Guests are also welcome. The Film Club gives students the opportunity to screen films of their choice and discuss them afterwards. The Film Club also takes field trips to Academy Award screenings and to screenings of other university film schools in the Southern California area. The Chapman Classic Film Series screens classic films in their 35mm format in conjunction with History of Film classes each week. Faculty introduce each film to place it in its historical context and to direct viewers to watch for significant features of the film's development or production.
Guests are welcome.
Held during the final exam week, this open screening of works produced in class is a good opportunity for those who have worked on your project, as well as family and friends, to view your final film. Faculty attend these screenings to offer constructive criticism to the filmmaker and each filmmaker is asked to answer questions regarding his or her work. This is also an opportunity for students to see how well their projects communicate with an audience and for those who have watched a film take form to see how each filmmaker solved the various production problems that inevitably exist. This is also the venue in which student work is reviewed for departmental awards.