director of photographytovideo and motion picture director
A director of photography already meets 74% of what the video and motion picture director role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 33.2 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the video and motion picture director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the director of photography profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A video and motion picture director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a director of photography background worth leading with.
- already held supervise script preparation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held watch scenes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held supervise camera crew management skills
- already held design lighting communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with pre-production team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with playwrights communication, collaboration and creativity
All 30 carried skills, including the 17 the video and motion picture director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held tell a story required
- required, not held work with the director of photography required
- optional, not held attend read-through optional
- optional, not held develop drama production process optional
- required, not held lead cast and crew required
- optional, not held assess production needs to plan a production schedule optional
- optional, not held carry out auditions optional
- optional, not held coordinate rehearsals optional
- optional, not held help set rehearsal schedule optional
- optional, not held organise rehearsals optional
- optional, not held create production schedules optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- required, not held study relationships between characters required
- optional, not held create rough cut optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a video and motion picture director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 study relationships between characters skill · sector specific
- 02 tell a story skill · sector specific
- 03 work with the director of photography skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 30 skills that carry over
- already held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
- already held adapt to type of media skill
- already held analyse a script skill
- already held audiovisual equipment knowledge
- already held cinematography knowledge
- already held develop creative ideas skill
- already held ensure visual quality of the set skill
- already held film production process knowledge
- already held finish project within budget skill
- already held follow work schedule skill
- already held lighting techniques knowledge
- already held photography knowledge
- already held study media sources skill
- already held watch scenes skill
- already held work with motion picture editing team skill
- already held work with playwrights skill
- already held work with pre-production team skill
- already held adapt a script skill
- already held attend rehearsals skill
- already held design lighting skill
- already held edit digital moving images skill
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held hire human resources skill
- already held liaise with event sponsors skill
- already held operate a camera skill
- already held perform video editing skill
- already held set up cameras skill
- already held supervise camera crew skill
- already held supervise script preparation skill
- already held supervise sound production skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess production needs to plan a production schedule optional
- optional, not held attend read-through optional
- optional, not held carry out auditions optional
- optional, not held coordinate rehearsals optional
- optional, not held create rough cut optional
- optional, not held develop drama production process optional
- optional, not held help set rehearsal schedule optional
- optional, not held organise rehearsals optional
- optional, not held create production schedules optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
8 held skills the video and motion picture director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
- not needed by the target role file-based workflow knowledge
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role photographic processing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role read scripts skill
- not needed by the target role select camera apertures skill
- not needed by the target role translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.