Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a video and motion picture producer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a video and motion picture producer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Video and motion picture producers supervise the entire production of a movie or television programme. They select the scripts that will be turned into motion pictures or series. Video and motion picture producers find the financial means to make a movie or television series. They have the final decision on the whole project, from development and editing to distribution. During large-scale productions, video and motion picture producers can be part of a team of producers and may be responsible for some of these tasks.

Also known as video producer, film producer, executive producer, audiovisual producer, film maker, television producer, movie producer, video & motion picture producer, television and motion picture producer, motion picture producer.

Professionals 40 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: producer, 64%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
producer 64% covered publishing rights manager 53% covered music producer 45% covered post-production supervisor 44% covered book publisher 34% covered video and motion picture … You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from video and motion picture producer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a video and motion picture producer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A video and motion picture producer needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • take artistic vision into account communication, collaboration and creativity
  • select scripts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with video and motion picture production team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with playwrights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with motion picture editing team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • audiovisual products arts and humanities
  • liaise with financiers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • consult with production director communication, collaboration and creativity
  • film production process arts and humanities
  • project management principles business, administration and law
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a video and motion picture producer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Video and motion picture producer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a video and motion picture producer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.