Each week, a guest director, screenwriter, cinematographer or other industry professional screens a film and then, following the screening, talks with students about the work. These lively discussions offer you an up-close and personal look at a wide range of viewpoints on what it takes to get into the industry and why and how people continue and succeed with their work. These working artists offer firsthand experience and highly stimulating ideas on everything from tricks of the trade to their individual aesthetics. Guests in recent semesters have included Alison Anders, award-winning director of Gas, Food, Lodging and Mi Vida Loca, internationally known film critic Sheila Benson, and Christopher Munch, director of the acclaimed film, The Hours and the Times. Although Entertainment Arts Forum is offered as a class for credit, all Film and Television Department students are encouraged to attend these outstanding events.
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.