Earning a B.F.A. in Digital Arts from Chapman University provides hands-on opportunities to develop, design, and produce your own short film or reel, as well as assisting with the work of others. Students will learn the principles of motion, gesture, composition, color theory, story structure, performance, and sound design as just the first steps into the world of digital arts.

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Possible Occupations
Business
- Advertiser
- Advertising Account Manager
- Commercial Designer
- Computer Programmer
- Crime Scene Modeler
- Flash Animator
- Flash Designer
- Flash Developer
- Industrial Designer
- IT Specialist
- Landscape Designer
- Medical Illustrator
- Package Designer
- Product Designer
- Sales & Marketing
- Software Designer
- Systems Analyst
- Technical Support Specialist
- Technology Journalist
- Toy Designer
- Website Designer
Education
- Formalized Instruction
- Recreational Instruction
Entertainment
- 3D Computer Animation
- Art Director
- Cartoonist
- Character Animator
- Creative Consultant
- Digital Media Specialist
- Digital Printing Specialist
- Film Effects Developer
- Game Software Developer
- Games Developer
- Graphic Designer
- Illustrator
- Installation Artist
- Interactive Media Designer
- Motion Graphics Designer
- Multimedia Graphic Designer
- Multimedia Consultant
- Music Industry Consultant
- Photographer
- Podcaster
- Production Artist
- Scenery Rigger
- Set Designer
- Special Effects Artist
- Special Effects Director
- Storyboard Artist
- Video Editor
- Video Games Designer
- Visual Arts Consultant
- Visual Effects Artist
- Web Content Developer
- Web Designer
- Web Developer
- Webcaster
- Website Administrator
Additional Resources about career and internship opportunities are available on the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts Homepage.
Professional Associations
- International Digital Media and Arts Association
- American Institute of Graphic Arts
- International Colour Association
- Association Typographique Internationale
- Association of Medical Illustrators
- National Cartoonists Society
- The Society of Illustrators
- Animation World Network
- American Art Therapy Association
- College Art Association
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
- American Craft Council
- American Society of Media Photographers
- National Press Photographers Association
- Industrial Designers Society of America
- Entertainment Software Association
- Graphic Artists Guild
- International Council of Communication Design
- International Game Developers Association
- Inter-Society Color Council
- Women in Animation
International Society of Typographic Designers
Society for Environmental Graphic Design
Society of Illustrators, Artists and Designers (SAID)
Chapman Organizations
Links and Resources
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Independent federal agency funding artistic excellence
Career Description Search
Resource for film making information
Daily link with the TV and film industry
The actors fund, for everyone in entertainment
Film & TV resources/jobs
Digital filmmaker’s resource site
The pulse of media
Film career descriptions
American cinema editors
Jobs in film, TV, video & digital media production
California Film Commission
Film internships
Entertainment jobs
Entertainment job and internship listings
Want an internship in Hollywood?
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