Cristina Cascone
IED Roma
Share
Sound Design, Year 3
24 years old
Rome, Italy
Schools have been among the first institutions to adapt to the new measures of quarantine. What are the pros and cons of online classes?
My school's behavior was perfect: it immediately closed its classes, managing from the very beginning of the quarantine to find a solution to carry on. Online classes have been the greatest solution, except for practical subjects. Many courses in fact need to be learned in the presence of your teacher. For any other course, I have to say that we made a great compromise, even if I still prefer a full frontal class.
The Fashion and Design Industries have been aggressively afflicted by the COVID-19 emergency. As a consumer, but also as a future insider of those systems, what will be the worst consequences of this crisis?
It will be hard to start again, especially for those who - like me - will end their studies in a few months and will have to look for a job. This time gave me way to think about the future and I can't deny that I am scared. I don't know what life will be like next months, bu I want to stay positive. We all should be. It's a re-birth, we have the opportunity to change many things and make them better. Only when you loose something you realize how much you cared about it and I think that anyone who loves their job will work hard to find a solution. In my opinion, the worst consequences will hit who isn't already working. Industries will hire less staff and maybe they will have to fire someone. Time is the only solution. As time will go by, everything will settle; we just need to be patient and fight.
Your work is built on creativity. Where do you find your inspiration in this moment?
Movies helped me a lot in this moment: I love to watch cinema and new series. I tried to understand every facet of the sound editing for cinema. And this left me wanting more. I'm very passionate about new technologies and these months gave me the opportunity to know more about many sounds that I was already trying to study since my first year of Sound Design. I recreated sound environments and I will soon discover more about field recording.