Interview Transcription

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So uh, Rinkal. If there's any memories that have stuck out to you, um, in your life, or recently, what would it be?

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One memory that has really stuck out to me was about a year ago when i was in Belgium

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i was just in the park with my cousin and another friend just sipping wine and just very relaxed and that really stuck out to me because it was such a change from New York.

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This was just like my first week there and New York is so hectic and so crazy.

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There's so many people and so many sounds, but in that time, Belgium, is like, everyone was just there to relax and you know have a calm life

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So would you say that um moving to Belgium would be um an idea of yours that or a thought that came up you know while you were there?

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So i was in Belgium for about a month and then i came back to New York

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And i was happy to be back because i missed my friends and just you know New York life you know all the stuff that there is to do in the city

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But, for a good four months, i just wanted to move there

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I, I couldn't explain it I just started actually planning out my life you know thinking about how plausible is it to move to Belgium?

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And i was really considering it and i couldn't believe i was considering it because i always talk about how i love New York City, but I think i just needed that change in my life where i was just relaxed for a whole month, just had no worries and it was just nice summer weather just hanging out with some friends in Belgium

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I was learning a little bit of a new language cause they speak French there and i was just having too good of a time

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Alright, so moving on to um. You mentioned how you had you have an interest in media, or film more specifically um, can you talk more about that and where it started?

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So, i wanted to get into media after just growing a love for movies.

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Um, when i was a kid i never really used to watch cartoons and you know do all the normal kids stuff

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And not that there isn't an art in that itself, but i was drawn towards more mature shows and movies and just more mature things

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Like i remember one of my favorite shows when i was little was south park and as a kid it was just funny cause it was just stupid

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But, i was quick to realize that that show actually has a lot of satire it's actually very smart writing and i think that got me into media.

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Because there's so many ideas that everyone has that you could present in such a creative way and i think i wanted to do that also.

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Um, alright, uh so, what is it specifically about media that uh you want to that well, lets see.

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If there's any field within media that you would want to possibly have a career in, what would it be?

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It would definitely be in video for sure.

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I've have always wanted to be a cinematographer when i was little.

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This brings me back to, i mentioned how in Belgium i was having such a great time just relaxing and you know that was just the culture there

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No one in Belgium no one really cares about schoolwork. I mean some do care about their future but they just uh like that old saying, um "You work to live" right?

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But one of the reasons i stopped considering about moving back to Belgium was because i realized maybe its not such a bad thing to live to work.

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Um, and what i mean by that is sometimes work can take over your life and people see that as such a negative thing

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But lets say what if i get into a career in film and cinema or something along what i really like

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I would not mind living to work.

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I mean yes, you should always have time to relax and just have fun but if you're proud of what you're putting out to the world and proud of what you're doing everyday then it's not such a bad thing to work live to work.

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Alright, do you think you should ever cover um anything else? I feel like that's...

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So, in terms of um film and being interested in media arts, um have you spoke to your mom about it? Has, um, she been um have she approve of it? Has she, um, uh has she been okay with that?

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I think I've mentioned it to my mom, but i don't think she really knows.

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I know my mom's actually supportive even if i. I think all she wants just to make sure i have enough money to live decently well, like just comfortably and i think she'll be happy

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So, i don't think she'll have a problem with it but it's just that the reason why the answer to that is not so clear because i am like very distant with my mother it's just you know an immigrant from India.

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I grew up here and you know so we don't really have the same ideas so i tend to just keep to myself and i think that's why i got into media because since i was to myself what i would spend time doing is um, if i wasn't hanging out with friends i was watching movies or playing video games and that really made me appreciate the art and showed me how you can get lost in another world when when I'm really just in my room