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

video and motion picture producertomusic producer

A video and motion picture producer already meets 44% of what the music producer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From video and motion picture producer
44%
Overlap1
To music producer
14 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
57.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 57.3

This move: 57.3 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the music producer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the video and motion picture producer 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A music producer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a video and motion picture producer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held audiovisual products arts and humanities
  • already held liaise with financiers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held plan marketing strategy management skills
  • already held edit recorded sound working with computers
  • already held marketing principles business, administration and law
  • already held financial jurisdiction business, administration and law

All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the music producer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 8 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 coordinate music components of the work required
  • required, not held identify music with commercial potential required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held hire background musicians optional
  • optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
  • optional, not held coordinate activities in audio recording studio optional
  • optional, not held supervise sound production optional
02 arts and humanities 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held musical instruments required
  • required, not held musical theory required
  • required, not held musical genres required
  • optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
  • optional, not held musical notation optional
  • optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held negotiate with artists required
  • optional, not held promote music optional
04 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess sound quality optional
  • optional, not held manage sound quality optional
05 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held use audio reproduction software optional
  • optional, not held convert different audiovisual formats optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate an audio mixing console optional
  • optional, not held record multi-track sound optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a music producer 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess financial viability skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held financial jurisdiction knowledge
  • already held implement strategic planning skill
  • already held liaise with financiers skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held audiovisual products knowledge
  • already held edit recorded sound skill
  • already held implement marketing strategies skill
  • already held marketing principles knowledge
  • already held plan marketing strategy skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held audio editing software optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess sound quality optional
  • optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
  • optional, not held hire background musicians optional
  • optional, not held operate an audio mixing console optional
  • optional, not held promote music optional
  • optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
  • optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
  • optional, not held use audio reproduction software optional
  • optional, not held audio editing software optional
  • optional, not held convert different audiovisual formats optional
  • optional, not held coordinate activities in audio recording studio optional
  • optional, not held manage sound quality optional
  • optional, not held musical notation optional
  • optional, not held supervise sound production optional
  • optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional
26 held skills the music producer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate production costs skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out auditions skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out interviews to select artistic team members skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
  • not needed by the target role create rough cut skill
  • not needed by the target role direct distribution operations skill
  • not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role edit scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure fulfilment of legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make film shooting schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage distribution channels skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate exploitation rights skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate publishing rights skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare government funding dossiers skill
  • not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role search for a suitable filming location skill
  • not needed by the target role select scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role take artistic vision into account skill
  • not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work with motion picture editing team skill
  • not needed by the target role work with playwrights skill
  • not needed by the target role work with video and motion picture production team skill
8 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 musical instruments required
  • required, not held musical theory required
  • required, not held musical genres required
  • optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
  • optional, not held audio editing software optional
  • optional, not held musical notation optional
  • optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional
Index
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.