Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

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Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

Established 1996 (as School of Film and Television)
Dean Bob Bassett
Faculty 30 full-time, 30 adjuncts
Undergraduates 725
Postgraduates 200
Location Orange, California, USA
Website ftv.chapman.edu

The Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, located in Orange, California, is a part of Chapman University. The Dodge College is comprised of the School of Film and Television, the Conservatory of Motion Pictures, and the Institute for the Study of Media and the Public Interest.

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[edit] Unique Features of the School

The facilities are open for student use 24/7, and there are many other programs supported by the school such as Location Filmmaking, a Filmmaker-in-Residence program, and Industry Insiders, in which filmmakers not only have a Q&A session with all of the students in the school, but have a more intimate dinner with about 15 people afterwards, which students are able to sign up for.

[edit] Degrees Offered

  • B.A., Film Studies, Public Relations and Advertising, Screenwriting
  • B.F.A., Film Production, Television and Broadcast Journalism
  • M.A., Film Studies
  • M.F.A., Screenwriting, Film and Television Producing, Film Production (with specializations in directing, editing, cinematography, production design and sound design)

[edit] Marion Knott Studios

In the Fall of 2006, the film school moved its operations into Marion Knott Studios, a new 76,000-square-foot-building with state-of-the-art classrooms and production facilities which consists of:

  • 2 sound stages (2200sqft and 3900 sqft)
  • Cinematography/directing stage
  • Television/broadcast journalism stage
  • Foley stage designed by Warner Brothers
  • Motion Capture stage
  • Locker rooms, hair/makeup studio, green room
  • 2 audition rooms
  • Set design shop
  • Equipment Storage Room (Known as the "Gold Room")
  • 3 large classrooms; 3 seminar rooms
  • Production design studio
  • 2 24hr computer labs
  • 3 mixing studios
  • Datacine Spirit 4K machine
  • 36 individual editing suites (video, sound, and voice recording)
  • 500-seat Folino Family Theater with THX surround sound

Other additions to this are in planning. A large computer server is currently being set up to host all of the editing being done by students. Any student will theoretically be able to edit their film on one of the many editing suites in the computer lab, and then play it in the 500-seat Folino Theater.

Once the main facility is completed, plans call for a backlot which will include a New York and a Paris street for on-site "location" shooting.

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