Aspiring screenwriters faced a dilemma: How do I get a master’s degree with the rigor of a top east coast university while opening doors for me in the entertainment industry on the west coast? A revamped Master of Fine Arts from Boston University, professors believe, offers the answer. Last week, BU’s Office of the Provost… Read More
Uncut Gems begins with one of the more unexpected transitions in cinematic history. The camera examines a rare uncut black opal dug up in an Ethiopian mine, then dives into the stone for a psychedelic exploration of its spellbinding colors and facets…before somehow winding up in Adam Sandler’s colon. While a colonoscopy joke or two might… Read More
BUTV10 won three awards and an honorable mention in the 2019 The Boston / New England National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Student Awards for Excellence. “Midterm Mandate”, the College of Communication’s most ambitious election coverage to date took first prize in the Newscast category. The Live Event award went to BUTV10’s coverage… Read More
Christopher Sumlin (’19), a recent graduate from the MS in Television program, recently submitted his thesis project to the ScreenCraft Writers Summit (in partnership with the Atlanta Film Festival). Sumlin wanted to share his story with the past, present and future BU community, to inspire others to have the confidence to share their own work…. Read More
Tales of undocumented immigrants, the #MeToo movement, and a child affected by the opioid drug crisis took the top three awards at BU’s 39th annual Redstone Film Festival, held Friday, March 29. Reflecting a certain timeliness, each drew on current headlines for plot inspiration. Read about the winners on BU Today.
Last year, a team of screenwriting students were tasked with every television writer’s dream assignment: to develop the final season of Game of Thrones. Kam Miller, Assistant Professor of Television, handpicked each student based on how their skills complemented the rest of the class. For instance, Jacob Levy had a particular talent for writing action… Read More
This is what it means to come full circle. It’s been six years since Celia Hubbard (’13) was a student in Garland Waller’s Hothouse Productions class, collaborating with a team of fellow filmmakers on an intensive, client-driven production. She produced a behind-the-scenes video highlighting the experience of creating a PSA for The No Project: a global… Read More
On Christmas Eve of 1944, a devastating WWII troopship tragedy struck on the English Channel—a disaster that Americans back home would never hear of. A German U boat torpedoed and sunk the S.S. Leopoldville, killing over 800 men. Survivors were forbidden from speaking of the event. Months later, one of the survivors would find—through rather… Read More
The ornate interior of Hotel Commonwealth’s Hawthorne bar is uncharacteristically crowded for 9 am on a Saturday, and uncharacteristically quiet. The popular nightlife spot has been transformed into a film set. As some cast and crew members prepare to reshoot a pivotal scene, others, exhausted by a string of consecutive 5 am calls, doze in… Read More
HUMANITAS recently named MFA in Screenwriting graduate, Joe Hemphill, a finalist for the Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Fellowship. After multiple rounds of judging, his script, The Bargeman, was selected for its strong and unique voice. According to Humanitas’ Executive Director, Cathleen Young, their purpose is to “recognize, encourage and empower writers who teach us how to… Read More