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                              Making A Murderer Music Influence

    There is no question, music does have an influence on emotions. When we are sad, we usually play sad music, when we are happy, we usually play happy music. It is so common that we do that that we do not always recognize when music influences us in other situations. In the Netflix original series, Making A Murderer, the background music can influence the audience to change their opinions about Mr. Avery. At first, when the story was talking about all of the past crimes Mr. Avery had committed, the music was dark and had the viewers rooting against him. However, later on in the episode where we start to learn more of the facts about the crimes, we start to feel bad for Mr. Avery and the music lightens up. The producers use music to engage our sense of hearing to alter our perceptions about Mr. Avery. They do this to make us feel like we have a connection with Mr. Avery even though most of us have not personally met him. It is for this reason that people return to the show and continue to watch it.