What are the character qualities of a successful film composer?
A composer who can write brilliant music for a performance may not be able to write equally brilliant music for a film if they are lacking in some of the areas outlined here.
The following are important character qualities that a film composer should possess:
- An open mind: The ability to follow directions and take on other people’s ideas without holding on to or forcing your own ideas and thinking
- Full of inspiration: Taking initiative and coming up with helpful and creative ideas that will contribute to the film director’s overall vision
- Empathy: The ability to relate to others’ experiences in many different life situations
- Spiritually inclined: This enables you to focus more on others than yourself, and helps you sense and understand the needs of others
- Intuitive: The ability to anticipate situations that may come up so that you can be a contributor instead of a spectator
- Good listener: Being attentive to what is being said will help you interact and execute what is being asked of you
- Attention to detail: The ability to execute all the tasks successfully and thoroughly no matter how small or large the project is and deliver it without any problems
- Positive attitude: Easy to get along with, agreeable, diplomatic, motivated, humble, not dwelling on problems and difficulties, learns from mistakes, and confident
- Motivated: Having an attitude of taking challenges as opportunities is a key to repeated clients
As important as it is to work on your character traits, it’s equally important to work on your technical level of expertise. We will look at this next.
