๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท
International filmmaker, Ya-Ting "Itchy" Yang, sits down with interviewees of different nationalities, cultural backgrounds, and occupations to talk about their experiences of working and living in Los Angeles as foreigners and their observations of the American Culture.
In this podcast, we delve into their biggest struggles, daily challenges, career paths, and even dating lives.
็พๅ็ๆดป็ฌฌ้ถไปฃ๏ฝ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท #1: Chinese Production Designer, Mochii ๏ฝ้ปๅฝฑ็พ่กๆๅฐ
Mochii Mengqing Yuan (่ขๆขฆๆด๏ผ is an LA-based production designer and art director.
Her creative and professional experience includes designing for narrative, experimental films, stage plays, experimental animation, and music videos. Moving to the U.S. from China when she was 19, Mochii attended the California Institute of the Arts and studied Design & Production - Scenic Design program. The films she has worked on have won several awards, including the Berlinale Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festival. Her endless passion and appreciation for art extend to all forms and media. She always challenges and constantly learns in both her life and her career.
็พๅ็ๆดป็ฌฌ้ถไปฃ๏ฝ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท #2: Ghanaian IT Analyst/ Actor, Sadiq ๏ฝ่ณ่จๅๆๅก/ ๆผๅก
Born and Raised in Ghana, Sadiq moved to the US at 18 years old and studied computer and Information science in New York. Graduating in 2017, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue both his passions for Technology and Film and is now an IT analyst and an actor trying to get fully immersed in the industry.
In this episode, Sadiq shares his unique experience of being a foreigner in America for almost 10 years in a charismatic and humorous way.