{"id":10306,"date":"2017-09-05T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2017\/09\/05\/alumni-spotlight-veronica-zabrocki-mfafilm-production-11\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:34:40","slug":"alumni-spotlight-veronica-zabrocki-mfafilm-production-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2017\/09\/05\/alumni-spotlight-veronica-zabrocki-mfafilm-production-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight \u2013 Veronica Zabrocki (MFA\/Film Production '11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every so often, we\u2019ll 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.<\/p>\n

This week, the spotlight is on Veronica Zabrocki\u00a0(MFA\/Film Production ’11) who has made a career out of dialogue editing.<\/p>\n

DODGE: Share your career path with us \u2013 how did you get where you are now?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

VERONICA:\u00a0<\/strong>Career Path: Dialogue Editor. I was able to get on a show as a dialogue editor through the Chapman network. My professor Michael Kowalski (who has been great) introduced me to another Chapman alumni who I would have never met without him. This Chapman alumna named Penny had been working in sound and we became friends. A\u00a0few years later she went out of her way to have me dialogue edit one of her shows for her.<\/p>\n

DODGE: Did you face any challenges in your transition from being a student at Dodge to entering the professional world?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

VERONICA:\u00a0<\/strong>Dodge has such a strong alumni network that after a few months out of school I was working. I had entered Dodge as a graduate student having worked a few years in the industry before going to back to school. After I was done with Dodge, I had friends who had already graduated who helped me land some freelance work.<\/p>\n

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DODGE: What have you taken from the classroom and applied to your career?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

VERONICA:\u00a0<\/strong>The training I got at Dodge, having learned not only about sound but every aspect of filmmaking, and the mentoring that I was lucky enough to have from Michael Kowalski and Dan Pavelin, really stays with me.\u00a0 I feel that having learned about the entire process of filmmaking makes me a better sound editor; I can see the challenges of production and post production. The mentoring inspires me also to want to pass on my knowledge to the next generation through teaching.<\/p>\n

DODGE: What skills do you believe have been essential to your profession?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

VERONICA:\u00a0<\/strong>On the technical side, an extreme attention to detail, technical skills, and being computer savvy. Many people think that editors don’t need social skills but that’s untrue; having a good network is invaluable.<\/p>\n

DODGE: What is the best advice you have received and\/or what advice would you give current students?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

VERONICA:\u00a0<\/strong>Work really hard\u2014like really really hard\u2014and just keep doing that.<\/p>\n

Thanks so much for sharing, Veronica!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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