Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

extratovoice-over artist

A extra already meets 32% of what the voice-over artist role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From extra
32%
Overlap1
To voice-over artist
8 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
67.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.6/ 100

1 Share of the voice-over artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the extra 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.

Why

Why this move works

A voice-over artist role treats 6 of its required skills as things a extra already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • acting techniques
  • adapt to acting roles
  • analyse a script
  • follow directions of the artistic director
  • perform scenes for filming
  • rehearse role

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A voice-over artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a extra background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform scenes for filming communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held rehearse role communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held adapt to acting roles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held practise singing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held acting techniques arts and humanities
  • already held sing communication, collaboration and creativity

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the voice-over artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt to type of media required
  • required, not held memorise lines required
  • required, not held study roles from scripts required
  • required, not held work with an artistic team required
  • required, not held perform scripted dialogue required
  • optional, not held use dialect optional
  • optional, not held attend read-through optional
  • optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
  • optional, not held interact with fellow actors optional
  • optional, not held perform improvisation optional
  • optional, not held rehearse with fellow actors optional
  • optional, not held work with a voice coach optional
02 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse the original actor's way of speaking required
  • required, not held follow work schedule required
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held study media sources required
  • required, not held study relationships between characters required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held synchronise with mouth movements required
05 arts and humanities 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a voice-over artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held acting techniques knowledge
  • already held adapt to acting roles skill
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • already held perform scenes for filming skill
  • already held rehearse role skill
  • already held practise singing skill
  • already held sing skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held use dialect optional
  • optional, not held attend read-through optional
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
  • optional, not held breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held interact with fellow actors optional
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
  • optional, not held perform improvisation optional
  • optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
  • optional, not held rehearse with fellow actors optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional
  • optional, not held work with a voice coach optional
16 held skills the voice-over artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act discreetly skill
  • not needed by the target role act reliably skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate on costume and make-up for performances skill
  • not needed by the target role exercise sports skill
  • not needed by the target role express yourself physically skill
  • not needed by the target role harmonise body movements skill
  • not needed by the target role lighting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform dances skill
  • not needed by the target role photography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role practice dance moves skill
  • not needed by the target role practice martial arts skill
  • not needed by the target role ride horses skill
  • not needed by the target role use firearms skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the camera crew skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the director of photography skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the lighting crew skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held breathing techniques optional
  • optional, not held pronunciation techniques optional
  • optional, not held vocal techniques optional
Index

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Note

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.