Friday 20 December 2013

Write up of bling ring

what is Bling Ring?

The film is about a group of fame-obsessed teenagers who use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes. this film is Inspired by actual events. They robbed  the homes of several celebrities over a period believed to have been between October 2008 through August 2009. Over all they stole around $3 million in cash and belongings. most of the stolen things were from Paris Hilton, whose house had been robbed several times, though over fifty homes were reportedly targeted for potential burglary. 



the film
bling ring was filmed in California were some of the events took place. and what made this film popular was that Paris Hilton made a on cameo appearance as she was a victim of the crime other on cameo appearances included:

  • Kirsten Dunst as herself
  • Lindsay Lohan as herself (archive footage)
  • Audrina Patridge as herself (archive footage)
  • Rachel Bilson as herself (archive footage)
  • Miranda Kerr as herself (archive footage)
  • Orlando Bloom as himself (archive footage)
  • Brett Goodkin as himself (police officer)

the main cast however was made of:
  • Katie Chang as Rebecca Ahn (Rachel Lee)
  • Israel Broussard as Marc Hall (Nick Prugo)
  • Emma Watson as Nicki Moore (Alexis Neiers)
  • Claire Julien as Chloe Tainer (Courtney Ames)
  • Taissa Farmiga as Sam Moore (Tess Taylor)

the film was produced by produced, written and directed  by Sofia Coppola 
the music was by Brian Reitzell The film's soundtrack was supervised by frequent Coppola collaborator Brian Reitzell. Entitled The Bling Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack album was released on June 11, 2013 by Def Jam Recordings. It contains a mix of music ranging between such genres as hip-hop/rap, and electronic. some of the tracks include all of the lights by Kanye West,  super rich kids by frank ocean ect. Film had its own sound track which can be found on you tube

the cinematography is by Christopher Blauvelt and Harris Savides. the editing was by Sarah Flack. the studio was NALA studios and they invested in the film. the film was distributed by A24 

it was released on 14th june 2013 in the usa and was also released in the UK, USA France, Germany and japan. The film is 90 minutes long and is in english.
The budget for this film was $8 million and the Box office was $20,029,261

reviews 

rotten tomattos gave it 3 stars and metacritics gave it 3 and a half stars. the film was rated average as although the characters did a good job the director failed to make it perfect. many people said that Emma watson was a born comedian and she was brilliant. 






for advertisement there was a trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4c6hmrwba0

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