The Devil Wears Prada (archive)

About this episode

The episode discusses the solid structure of The Devil Wears Prada and its adherence to the Hero's Journey framework.

Sometimes, studying a story that you love can be a bit scary. What if it turns out that the story is rubbish, and what you really like is the soundtrack, or the actor, or the costumes? Well, you can cast those worries aside this week because The Devil Wears Prada is solid. In terms of structure, it isn't fancy. It doesn't waver from the Hero's Journey/Archplot form, and that's okay. In fact it's more than okay because it teaches us what can happen when we focus on the fundamentals.-V.

People in this episode

Hosts: Melanie Hill, Valerie Francis

Topics covered

• story analysis
• Hero's Journey
• film structure
• character study
• narrative fundamentals

Keywords

• The Devil Wears Prada
• story structure
• Hero's Journey
• film analysis
• narrative

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Devil Wears Prada

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