The Wall Street Journal engages filmmaker Jason Wise on the challenges associated with getting his feature documentary, SOMM, off the ground and into the opening slot of the Napa Valley Film Festival.
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts Taps Hollywood Talent for Faculty Posts: Barry Blaustein, Leslie Dixon, Steve Hirsen and Harry Ufland Join Chapman Faculty For Fall Semester
The Orange County Business Journal highlighted one of our new international efforts, a partnership with Taiwan. Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts has formed a partnership with Taiwan’s Taipei National University of the Arts to promote exchanges between faculty and students through joint educational and experimental projects. The Dodge College has several
A pair of Chapman Alums are returning to the crowdfunding space for the production of their most recent film “Mzungu,” a low-budget thriller set in Africa. Their Kickstarter campaign is currently seeking backers, and most recently landed a huge spot in IndieWire’s “Project of the Day.”
Dodge College has hired four industry veterans to the full-time faculty roster, beginning this semester, including three brand-new members of our community. As the students throw themselves back into the swing of classes and productions, these new faculty will supercharge our programs, especially screenwriting, and begin the semester with a bang!
Alumna Whitney Drolen is now reporting live on CBS in Dallas, TX. With visions of working on TV fueling her young high school career, the Chicago native brought her dreams to life by leveraging the medium itself – by winning her tuition through a TV game show!
Founder of Bogner Entertainment, and Sophomore Television / Broadcast Journalism major Oliver Bogner was recently profiled, in a high-profile piece on Forbes.com in their “All-Star Student Entrepreneurs” feature.
Exciting news for TV and webseries-loving writing students today, as reported on AllThingsD. Amazon has released the first details on their Amazon Studios website, seeking submissions in the comedy and children’s series categories. From the Amazon Instant Video mini-site: What Kinds of Series Does Amazon Studios Want? We’re looking for compelling new voices and characters
The Daily Pilot published a feature about our Women In Focus conference yesterday, in their “The Crowd” section, highlighting influential members of the Orange County community. An interesting bit of Dodge College news from The Daily Pilot: Bob Bassett, dean of the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University,
Academy Award® winner Jon Landau will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Dodge College’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 19, where Landau will deliver the keynote address. “Landau has long been a friend of Dodge College,” says Dean Robert Bassett, who made the
IndieWire recently wrote up a great article for aspiring filmmakers, which includes a very prominent mention of Barbara Doyle’s (Chair of the Film Division) new book, Making Money: What You Need to Know About the Business and Politics of Filmmaking [Amazon link].
As President of Sony Pictures Television, Steve Mosko oversees the development and marketing of programming that reaches more than 430 million households worldwide. In May, he shared his life experiences and advice with the graduates in both Orange and — via the Internet — in Singapore at Dodge College’s commencement ceremonies. Mosko, who was once turned down