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

video and motion picture directortostage director

A video and motion picture director already meets 39% of what the stage director role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From video and motion picture director
39%
Overlap1
To stage director
9 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
59.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.6/ 100

1 Share of the stage director 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 stage director role treats 6 of its required skills as things a video and motion picture director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt a script
  • adapt designers’ work to the performance venue
  • analyse a script
  • carry out auditions
  • develop drama production process
  • work with playwrights

What stands in the way is 8 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A stage director 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 playwrights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held adapt a script communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out auditions management skills
  • already held organise rehearsals management skills
  • already held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop drama production process communication, collaboration and creativity

All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the stage director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assemble an artistic team required
  • required, not held cue a performance required
  • required, not held direct an artistic team required
  • required, not held find a replacement for stage manager required
  • optional, not held determine context to present the work optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held evaluate art quality required
  • required, not held read scripts required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain blocking notes required
  • optional, not held communicate expectations of fight actions optional
  • optional, not held follow time cues optional
  • optional, not held identify technical resources for performances optional
  • optional, not held manage prompt book optional
  • optional, not held prompt performers optional
  • optional, not held select music for performance optional
  • optional, not held write technical riders optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held acting techniques required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a stage 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt a script skill
  • already held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held carry out auditions skill
  • already held develop drama production process skill
  • already held work with playwrights skill
  • already held ensure visual quality of the set skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held organise rehearsals skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate expectations of fight actions optional
  • optional, not held determine context to present the work optional
  • optional, not held follow time cues optional
  • optional, not held identify technical resources for performances optional
  • optional, not held manage prompt book optional
  • optional, not held prompt performers optional
  • optional, not held select music for performance optional
  • optional, not held write technical riders optional
35 held skills the stage director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to type of media 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 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 edit digital moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
  • not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
  • 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 perform video editing skill
  • not needed by the target role photography knowledge
  • 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 motion picture editing team skill
  • not needed by the target role work with pre-production team 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 acting 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.