We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Bianca Green. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Bianca below.
Bianca, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about the things you feel your parents did right and how those things have impacted your career and life.
I will say what my parents did right which significantly impacted my life and career was that whatever I chose to pursue was always completed supported. I was fortunate enough to be able to try out several creative fields, being drawing, playing an instrument, learning another language, etc. while growing up and truly finding out my niche. One story I can think of is of a time when I believed that creative fields were not for me and I was proven wrong by my parents and myself. When I was a sophomore in high school, I never had the best relationship with my art teacher. Because this class was a more advanced version of art class, I was held to a different standard. Which made it even more upsetting when it felt like my teacher and I could never see eye to eye to the point where the principal had to be involved and I was given the opportunity to switch classes. I chose to switch to technical theatre. It really was heartbreaking because I had been curating my skills in drawing and painting for so long that was the way I could make a career for myself so to have it taken away was devastating, Despite this, my parents were always there to reaffirm that I could make an impact using any medium I saw fit if I put my mind to it. Back then I could not imagine being in the field I am now, being filmmaking, and now there is nowhere I would rather be.
Bianca, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I am a recent graduate from the University of North Texas with a major in Media Arts and a double minor in Technical Theatre and Japanese. As a hobby, I like to curate 1 of 1 slow fashion pieces and can proudly say that my closet is almost 100% sustainable. I initially got into the industry I am in now because I wanted to explore a new creative outlet. Once I had graduated high school I really wanted to try out something that I never had before. That is when I got into movie scores and how they helped create the world of films through sound. However, I quickly realized that to do so I would need to be a composer, meaning music school and so on and I was definitely not qualified to do so. On the other hand, I found out that there was another way to accomplish my dreams through sound recording. Building soundscapes are equally as important to the world of a film as much as soundtracks or scores are. I am most proud of my journey throughout the years in truly becoming a creative in multiple fields and what I want people to know the most about is that I am not only a creative but an experience that I feel is worth experiencing. So if it’s about fashion, art, music, and more, there’s nothing creative that I don’t know.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
I think that the most rewarding thing about being a creative is just being able to meet other creatives. Supporting other creatives, whether it is on social media, in person, or whatever, it is truly amazing to see other people who live the same lifestyle as you while being unapologetically them. I have made many connections this way and I never plan to stop because I would want someone to support me just as strongly if they were given the chance.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
That you don’t have to be a starving artist to be successful. The story behind this is that because of my interests growing up, being the arts, I was always told that it would be hard for me to take care of myself because of my career choice. This idea was also perpetuated a lot in the media I had consumed so it had further solidified this idea. However, I was fortunate enough to know creative role models who were able to not only curate their craft but also live a comfortable life. I am lucky enough to be in a space now where I am appreciated and compensated accordingly for my passions and I would not have it any other way.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/BiancaG2021
- Instagram: @thebalencianca
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bianca.green.526
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-green-7288181b2/
- Twitter: @thebalencianca
Image Credits
Anisha White, Mason Haggerty, Alanna