Storyform for "The Devil Wears Prada"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

• MC RESOLVE: Steadfast
• MC GROWTH: Start
• MC APPROACH: Do-er
• MC PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLE: Logical
• IC RESOLVE: Change

PLOT DYNAMICS:

• DRIVER: Decision
• LIMIT: Optionlock
• OUTCOME: Failure
• JUDGMENT: Good

MAIN CHARACTER (Andy Sachs)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: How Things are Changing
• ISSUE: Fantasy vs. Fact
• PROBLEM: Ending
• SOLUTION: Unending
• SYMPTOM: Test
• RESPONSE: Trust
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Fantasy
• CRITICAL FLAW: Experience
• BENCHMARK: The Present
• SIGNPOST 1: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 2: The Future
• SIGNPOST 3: The Past
• SIGNPOST 4: The Present

OVERALL STORY (Surviving in the Fashion World)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Playing a Role
• ISSUE: Desire vs. Ability
• PROBLEM: Expectation
• SOLUTION: Determination
• SYMPTOM: Test
• RESPONSE: Trust
• CATALYST: Thought
• INHIBITOR: Worry
• BENCHMARK: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 1: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 2: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 3: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 4: Conceiving an Idea

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Forging a Protégé)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Doing
• ISSUE: Experience vs. Skill
• PROBLEM: Expectation
• SOLUTION: Determination
• SYMPTOM: Non-Accurate
• RESPONSE: Accurate
• CATALYST: Enlightenment
• INHIBITOR: Threat
• BENCHMARK: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 1: Doing
• SIGNPOST 2: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 4: Understanding

IMPACT CHARACTER (Miranda Priestly)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Impulsive Responses
• ISSUE: Worth vs. Value
• PROBLEM: Expectation
• SOLUTION: Determination
• SYMPTOM: Unending
• RESPONSE: Ending
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Worth
• CRITICAL FLAW: Desire
• BENCHMARK: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 1: Memories
• SIGNPOST 2: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 3: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

• GOAL: Playing a Role
• CONSEQUENCE: Doing
• COST: Impulsive Responses
• DIVIDEND: How Things are Changing
• REQUIREMENT: Conceiving an Idea
• PREREQUISITE: Gathering Information
• PRECONDITION: Contemplation
• FOREWARNINGS: The Present

VOCABULARY:

Ability: being suited to handle a task; the innate capacity to do or be

Accurate: being within tolerances

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Change: Andy Sachs changes her essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

Conceiving an Idea: coming up with an idea

Contemplation: present considerations

Decision: in the plot, decisions force actions

Desire: the motivation toward something better

Determination: a conclusion based on circumstantial evidence

Developing a Plan: visualizing how an existing idea might be implemented

Do-er: Andy Sachs looks for a physical solution to her problem

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Ending: coming to a conclusion

Enlightenment: an understanding that transcends knowledge

Expectation: a conclusion as to the eventual effect of a particular cause

Experience: the gaining of familiarity

Fact: belief in something real

Failure: the original goal is not achieved

Fantasy: belief in something unreal

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Andy Sachs ultimately succeeds in resolving her personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Logical: Andy Sachs uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Non-Accurate: not within tolerances

Obtaining: achieving or possessing something

Optionlock: the story climax occurs because all options have been exhausted

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Situation: a situation or environment

Skill: aptitude or innate ability

Start: regarding Andy Sachs, the audience is waiting for something to begin

Steadfast: Andy Sachs ultimately retains her essential nature

Test: a trial to determine something's validity

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Thought: the process of consideration

Threat: an evaluation of potential negative forces

Trust: acceptance without proof

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something

Unending: continuing without cessation

Value: the objective usefulness of something in general

Worry: concern for the future

Worth: a rating of usefulness or desirability to oneself personally