Andrew Morgan Smith

You always want to be able to be part of the solution. Don’t just bring problems to people without any help. Especially whenever projects are having all kinds of problems. It helps to be part of the solution. I find it helps to have a couple of options even if they’re not the

Sometimes I think you can work too quickly, and people cannot process what they need to process. I once worked on a short film where I ended up working and replacing an entire score in a couple days. Once I sent the Director that Pfeil instead of him being excited, he just fired

Getting work in the film industry is a numbers game. The way you get work is you go out for a bunch of stuff and a small percentage of those things come through. So maybe you’re hitting one and 10 maybe two and 10 maybe you’re doing less than that. But the goal is you’re

Please don’t shoot the messenger, but a lot of post people low-key resent production. All of us have some story of producers and directors complaining to us about something that was very expensive. That got cut out of the movie while we are working for super low budgets. I’ve

I know that there will be a lot of producers who take away the wrong lessons from obsession and backrooms. They’ll think if I just partner with a creator then it’ll happen for me. They’ll think oh well they made it for 7 million there’s no reason for me to not make it for 7

One time when I met a Producer at a premier, he made a comment to me about how it’s so nice that I cost a little money and makes such a big impact on the movie. Sometimes you just gotta watch out for what you say. #filmproduction #postproduction #filmmaking

Let’s talk about getting into paid work as a Film Composer. The biggest thing is you need to be building community and building a network of people who call you for their needs. Especially once you’ve already started getting work and credits. That’s where the value is. You need

No matter what you do, you’re always gonna be an artist. I’ve gotten comments and messages recently a lot that things are not working out for a lot of people, and that’s totally understandable. This industry is in shambles. Don’t beat yourself up because things aren’t going the

I love watching bee movies because I like to think about all these people who made this project and no one may have cared. But maybe some of them had careers. Entire careers doing all kinds of stuff. And we don’t know who they are anymore. And sometimes you see a couple of

Personal recommendations are more powerful than Cold email every time. People being honest and going to bat for you is gonna beat out the Cold email every time on a project. They have to put something at risk by recommending you, which is more powerful than you just being in the

#greenscreen you have to, and will have multiple good ideas at once. But you making your important movie first means that you’re gonna make a bunch of mistakes that you wouldn’t otherwise. This is ridiculous. ##filmmaking##filmproduction##postproduction

Your second movie is usually one of the harder ones to make. Not only have the problems of creating a whole Nother thing that you haven’t been ideating on for a while, but you know after they usually raise another set of money. Usually have to do other investors because usually

#greenscreen once again I’ll double and triple down, don’t make your important movie first. You often will make so many bad mistakes that it could throw you out of the industry. Make a safe bet first. Then when you’ve made your mistakes and made all the issues you’re gonna make

What are the biggest mistakes I see Filmmaker’s make that is not a filmmaking mistake exclusively is they are not organized. And I mean, organized with legal deliveries. They don’t have a chain of title on a screenplay. They don’t have all their contract signed. they don’t have

What are you doing in the Film industry to push yourself today? As a natural introvert I really struggle sometimes to put myself out there. Every every day putting these videos out there push pushes myself personally and professionally. But I think it’s important in this

I’ve seen a lot of people who just never get anything done because they’re worried about how people are going to take it. They’re worried about their peers. They’re worried about how people are gonna perceive them if they release it. People are always going to hate on people.

I think it’s important that we are honest with Filmmakers about how things are. So many times I see people just wish casting situations but it’s always after the fact. We’ve all learned hard lessons in our careers and wouldn’t it be great if other people could learn from that

Success in the Film ministry is temporary. And not only is a temporary. It’s incredibly hard to reach. And people often put too much stock in just being famous or being rich. Most people in the Film ministry are not rich or famous. And even the ones that are rich and famous will

Customer service is gonna become more and more a part of the job in Film. I already feel it happening in my sector. Going extra mile off your client is not gonna become unusual, it’s gonna become the norm because that’s what’s gonna set you apart when everyone has tools that can

It’s easy to overdo elements on your movie. Sometimes we’re trying to impress our peers. Sometimes we’re trying to entertain ourselves, but in the process of it, we end up losing the plot of the project. What is this project truly about? It’s not about all the little bits and