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For sound, we wanted to play background music that would reflect the mood of the 

scene. For example, “the ominous "bum-bum, bum-bum" theme music that plays before 

the appearance of the shark in ‘Jaws’ or the shrieking strings during the shower scene of 

‘Psycho’ both create an inescapable atmosphere” (“Importance of Music in Movies”). 

Similarly, in the beginning, when Margo is packing her clothes “to go to school” (in actuality, 

she is running away from home), we wanted to create an upbeat, happy mood to make it 

seem as if Margo was a girly girl who was perfect; we decided to use pop music for this 

scene. However, we are still deciding the song for this scene; our options are “Smile” by 

Avril Lavigne and “Perfect Day” by Hoku, which was featured in Legally Blonde.

In the next scene, when Margo reveals her true self by changing her girly clothes to black 
attire, we wanted to use an edgy alternative song to reflect her rebellious nature. For this scene, 
we decided to use the song “Copycat” by Billie Eilish. We are aware that we need royalty free 
music, but we have just figured out that we can cover songs. Therefore, we asked our friend 
Anoushka to cover the songs for us.

I personally asked her to record the song on Voice Memos on the iPhone and try to send it 
to me by the end of Spring Break, so hopefully, it will be finished by then. I will update you 
next weekon how the songs go! Bye for now!

Works Cited:

IMDb. “Legally Blonde.” IMDb.com. 2019

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250494/

Redman, Bridgette. “Importance of Music in Movies.” Ourpasttimes.com. 2017 September 

15. https://ourpastimes.com/importance-of-music-in-movies-12256087.html