Occupation Atlasvideo and motion picture director
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1a7fb683-6544-4442-b54c-ec72ef468ff0
video and motion picture director
Video and motion picture directors are responsible for the overall production of a movie or television program. They edit and translate the script into audiovisual images. Video and motion picture directors supervise and manage the film crew. They convey their creative vision on the actors, audio and video equipment operators, lighting technicians, etc and direct them. Video and motion picture directors also supervise the editing of the footage.
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Job Zone
- 1
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECAEnterprising · Conventional · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.55
- C Conventional4.63
- A Artistic4.09
- S Social3.68
- I Investigative2.25
- R Realistic1.43
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Media Programming Directors (27-2012.03): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt designers’ work to the performance venue
- adapt to type of media
- analyse a script
- audiovisual equipment
- cinematography
- develop creative ideas
- ensure visual quality of the set
- film production process
- finish project within budget
- follow work schedule
- lead cast and crew
- lighting techniques
- photography
- study media sources
- study relationships between characters
- tell a story
- watch scenes
- work with motion picture editing team
- work with playwrights
- work with pre-production team
- work with the director of photography
Optional (23)
- adapt a script
- assess production needs to plan a production schedule
- attend read-through
- attend rehearsals
- carry out auditions
- coordinate rehearsals
- create production schedules
- create rough cut
- design lighting
- develop drama production process
- edit digital moving images
- edit recorded sound
- help set rehearsal schedule
- hire human resources
- liaise with event sponsors
- manage budgets
- operate a camera
- organise rehearsals
- perform video editing
- set up cameras
- supervise camera crew
- supervise script preparation
- supervise sound production
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 21 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
director of photography
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camera operator
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script supervisor
7 shared · 6 more of its ownwork with pre-production team, work with motion picture editing team, study relationships between characters, work with the director of photography
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animation layout artist
7 shared · 14 more of its ownstudy relationships between characters, study media sources, ensure visual quality of the set, finish project within budget
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6 shared · 4 more of its ownstudy relationships between characters, study media sources, finish project within budget, adapt to type of media
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storyboard artist
6 shared · 9 more of its ownstudy media sources, film production process, adapt to type of media, develop creative ideas
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stand-in
5 shared · 9 more of its ownstudy media sources, work with the director of photography, adapt to type of media, analyse a script
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boom operator
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