{"id":10498,"date":"2017-06-15T08:27:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T15:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2017\/06\/15\/women-of-chapman-committee-awards-50k-to-student-films\/"},"modified":"2017-06-15T08:27:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T15:27:43","slug":"women-of-chapman-committee-awards-50k-to-student-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2017\/06\/15\/women-of-chapman-committee-awards-50k-to-student-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Women of Chapman Committee Awards $50K to Student Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Women of Chapman committee awarded four upcoming Dodge College thesis films\u00a0with production funds at its annual pitch lunch held on May 19.\u00a0The Women of Chapman are a group of philanthropic-minded women strongly dedicated to a program of service to Chapman University that has provided over 2 million in funding to Dodge College since 2006 and over $200,000 in funding to undergraduate\u00a0thesis film projects since 2012.<\/p>\n

The following student projects were awarded funds:<\/p>\n

MCCARTHY- $16,000<\/strong>
\nDIRECTOR | <\/strong>Adam McClaughry
\nPRODUCER | Bailey Helvie
\nHollywood\u2019s new \u201cit-girl\u201d, who is crumbling under the pressures of the entertainment industry, has her career threatened by a particularly determined paparazzi.<\/em><\/p>\n

THE PIANO ROOM- $12,000<\/strong>
\nDIRECTOR | <\/strong>Lucas Bugbee
\nPRODUCER | Daniel Dabach
\nTogether, a father and daughter come to terms with the mother\u2019s passing despite a lack of clear communication.<\/em><\/p>\n

AMAL- $12,000<\/strong>
\nDIRECTOR | <\/strong>Nour Oubeid
\nPRODUCER | Rachel Griswold
\nWhen a young Syrian refugee living in America witnesses her mother being discriminated against, she begins to question her cultural identity and her family\u2019s safety.<\/em><\/p>\n

REVERIE- $10,000<\/strong>
\nDIRECTOR | Nick Markham
\nPRODUCER | Hannah Riddle
\nA paranoid-schizophrenic woman must convince her college-bound daughter not to leave her behind in solitary confinement.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nick Markham (BFA\/FP \u201918) threw a curve ball to the committee when\u00a0he delivered his\u00a0pitch slam poetry-style. In addition to being extremely creative, Markham’s\u00a0moving performance\u00a0proved lucrative, earning his team\u00a0a $10,000 award from the organization to put toward\u00a0his upcoming thesis film, Reverie.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/a>
Markham demonstrates\u00a0his poetry slam pitch technique.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can view an example of Markham’s slam poetry pitch technique – which incorporates his thoughts on the pitch lunch – on our Vimeo page<\/a>, and read the transcript below.<\/p>\n

Ode to the Riveters<\/em><\/p>\n

I was raised in an all-female household<\/em>
\n when disease stole my father from his life.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was like something you\u2019d see in the movies,<\/em>
\n or only I might think so as movies are my everything:<\/em>
\n They taught me that with great power comes great responsibility,<\/em>
\n that he could\u2019ve been a contender,<\/em>
\n that there is an emerald city for us all to escape.<\/em><\/p>\n

And when my imaginative and loving father was gone,<\/em>
\n movies became something more:<\/em>
\n That beacon of hope at the end of the tunnel.<\/em><\/p>\n

My coming of age story came too early.<\/em>
\n Movies became films, dreams became a career path,<\/em>
\n and life became the road map to get me there.<\/em><\/p>\n

I chased my dreams to a golden coast<\/em>
\n and took root in Orange, California;<\/em>
\n That is the city of Orange, not Orange County,<\/em>
\n but specifically Orange in Orange County,<\/em>
\n at a school that believed in my ability to tell stories.<\/em><\/p>\n

They gave me the chance to tell the story of a woman<\/em>
\n who defied the limits of a warped man\u2019s society.<\/em>
\n It was the story of Caresse Crosby, the woman who<\/em>
\n invented the bra and published Hemmingway\u2019s words<\/em>
\n with the odds stacked high against her in 1920\u2019s society.<\/em><\/p>\n

And now I have the chance to tell the story of a woman<\/em>
\n struggling with paranoid schizophrenia.<\/em>
\n It poisons her veins and ripped her away<\/em>
\n from the love of her life, 9 months of labor and 7 years more<\/em>
\n only to be told she is an unfit parent.<\/em><\/p>\n

A muted green uniform brands her with some three digit number<\/em>
\n that means everything and yet nothing to a woman<\/em>
\n who longs only to reunite with her daughter.<\/em><\/p>\n

I never would have had this opportunity without the strong women in my life;<\/em>
\n A mother whose faith in me outshined my own,<\/em>
\n A sister who kept me humble and pushed me to be better,<\/em>
\n A grandmother and aunts all rallying for me to succeed,<\/em>
\n Those teachers who taught me the beauty and power of storytelling,<\/em><\/p>\n

A woman who became my collaborator at that sunny university in Old Town Orange,<\/em>
\n whose resilience and love for honest storytelling swept away my heart<\/em>
\n and inspired me to tell stories that matter.<\/em><\/p>\n

Together we entered a boardroom with a pitch and high hopes,<\/em>
\n nerves-wrecked and with our hearts worn on our sleeves,<\/em>
\n we told our story to our first audience, and from that audience<\/em>
\n we gained a new support system of women,<\/em>
\n The Women of Chapman, whose support like a great current<\/em>
\n swept our sails above a tumultuous storm and gave us<\/em>
\n the chance to tell our story the way it needs to be told.<\/em><\/p>\n

The women in my life gave me unbounding hope,<\/em>
\n and in a time where they still face unfair adversity,<\/em>
\n it is my duty as a storyteller with the power to<\/em>
\n inspire the world with every frame<\/em>
\n to tell stories that honestly reflect the world around me,<\/em>
\n and to embolden people everywhere to believe in<\/em>
\n that brilliant, burning flame that ignites and unites us all.<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations to the recipients – we can’t wait to see your finished projects next spring – and thank\u00a0you to the Women of Chapman for their continued support of Dodge College and Chapman University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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