Characters & Costume

The character of Maggie is a manipulative , ruthless, attractive young girl who will do anything for money. She's spontaneous, fun and can charm almost anyone she meets. She lacks responsibility and has no regard for the consequences of her actions, shes careless and outgoing, always living in the moment believing she is untouchable. We have taken inspiration for this character, and for our whole opening sequence, from the movie 'The Bling Ring' - 2013. In this film based on a true story about a group of young teenagers breaking into celebrities homes and stealing from them. Emma Watson plays a girl called Nicki. Nicki is very similar to the Maggie character we have created.

Here is a short clip of 'Nicki' which has inspired our Maggie character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI_or4VukLI

Maggie will be extremely well dressed, with a designer bag and lots of 'bling'. She will be wearing flashy revealing clothes to connote she has been living the 'high life'.We will most likely have her in a dress and high heeled shoes.  She will have quite heavy makeup, emphasis on the eye makeup and blusher and her hair down.This will ensure she looks like a stereotypical White rich female. This will ensure the audience can see she has a lot of money. We used Paris Hilton, who herself connotes money, as inspiration for Maggie's costume, who ironically was one of the celebrities robbed .

 Natalie is more innocent, she had to be really convinced by Maggie and has more of a conscious about they've been doing. She's smart however naive and easily manipulated as she is bored of her mediocre life. She's a kind good person who, at first, falls for Maggie's out going fun nature, wanting to be more like her. Not realizing what she is truly like. Natalie is mostly sensible however, boring most of the time, up until Maggie she was invisible, average and all her days were the same dull routine. For inspiration the character 'Iris' played by Kate Winslet in the holiday, although there situations are different. Iris decides to do something reckless and swap houses with someone in America to get away from her day to day life, this is similar to Natalie deciding to go with Maggie. 

Here is a clip of the scene before Iris becomes reckless, which in our opinion replicates a boring day like similar to Natalies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4qVRABb5ic


Natalie as previously mentioned, has some guilt about stealing the money. Therefore she's less flashy and although she will be well dressed in nice clothes they will not be as extravagant as Maggie's. She will be wearing a smart/classy shirt and modern skirt, high heeled shoes, she is stylish and young. Her makeup will be simple and her hair will be down with the front clipped back. We have taken inspiration for her character from Emma Watson, who is known for her classy style.