Trying to come up with a group project idea for a “visions of diversity” class, cinematic arts students looked all around... and they came up with an idea to work with people they cross paths with every day... and who they’d like to know better... says... Cinema Studies freshman Lucia Perfetti.
Lucia Perfetti: Especially like the dining hall workers that are really nice to us, talk to us every day. And so we’re gonna, like, do a project where we can like, talk to them and learn more about their stories. So I think that’s just something about SCA, where you can learn about people’s stories that aren’t necessarily talked about as much. And you can do that with other people from different cultures.
Another USC Cinematic Arts student shares how these different voices bring new perspectives to the table, and how this makes their projects richer... says 4th year Master of Fine Arts student in film and tv production Fiying Ambo
Fiying Ambo: I mean, it’s pretty exciting because you have a very diverse group of filmmakers, and getting feedback from what it means when you’re trying to make means and other people’s culture. /// you just tend to get newer perspective than you would you wouldn’t have like if in silos, I think, somewhat excited about the program is just different voices from all parts of the world.
Not only are ethnic differences an important part in the creative arts process, but comparing and blending geographical differences can also lead to new discoveries... Alander Pulliam graduated from USC film school.. and is now producing films
Alander Pulliam: I’m working on combining suburbia and urban culture together, and making a classical of something that would be considered opposite of each other, and bringing them together. And one of the purposes of production was to kind of like, show how we all kind of like the same in many ways and, but showing our different cultures and how we can combine them and become, you know, actually assets to each other.
We’re all learning from each other and growing together as a community at USC, in the world of arts, in America, and what we take away from that will shape our future
For Annenberg Media, I’m Kaitlyn Kizy.