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

video and motion picture directortopost-production supervisor

A video and motion picture director already meets 29% of what the post-production supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From video and motion picture director
29%
Overlap1
To post-production supervisor
5 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
65.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.8/ 100

1 Share of the post-production supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the video and motion picture director 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 post-production supervisor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a video and motion picture director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • film production process
  • manage budgets
  • work with motion picture editing team
  • work with pre-production team

What stands in the way is 9 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A post-production supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a video and motion picture director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work with pre-production team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with motion picture editing team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held film production process arts and humanities
  • already held photography arts and humanities
  • already held manage budgets management skills

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the post-production supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held check the production schedule required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • required, not held supervise work required
  • optional, not held hire post-production team optional
  • optional, not held understand budgetary limits optional
  • optional, not held supervise video and motion picture editing team optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required
  • required, not held consult with motion picture producer required
  • required, not held consult with production director required
  • required, not held work with video and motion picture production team required
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor production costs required
  • required, not held read scripts required
  • optional, not held calculate production costs optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held accounting techniques required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a post-production supervisor 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held film production process knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held work with motion picture editing team skill
  • already held work with pre-production team skill
  • already held photography knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held hire post-production team optional
  • optional, not held understand budgetary limits optional
  • optional, not held supervise video and motion picture editing team optional
  • optional, not held calculate production costs optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
39 held skills the post-production supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt a script skill
  • not needed by the target role adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
  • not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
  • not needed by the target role assess production needs to plan a production schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
  • not needed by the target role attend rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out auditions skill
  • not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role create production schedules skill
  • not needed by the target role create rough cut skill
  • not needed by the target role design lighting skill
  • not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
  • not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
  • not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure visual quality of the set skill
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role help set rehearsal schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role hire human resources skill
  • not needed by the target role lead cast and crew skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
  • not needed by the target role lighting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
  • not needed by the target role organise rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
  • not needed by the target role set up cameras skill
  • not needed by the target role study media sources skill
  • not needed by the target role study relationships between characters skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise camera crew skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise script preparation skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise sound production skill
  • not needed by the target role tell a story skill
  • not needed by the target role watch scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role work with playwrights skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the director of photography skill
1 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 accounting techniques required
Index

Other moves recorded from video and motion picture director

Full index of moves from video and motion picture director

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.