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

script supervisortovideo and motion picture director

A script supervisor already meets 42% of what the video and motion picture director role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From script supervisor
42%
Overlap1
To video and motion picture director
18 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
63.5 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 63.5

This move: 63.5 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the video and motion picture director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the script supervisor 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 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 script supervisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 lead cast and crew management skills
  • already held work with motion picture editing team communication, collaboration and creativity

All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the video and motion picture director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 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, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue required
  • required, not held adapt to type of media required
  • required, not held tell a story required
  • required, not held work with playwrights required
  • required, not held develop creative ideas required
  • optional, not held attend read-through optional
  • optional, not held develop drama production process optional
  • optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
  • optional, not held supervise script preparation optional
  • optional, not held attend rehearsals optional
02 arts and humanities 4 required
  • required, not held audiovisual equipment required
  • required, not held cinematography required
  • required, not held lighting techniques required
  • required, not held photography required
03 management skills 2 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held finish project within budget required
  • required, not held follow work schedule 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 hire human resources optional
  • optional, not held organise rehearsals optional
  • optional, not held create production schedules optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held study media sources required
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held create rough cut optional
Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held ensure visual quality of the set skill
  • already held film production process knowledge
  • already held lead cast and crew skill
  • already held study relationships between characters skill
  • already held watch scenes skill
  • already held work with motion picture editing team skill
  • already held work with pre-production team skill
  • already held work with the director of photography skill
  • already held adapt a script skill
  • already held design lighting skill
  • already held edit digital moving images skill
  • already held edit recorded sound 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 sound production skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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 hire human resources optional
  • optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
  • optional, not held organise rehearsals optional
  • optional, not held supervise script preparation optional
  • optional, not held attend 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
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role check continuity requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
  • not needed by the target role dress actors skill
  • not needed by the target role edit scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role observe shots skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare film continuity reports skill
  • not needed by the target role select camera apertures skill
  • not needed by the target role work with an artistic team 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
  • required, not held audiovisual equipment required
  • required, not held cinematography required
  • required, not held lighting techniques required
  • required, not held photography required
Index

Other moves recorded from script supervisor

Full index of moves from script supervisor

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.