Last Saturday, alumni from Dodge College of Media Arts met for their monthly brunch. Even on a gloomy, drizzly day, there was a great turn out! Our recent grads had an opportunity to speak with older alumni about navigating the transition from University to career and to ask about how they got to where they
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 Paul Higgins (BA ’85). DODGE: Share your career path with us – how
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
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
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
Super Bowl Sunday was a successful one all around. Almost 112 million people tuned in to watch Peyton Manning and Beyonce at the top of their game in the Super Bowl. 200 of those 111.9 million fans were gathered at the Anaheim White House Restaurant for more than just football, though. This Super Bowl party
We recently hosted our annual Sundance Film Festival reception and thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to catch up with alumni and industry friends at Riverhorse on Main. Check out the photos from the festivities! Congratulations go out to Alex Theurer (BFA/Film and Television Production ’06) who wrote/produced Sleight, which premiered and was bought at Sundance
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts continues its impressive awards season run with four major wins at the 2015 DGA Student Film Awards. The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced the winners of the 2015 DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and Women filmmakers where four Chapman University
Years ago, when movies and television featured shots of sweeping vistas, panoramic sunsets, and flying over landscapes, filmmakers would need to go through a lengthy process of hiring a helicopter, mounting the camera rig, and actually flying over those areas to capture those beautiful visuals. It wasn’t cheap, but it resulted in amazing results.
Ask our professors what is lacking in most films today, and the answer is almost always the same: sound production. While the other aspects of a film are always meticulously planned, sometimes sound quality falls to the wayside during post production. Thankfully, we have a top-notch team of professors here who teach sound design, making
While recently going through some of the latest news of what our alumni have been up to, I came across the names Andy Knauer (MFA/Screenwriting ’06) and Arthur Pielli (MFA/Screenwriting ’06). They were recently featured as the inaugural interview in Script Magazine’s new series “Writers On Breaking In.” Both Knauer and Pielli have been keeping
Orange, CA (September 18, 2015) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored 15 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 42nd Student Academy Awards ceremony held September 17 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills where Daniel Drummond became the first Chapman student to win a Student Academy Award. Drummond,