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KENNESAW, Ga. | Dec 12, 2024

When talking to senior Brianna Barros, you quickly understand why the professional organization Women in Film/TV (WIFT) recently awarded her a $2500 merit scholarship at their 50th Anniversary Gala held October 26th at the Georgia Aquarium. Barros was nominated by Anna Weinstein, Assistant Professor of Screenwriting in the Department of English, who has had Barros in her class for three consecutive semesters. 鈥淪he's such a hardworking and prolific writer and filmmaker, and she's really had a huge impact on the screenwriting and filmmaking students here at 新澳门六合彩资料,鈥� said Weinstein.  鈥淚'm grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her these past few semesters and couldn't be more delighted that she's received this prestigious recognition. She's a remarkable talent,鈥� she added. 

A Media and Entertainment major in the School of Communication and Media, Barros will tell you that she was an 鈥渙bsessive planner鈥� and an introvert. While in high school, she took dual enrollment classes and planned her four years of college academics down to the last detail in a spread sheet well before she enrolled at 新澳门六合彩资料. Her academic path has been one of discovery: externally through extracurricular activities, and internal discovery as she developed skills and interests she didn鈥檛 realize she had. 

Her film club experience sparked her love for teaching people how to make films and she found her leadership talent. 鈥淚 was very shy growing up. I鈥檝e become very outgoing, and I would say that the thing I鈥檓 probably going to take away the most from 新澳门六合彩资料 is the ,鈥� she said.  鈥淚 started doing that freshman year, and then I immediately became after one semester an executive board member, like one of the officers. My first year was the marketing director, my second year I was the secretary and now I鈥檓 serving as a student advisor.鈥� Barros said she never aspired to leadership roles but found she was good at it, enjoyed it, and seems to have naturally ended up in those positions.  As a shy person, 鈥淭he film club forced me to interact with people,鈥� she said. She shocked her parents when she served as the MC for the Foscars (Fake Oscars), a film awards event for students and attended by more than 300 people, 鈥淚 was like Jimmy Fallon of the Oscars!鈥� 

Her coursework with Georgia Film Academy was her focus as she wrapped up this past semester. Her hope is to parlay that experience into an internship during her final semester this spring. Her enthusiasm for the industry is both palpable and strategic. Barros recalls that as early as 10 years old she wanted to be in the film industry, creating stop-motion videos featuring her American Girl dolls. She believed editing was her future, until a friend of hers introduced her to 新澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 film club. It was in the film club that she realized the wide range of career paths that are open to her. Contrary to the detailed academic planning she did before entering 新澳门六合彩资料 her inner explorer began to emerge. 

Barros describes her academic journey as being the opposite of what many students experience. 鈥淚 kind of had a backwards way of it where I feel like people come into college and they鈥檙e like, 鈥極h, my God, I have no idea what I want to do.鈥� And then they figure it out and leave college knowing exactly what they want to do. I came into college being like, I know what I鈥檓 going to do, [now that] I鈥檓 at the end of it, I want to do so much, and I can鈥檛 choose.鈥�  

No longer the 鈥渙bsessive planner,鈥� she is 鈥渆mbracing side quests where it鈥檚 like, I鈥檓 21 years old, I can do work on this set and do this position I鈥檝e never done before for six months. Why not? This is the time to do it. I can just explore.鈥� 

This isn鈥檛 to suggest that Barros has become completely anti-planning. Her goal is to work as much as possible in the industry until she starts her post-graduate pursuit of an MFA. She is in the process now of applying to graduate schools. After that, she says maybe 10-15 years working in the industry and then perhaps teaching film.   

Assistant Professor Weinstein hints she would do well as an instructor, saying 鈥溾��in addition to being a talented and thoughtful screenwriter, she quickly emerged as a leader in every class. She has incredibly smart insights into her classmates' scripts and she's very generous in the way she delivers her critiques and suggestions,鈥� Weinstein said. 

Barros has made the most of her time at Radow College.  When asked what advice she would give incoming students, she says to get involved and be present because that is how you start building your future network. 鈥淭he film club, it鈥檚 connected me with friends that I鈥檓 going to have for the rest of my life.鈥�  She went on to say, 鈥淪tart building your network while you鈥檙e in college, because the people you come up with end up all over the place in different positions within the industry you all love. These are people who are going to help open doors for you and vice versa.鈥� Barros was clear that she doesn鈥檛 like the word 鈥榥etworking鈥� and thinks of it as making friends instead.  

The WIFT 50th Anniversary Gala was an opportunity to make new friends and support existing friends. As a scholarship award recipient Barros was able to take a plus one to the event. She chose to bring along a good friend who graduated last May, and who has helped her along the way and wants to go into film. This was Barros鈥檚 way of giving back so they were both able to network with film and television professionals. Said Barros, 鈥淚 was like, oh, I have a plus one. You鈥檙e a friend of mine and you鈥檝e done things for me. Now let me do something for you.鈥�  This is just the kind of professional generosity that helps one succeed in a career, and the type of character organizations such as WIFT recognize and reward. 

Women in Film/TV- (US) Inc., , 鈥渋s a nonprofit organization of professionals founded to provide鈥疧rganizations鈥痮f Women in Film & Television mutual support. To promote the positive images of women in all media, empowering their members to achieve their highest professional/creative potential, and help create more job opportunities throughout the United States."