EOC Week4: Deeper meaning of movie, "The Devil Wears Prada"

           "The Devil Wears Prada" is a comedy about a person with no sense or care of fashion working for the top fashion magazine editor and chief. However, when we look past the glitz and glamour of this Hollywood film, we have an opportunity to learn a little something about dressing for success and preparing for an interview/ job. Knowing she is about to go into an interview for a fashion magazine, the main character makes no effort to prepare for it. She knows it's a fashion magazine yet doesn't dress to fit the culture, meaning she goes to the interview in a casual and ordinary outfit. As we see her walk into the building, we notice all the other woman going in and out wearing tall fashionable boots and designer label clothes while the main character wears loafers and what looks like a good find at a thrift store. She goes in for a position as an assistant to the editor and chief yet has no idea who she is and what she is capable of. She is clearly unprepared by not researching anything about the company and the important people to know. This Web Portfolio class teaches us not only to build a successful website, but how to get a good job and be prepared for whatever obstacles face us when we go in for the interview. This movie is a good reflection on how not to be prepared for an interview and what not to do. The main tip from this movie is dress for the job you want, in this case the main character wanted a job at a fashion magazine yet dressed as if she had never heard of the word fashion before. Another tip this movie gives is to make sure to research what you're getting into. For the main character, this position is just another job, with that mindset she is totally unprepared for the role. She doesn't know she's working for the toughest lady in the game or who the people she needs to get on the right side of are. In an ironic twist of fate, she ends up getting the job regardless of everything that happened. It's a great movie with real world experiences to learn from.