My life as a movie PR explained by movie scenes.
#1. Me trying to be good at the whole PR thing..
[from “Terminator 2: Judgment Day“, source: giphy.com]
#2. What I look like when I pick up the phone at office:
[from “Wolf of the Wall Street“, source: giphy.com]
#3. What I look like after I hung up the phone:
[from “500 Days of Summer“, source: giphy.com]
#4. You’re not good at pleasing people, or kissing asses…
[from “The Hunger Games“, source: giphy.com]
#5. And one piece of golden advice: don’t take anything personal.
[from “Celeste & Jesse Forever“, source:wifflegif.com]
#6. When PR events are always scheduled on weekends and public holidays…
[from “The Last Stand“, source: makeagif.com]
#7. And on those days when you get home it’s already 4am and you still have to go to work the next day…
[from “Wolf of the Wall Street“, source: tumblr.com]
#8. And that time when you have worked continuously for 48 days straight, you feel like…
[from “Interview with the Vampire“, source: tumblr.com]
#9. You can never make any plans, be it just a dinner with your family or friends, because work always pops up suddenly and you have to cancel your plans anyway. Seeing other people making their weekend/holiday plans makes you feel like this:
[from “American Psycho“, source: giphy.com]
#10. You haven’t seen your friends for months. You have no personal life AT ALL.
[from “Taxi Driver“, source: giphy.com]
#11. And when you finally get a day off:
[from “500 Days of Summer“, source: giphy.com]
#12. But it ends up you’re so tired that you almost fall into a coma, and when you’re sober it’s time to go to work again.
[from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s“, source: giphy.com]
#13. When people come up with unrealistic ideas and expect you to get things done right away, you’re like…
[from “21 Jump Street“, source: giphy.com]
#14. And then you have to carry out all those “brilliant ideas”…
[from “Breathless“, source: giphy.com]
#15. Before a star tour, you’re all excited and confident:
[from “Amelie“, source: giphy.com]
#16. During a star tour, you realize your “function” is to take the blame for whatever goes wrong:
[from “The Hunger Games“, source: giphy.com]
#17. After a star tour, you feel like a total loser…
[from “Black Swan“, source: giphy.com]
#18. But the main reason why things go wrong is because no one follows the schedule/rundown you’ve spent weeks to work out for everybody involved.
[from “Bridesmaids“, source: giphy.com]
#19. They do whatever they want and screw up your plan. And they have the ability and tendency to keep screwing up your other contingency plans…
[from “Bridesmaids“, source: giphy.com]
#20. And then you’re like…
[from “Terminator Salvation“, source: makeagif.com]
#21. What you think you should look like during star tours:
[from “The Intern“, source: tumblr.com]
#22. What you actually look like during star tours:
[from “The Devil Wears Prada“, source: tumblr.com]
#23. Your feeling on working with celebrities and their agents:
[from “Ghost World“, source: tumblr.com]
#24. And what you really think about the show biz:
[from “Sweeney Todd“, source: giphy.com]
#25. Ongoing stress and anxiety make you prone to be triggered by the tinest things.
[from “The Bling Ring“, source: giphy.com]
#26. People around you think:
[from “Black Swan“, source: giphy.com]
#27. After all the hard work and the movie is doing well, people thank everyone but you…
[from “Hugo“, source: tumblr.com]
#28. They don’t even remember your name…
[from “The Princess Diaries“, source: tumblr.com]
#29. But when someone truly appreciates and recognizes your effort, you’re like…
Keep Walking On 