivals, Science Fiction, and Stop Motion - Meet Our New Festival and Industry Relations Specialist
So you made a fantastic film this year, and really feel strongly about it. You just know you can travel the festival circuit with it, but are in need of some advice as to what ones would be best for you, and how to go about it. What do you do? That’s where Kevin
Community Voices Continues to Bring Social Issues To Light
Last week, Dodge College hosted Community Voices 2015. These documentaries to create change are part of a program that teaches students ways to tell creative, non-fiction stories about social issues in the Orange County area and its surrounding communities. Under the guidance of documentary professor Sally Rubin, the students are paired up with local non-profit
Chapman Students Travel to Busan
Each year for the past few years, Chapman students have traveled with Professor Nam Lee to the Busan International Film Festival to get a taste of Asian cinema and culture. There, they see the works of Korean masters like Park Chan-Wook and Bong Joon-Ho, as well as films from China and other parts of Asia,
Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola On His Career
Hellboy. The Amazing Screw-on Head. Abe Sapien. Baltimore. B.P.R.D. Each of these unique characters came from the head of Mike Mignola. Last week, Bill Kroyer’s Digital Arts students hosted Mignola, as he gave an in-depth talk about his career and fielded questions from the audience. When he first started out 30 years ago,
Digital Arts Students Draw Inspiration from French Art and Animation
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of France and the arts? The Louvre? The Mona Lisa? Hiroshima, Mon Amour ? It’s probably not animation. Yet the influence of French animation is also enormous, from the first animated film in history, Reynaud’s Pauvre Pierrot to Illumination Studios’ newest blockbuster, Minions .
CRONUS is Pushing Boundaries of Student Films
When you think of epic, sprawling space films about intergalactic wars, one tends to imagine a massive, multi-million dollar price tag to go along with it. However, some students here at Dodge are doing their own take on this type of film, making it look like what you’d see on the big screen, but for
Academy Award® Nominee Don Hahn Named Spring 2016 Pankey Chair
Orange, CA (November 30, 2015) – Academy Award® nominated producer Don Hahn (“The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “High Ground”) has been named spring 2016 Pankey Chair at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, recognized as one of the premier film schools in the United States. The announcement was made today
Inside the Gold Room
Tucked into the southeast corner of Marion Knott Studios is a room with stark walls, concrete floors, a warehouse door, and a small counter for students to check out film equipment. The room is easy to miss as your attention is drawn away to the cathedral-sized stages just across the hall. Yet despite its unassuming
Thanksgiving Movies To Watch This Weekend
It’s that time of year again when everyone is getting ready for the holiday season and gearing up to go home for the holidays. But wait! We still have to get through Thanksgiving first! It’s time to stuff our faces full of turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, and much, much more. After you’re done having
Alumni Spotlight - Hunter Johnson
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 Hunter Johnson (BFA/Film Production ’07). DODGE: Share your career path with us –
How I Made A Midnight Movie
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ramone Menon (BFA/Film Production ’09) loves horror movies. Not just any kind of horror movie, but midnight movies. And just what is a midnight movie? Well, allow Menon to take you down the long, dark road he traveled in order to make his film The Black Tape. Though it took three years
Students Explore Themes of Injustice and Corruption in Korean Cinema
South Korea is one of the few countries whose domestic box office is larger than that of the United States. After decades of hardship under Japanese colonization, authoritative military governments, censorship, and strict regulation, South Korean cinema is booming. This, combined with its success in the international film festival circuit, has led Asian film scholar