KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Aug. 23, 2018 \u2013 A 溏心vlog免费B站 sophomore with a love for filmmaking and a desire to one day be a director is the first recipient of the Winifred E. Brownell Scholarship awarded by Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival.<\/p>\n
Alyssa Botelho, a double major in film\/media and entrepreneurial business management, was awarded the $2,000 scholarship at the festival\u2019s awards ceremony on Aug. 12 in the Metcalf Auditorium of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in Providence. The scholarship, designated for a 溏心vlog免费B站 student, honors Brownell, dean emerita of the College of Arts & Sciences, for her many years championing arts and humanities at 溏心vlog免费B站 and her support of the film festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means a lot to me,\u201d said Botelho, of Fairhaven, Mass.<\/strong> \u201cNot only is it a great financial help, it\u2019s a huge honor because Winnie Brownell is a great role model. When I read all the things she\u2019s done, that\u2019s the kind of person I want to be \u2013 a person who motivates people.\u201d<\/p>\n When Botelho learned of the scholarship this summer in an email from Adam Roth, director of the Harrington School for Communication and Media, she didn\u2019t know if she\u2019d have time to apply. She was busy as a videographer for the Town of Fairhaven and also working with a local media company on a documentary about the unsolved murders of about nine women in the late 1980s in the New Bedford area.<\/p>\n But she decided to apply and reached out to Roth, Ann Salzarulo, coordinator at the Harrington School who oversaw Botelho\u2019s work as a brand ambassador, and her high school media teacher, Drew Furtado, for recommendation letters. Yet, it may have been Botelho\u2019s own words in the application that swayed the judges.<\/p>\n \u201cAlyssa Botelho is an excellent choice for this inaugural award,\u201d said Brownell. \u201cShe has an outstanding academic record in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Harrington School of Communication and Media, growing professional experience in film, an extensive record of service, and the most impressive essay of all applicants.\u201d<\/p>\n Botelho, a Centennial Scholar, compiled a 4.0 grade-point average her freshman year while juggling work, school and other commitments. Besides being a Harrington School brand ambassador, she works about 15 hours a week filming town events and public meetings in Fairhaven for public access TV and runs her own wedding videography company, Unforgettable Productions.<\/p>\n At the same time, she commutes to Kingston for classes from her hometown, a two and half-hour round trip. At least one day a week last semester, she was up at 5 a.m. for the drive to the campus and didn\u2019t return home until about 11 p.m. And then there was homework. By her father\u2019s estimate, she was spending about 60 hours a week on school and work.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t pulled any all-nighters yet,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I go to the gym every single day and there is definitely no room for any fooling around. Sometimes I work through lunch or watch Netflix during lunch to keep up.\u201d<\/p>\n Botelho\u2019s interest in filmmaking started her freshman year at Fairhaven High School in the school\u2019s media program. In her first media class, students were asked to match video from an animated movie with audio from a feature film. She chose the popular animated film \u201cToy Story\u201d and mixed it with music from the trailer for \u201cLord of the Rings.\u201d<\/p>\n The dramatic music juxtaposed with Woody and Buzz gave her trailer a comic effect. It was a silly project, she said, but instead of leaving school around 2 p.m. as normal, she was regularly there late working on the project. \u201cWhen it was screened at school, I just loved seeing people\u2019s reactions,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought, this is really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n By her senior year, media classes dominated her schedule. As she learned an appreciation for the art of filmmaking, she was grounded in the practicality of the business side.<\/p>\n \u201cYou need to be well-rounded in this,\u201d said Botelho, who qualifies as a junior this year because of the advanced-placement courses she took in high school. \u201cI realized that my sophomore year when I entered a short film in a competition. I was into the art of shooting it and writing it, but when I entered it, I realized there\u2019s also a business side, and the business side gets people to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n In high school, Botelho won three first-place awards from the Massachusetts Organization of Video Educators for short film, commercial and music video, along with honorable mentions from New England Student Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n The summer before her senior year, she started Unforgettable Productions after filling in for a friend to shoot a wedding. Botelho said she\u2019d only been to about two weddings in her life, but she made sure she was prepared. Working with an assistant, she interviewed the couple to see what they wanted, boned up on big moments in weddings, dressed appropriately, and tried not to talk like a high schooler.<\/p>\n \u201cI was freaking the whole time,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s like the biggest day of the couple\u2019s life, and I\u2019m just a high school kid.\u201d<\/p>\n But for a wedding video, it went viral. Posted on Facebook and the video website Vimeo, it got about 800 views.<\/p>\n When it came time for college, Botelho wanted a school on the East Coast, one that was affordable and one where she could pursue her filmmaking and business ambitions. At 溏心vlog免费B站, she talked with Roth and Justin Wyatt, now associate director of the Harrington School. Her first question: Do you have a film program and are you serious about it. The answer: Yes.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt this is where I wanted to be for sure,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a really friendly atmosphere, and the Harrington School, you can take other courses and not be restricted.\u201d<\/p>\n Botelho\u2019s goal is to eventually make it as a director in feature films or television. As a high school freshman, she preferred to work alone to protect her ideas, but she learned that getting more people involved, hearing their ideas, was more satisfying.<\/p>\n \u201cYou really need to be a strong leader who knows where the project should go,\u201d she said. \u201cI like looking to other people and seeing what their talents are and putting it all together. 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