Research: The Devil Wears Prada/ Character development: Lauren

 Other than the setting being realistic, the characters must be aswell so we researched a few existing TV shows and Films relating to fashion for an insight as to what our main character Lauren should be like

The Devil Wears Prada

A comedy drama about a naive young woman comes to New York and scores a  job as the assistant to one of the city's biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly.

BEFORE...

The protaganist in this case is "Andy" (Anne Hathaway) who is an aspiring journalist fresh out of university who lands in an fashion job despite her ignorance towards the proffession. During the film we share her struggle to fit in or be accepted in the fashion industry.

This shows her 'Go-getter' quality as she strives to improve in a feild she has no interest in. This is a quality we would like to be portrayed in Lauren.

AFTER...

Andy then began to learn the ways of the fashion industry and also began to sound and dress the part. To show development we can mention that Lauren had all the knowledge to make it in the fashion industry but she lacked confidence. As Lauren grows in the drama and facing some trials to do so she gains confidence, but has she gained too much confidence? Has all these challenges got the best of her? These are all questions that can be answered in future radio dramas.

The adversary in this case is powerful and demanding fashion magazine editor Mirander Priestly, (played by Meryl Streep). She is a non-negotiable part of the fashion scene. And expects anyone who comes across her to realise that.

 From this image alone we can see the relationship portrayed between the two in the fim. The levels in the image show Mirander to be more superior to Andy as she is standing and Andy is seated. Also the distance between them shows a level of respect.

However in the film they do grow fund of eachother although Mirander doesn't show this due to her proud and proffesional character whereby Andy being younger and having no real repuation to keep up has no problem expressing herself.