The Journey

Visual Communication graduate, film-set problem solver, digital marketer, and — on weekends — still the guy who shows up for league cricket.

From screenwriting to spreadsheets, and back

I studied Visual Communication because I wanted to tell stories on screen, not just talk about them. That instinct never left — it just picked up a second language along the way. I have directed short films, contributed to a feature, and spent the last two years moving fluidly between a director's chair and a Google Ads dashboard.

That combination sounds unusual until you notice they are solving the same problem from two directions: a script earns someone's attention through story, a campaign earns it through data. I got curious about what happens when the same person is fluent in both.

Prabakaran

Where the basketball comes in

Four years of state-level basketball and a run in Tamil Nadu League 1 cricket taught me most of what I know about composure before I ever set foot on a film set. Both worlds run on the same currency: read the situation fast, commit to a decision, live with it in front of an audience.

I write about psychology here for the same reason I chase it on a court — it is the thread connecting a bowler's wrist, a client's hesitation before approving a campaign, and a scene that only works if the pacing is right.

Prabakaran

The path so far

2017 – 2020

B.Sc. Visual Communication, PSG College of Arts and Science

Where the storytelling instinct got formal training.

Feb 2024 – May 2025

Localization Coordinator, Icons Technologies

Coordinated multilingual localization projects across cross-functional teams, keeping tone and quality consistent across languages.

Jan – May 2026

Digital Marketing Intern, Capsley

Built landing pages for Nxt Skills in WordPress and Elementor, ran keyword research and competitor analysis, and got hands-on with on-page SEO.

May 2025 – Present

Creative Director, On the House

Leading creative direction for promotional videos, films, and branded content — from script and concept through to delivery with production teams.

What I keep coming back to

Sports

Not just the score — the decisions inside the score.

Politics

How people get convinced, and why it works on them.

Movies

Pressure, slowed down and examined from the outside.

Psychology

The half-second before anyone commits to anything.

Marketing

Applied human behavior with a scoreboard attached.

A good script and a good campaign fail for the same reason: they forgot someone has to actually feel something before they act.

Where this is headed

  • Keep directing work that earns attention honestly — no growth hack replaces a story that lands.
  • Publish consistently across all five topics on this site, not just the easy ones.
  • Get better at the specific skill of disagreeing well, in public, in writing.