Music decisions

At our time at the BFI in December, we learnt that music is a huge factor to the film-making stage.

It can illustrate a certain genre for the film, simply through light tinkering music or a full-on soundtrack.

However, since we are creating a film opening we need to be careful to transition of music very subtle in order to represent the opening to the right audience.

Here are some of our inital songs we chose for both the dream sequence and morning routine sequence:

- "Who's That Chick (ft. Rihanna)" by David Guetta [DREAM SEQUENCE]

We thought this song has a good beat and lyrics were appropriate enough to suit the character, but later we discovered the song would most probably not fit with the footage as the beat is slightly different to the pace of the sequence that we wanted to achieve.



- "What I Like About You" by Lillix [DREAM SEQUENCE OR MORNING ROUTINE]

This song was originally by The Romantics, and was covered by an early-millenium girl band, which made the song more appropriate for a "rom-com" genre. The song was also used in the Freaky Friday (starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis) soundtrack.



- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" by The Ting Tings [DREAM SEQUENCE]

This song has a really good beat at the start, it's not too fast and it's not too fast. It also has a "quirky" aspect to it, and The Ting Tings are well known for their indie pop and new wave music.



- "Fashion" by Lady Gaga [DREAM SEQUENCE]

This song is highly appropriate, as the dream sequence is set in Oxford Street, where the protagonist, (now decided to be named Jane), is around fashionable and well-known shops. However, the beginning doesn't match well with the opening of the dream sequence.



- "One Week of Danger" by The Virgins [DREAM SEQUENCE]

There are two versions of this song. One is their original studio version and the "UK Version" they created for their music video. In my personal opinion, I thought the UK version had a better beat and it would go well with the opening. However, the lyrics aren't very relative to the film but sometimes music doesn't have to be blatantly relative to the film.



- "Material Girl" by Madonna [DREAM SEQUENCE]

This song is popularly known as a "feel-good woman's song" and we thought it would be appropriate to aim for a song that is known by all ages. It is universally known for it's catchy lyrics, which of course, is very relative to our film opening.



- "Pencil Full of Lead" by Paolo Nutini [MORNING ROUTINE]

I think that this song would be great for a rushed morning routine due to it's quirky music (involving the saxophone and trumpets) and fast-paced lyrics to portray "confusion" and a rushed atmosphere.



- "The Dog Days Are Over" by Florence + The Machine [MORNING ROUTINE]

This song starts off slow and then gets faster. We thought this would be appropriate as the chorus can kick in when Jane realises she's late for work and the clips are put into "fast-forward mode" to portray how late she really is.