What conventions of teen dramas can we see in Bling Ring

BLING RING

Bling ring is a movie based on actual events, a group of rebellious teenagers obsessed with celebrities and their lifestyles. They track down  the whereabouts of certain celebrities so they can rob their homes.

What genre is The Bling Ring?

• Biographical film
• Crime fiction
• Comedy
• Drama 

Themes

The themes within this movie are somewhat generic. Many of the events happen in other teenage movies, such as; partying, drugs etc. Other themes include; Money, Celebrity culture, Celebrity lifestyles, friendships/cliques, relationships, parent and child relationships, rebellion, consumerism and materialistic existence. 

Many teenagers can relate to this movie, not everybody will be able to associate with the criminality elements, but they can relate to wanting money, wanting to party and facing the 'burden' of having an authority figure telling them what to do (rebel against society and authority). 

 

 

 

Settings + Locations (MES) 

The locations were rather repetitive in this movie. As the plot of the movie is based around the characters robbing celebrities homes, we often view the characters in the locations of these celebrities homes. Other locations include;
          

• Parents homes
• Teenage bedrooms
• Beach
• Clubs and parities
• Teenage hangouts
• High school

Music

The non-diagetic sound of music plays within this movie. The genre of music is hip-hop,dance/trance.

Song artists include; Azelia Banks, an artist who many teenagers listen to. The music could also 

suggest that the lifestyles in which they lead (rappers etc) inspires the teenagers within the movie to live the same lives as their music idols. Many of the rap songs speak of criminality which the characters can associate with. A particular song highlights the teenagers attitudes 'M.I.A', lyrics include 'live fast die young, bad girls do it well'. In this movie the teenage girls can be seen as 'bad girls'.

 

Characters 

 Characters in this movie include, stereotypical teenagers, the parents (who the teenagers see as annoying) and authority figures- police etc. All of the teenage characters in this movie like to party, drink alcohol and take drugs (stereotypical associations with teenagers). 

 

 

Costume

The costumes that the characters wore in this film were incredibly glamorous and expensive. Many of the outfits seen in the movie were plush, designer outfits that fit the young teenagers image. Many teenagers dream about wearing celebrities clothes, these characters made their dreams become reality. At the beginning of the movie, before the teenagers started regularly stealing money, clothes and bags from celebrities homes, they wore normal (un-branded) clothes.