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PRSSA Students Tackle National Competition
Last October, five public relations students participated in the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) annual Bateman Case Study Competition, where students around the country compete in teams to create a campaign for an assigned client. This year’s team consisted of Dodge College students (Danielle Luchetta’14, Isabel Lluch’14, Kiersten Krog’14, Jenny Grich’14, and
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Pre-release Screening: “How to be a Man” with director Q&A
Dodge College and Fox Digital invite you to join them for a pre-release screening of How to be a Man (dir. Chadd Harbold, 2013) on Monday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m. in Folino Theater. A Q&A with Gavin McInnes (Co-founder of Vice, writer, comedian) and Steven Hein (VP of Production, Fox Digital Studio) will follow
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Join Us for Panther for a Day (February 24, 2014-April 23, 2014)
Congratulations to all students accepted into Chapman University for Fall 2014! Please join us for our Panther for a Day Program that we have here at Chapman University for admitted students to give you a “day in the life of a Panther”. If you have received your Admit letter in the mail, you will also
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Dodge Student Nathan Flanagan-Frankl: "My Team Oscar Experience (So Far)"
On Monday, February 3, I had my last first day of school at Chapman… and I missed my first class. Instead, I was on a Skype call that changed my life. Oscar producers, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, interviewed me from their Beverly Hills office. Along with asking me about my dreams of the Oscars,
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Save the Date & Participate! Women In Focus 2014 Arrives This April
I have some news about one of our biggest annual events, the annual Women in Focus Conference, including the overarching conference theme: The Business of Entertainment! Seems like a good fit for us, don’t you think? Women in Focus is an annual conference featuring a panel of the most prominent women in the film profession
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Interterm Projects: TV Faculty on New Pilots "Perceptors" and "Sharp Left Turn"
This past Interterm semester saw all kinds of exciting productions, from the Dodge College sound stages, to local “on location” films and TV pilots, to international destinations from London to Korea. Today, I have some updates from the Television faculty on their teams’ projects, small changes to the program, and some history of how successful
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Special Screening: The Curse of Downers Grove (Just for CU students!)
Chapman students: enjoy an afternoon break this Saturday, with a special pre-release presentation of the new film The Curse of Downers Grove. And as if one screening wasn’t enough, we’ll actually be having two! How’s that for accommodating? Yep, MPE, Bystander Films, and Odd Entertainment invite you (and a guest) to a special screening
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New Internship: Mary Pickford Foundation Honors 2 Dodge College Grad Students
We’re thrilled to share some exciting news from Professor Emily Carman of the film studies department; she has partnered with the Mary Pickford Foundation to provide Dodge College film studies students a hands-on opportunity to work in an advanced film archive: The Mary Pickford Foundation is proud to support an internship program at Chapman
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[Updated] Special Event: Director Mathieu Kassovitz Presents "La Haine" Screening & Master Class
UPDATE 2/13 : Sadly, due to circumstances beyond his control, Mr. Kassovitz has been forced to cancel his appearance. We wish him well and look forward to rescheduling this event. Dodge College is proud to welcome director Mathieu Kassovitz to the Folino stage this Thursday evening, in conjunction with the Wilkinson College of Humanities
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Alumni Profile: CNN's John Duber (BFA '00)
Get to know our school a bit better, by meeting our hard-working alumni in the industry. Here, BFA graduate in Film Production John Duber catches us up with what his life has been like since graduating from Dodge College in 2000. He’s crossed to the east coast, and is now working in New
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Alumni Spotlight – Derek Helwig
Derek Helwig, B.F.A. Film Production ‘05 Current Occupation: Producer on The Amazing Race What was your most memorable moment while at Dodge College? The general experience of being a film student is unique. I remember shooting my roommate Mark Marquez’ production film in our apartment. On one weekend our entire living room was filled with
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Carles Torrens wins Canal Plus Award at Clermont-Ferrand
Carles Torrens' independent short film Sequence won the Canal + award this week at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France. Sequence will now be broadcast repeatedly on their network for the next year.