During BU’s 2017 spring break, while many were taking the time to rest and recoup from the rigors of mid-terms, six students from the College of Communications chose to spend a long, intense week working in Mayan villages in the hills high above Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. While they were making a video about a… Read More
A Hothouse Productions film wins runner-up in the 2016 Neuro Film Festival. The film “Love is Out There: A Story of Love, Loss and Resilience in the Face of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)” tells the story of Katie Brandt and the loss of her husband to FTD. “After losing my husband to the rare neurological disorder FTD, I… Read More
By Nicole Beale On Wednesday, May 7, BU students showcased their work in Washington D.C. in an effort to protect children in the family court system. Prof. Garland Waller’s Hothouse Productions, a class that operates as a client-driven, student-run production company, partnered with Eileen King of Child Justice and Dr. Joyanna Silberg of the Leadership… Read More
Colbert Report producer Nicole Savini (’99) returned to BU in March for the Cinematheque series, where she screened clips and shared stories with students. Savini got her first taste of producing in COM’s Hothouse Productions program before working as an NBC page after graduation. That opened the door to work as an assistant at Late… Read More
In a recent interview with The Boston Globe, actress and Boston University alumna Geena Davis (CFA ’79, Hon. ’99) talked about the role COM’s Hothouse Productions played in her latest venture: identifying the gender disparity in media programming aimed at young children with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The institute’s mission is… Read More
The Filmanthropy Project, a nonprofit initiative that encourages philanthropy, recognized four COM students in its latest collegiate competition. There were 39 winning films in all with the top productions earning a $10,000 prize. All the productions had to be shot on and edited on HD and Hothouse Productions used its new HD equipment for the… Read More