Animation layout artist to video and motion picture editor
An animation layout artist already meets 41% of what the video and motion picture editor role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.2/ 100
1 How much of what a video and motion picture editor is expected to do is already part of an animation layout artist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the video and motion picture editor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A video and motion picture editor role treats 8 of its required skills as things an animation layout artist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT software specifications
- analyse a script
- consult with production director
- finish project within budget
- follow work schedule
- graphic design
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A video and motion picture editor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an animation layout artist background worth leading with.
- already held animate 3D organic forms communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create moving images communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held motion graphics arts and humanities
- already held 3D lighting arts and humanities
- already held develop animations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply 3D imaging techniques working with computers
All 24 carried skills, including the 8 the video and motion picture editor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn consult with motion picture producer required
- still to learn familiarise with personal directing styles required
- still to learn watch scenes required
- still to learn follow directions of the artistic director required
- optional, not held apply colour grading optional
- optional, not held advise supervisors optional
- optional, not held create subtitles optional
- optional, not held work with the camera crew optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- still to learn put uncut recordings into computer required
- still to learn synchronise sound with images required
- still to learn search databases required
- optional, not held colour grade images with digital intermediate optional
- optional, not held digital content creation optional
- optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
- optional, not held perform video editing optional
- optional, not held convert different audiovisual formats optional
- still to learn film production process required
- still to learn digital media required
- optional, not held colour grading optional
- optional, not held file-based workflow optional
- optional, not held digital compositing optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- still to learn supervise video and motion picture editing team required
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- still to learn cut raw footage digitally required
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- still to learn supervise equipment required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a video and motion picture editor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 consult with motion picture producer practise this
- 02 create rough cut practise this
- 03 cut raw footage digitally practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 24 skills that carry over
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- already held analyse a script skill
- already held consult with production director skill
- already held finish project within budget skill
- already held follow work schedule skill
- already held graphic design knowledge
- already held motion graphics knowledge
- already held multimedia systems knowledge
- already held 3D lighting knowledge
- already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
- already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
- already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
- already held Microsoft Visio knowledge
- already held SketchBook Pro knowledge
- already held Synfig knowledge
- already held animate 3D organic forms skill
- already held apply 3D imaging techniques skill
- already held computer graphics knowledge
- already held create moving images skill
- already held design graphics skill
- already held develop animations skill
- already held edit digital moving images skill
- already held graphics editor software knowledge
- already held operate 3D computer graphics software skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn create rough cut required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply colour grading optional
- optional, not held colour grading optional
- optional, not held advise supervisors optional
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held colour grade images with digital intermediate optional
- optional, not held create subtitles optional
- optional, not held digital content creation optional
- optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
- optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
- optional, not held file-based workflow optional
- optional, not held perform video editing optional
- optional, not held work with the camera crew optional
- optional, not held convert different audiovisual formats optional
- optional, not held digital compositing optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
23 held skills the video and motion picture editor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Capture One knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
- not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role convert into animated object skill
- not needed by the target role create 3D characters skill
- not needed by the target role create animated narratives skill
- not needed by the target role digital arts knowledge
- not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure visual quality of the set skill
- not needed by the target role follow a brief skill
- not needed by the target role holography knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage portfolio skill
- not needed by the target role motion capture knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
- not needed by the target role provide input to collaborators to guide their work skill
- not needed by the target role provide multimedia content skill
- not needed by the target role receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
- not needed by the target role rig 3D characters skill
- not needed by the target role select camera apertures skill
- not needed by the target role set up animation elements 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
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn film production process required
- still to learn digital media required
- optional, not held colour grading optional
- optional, not held file-based workflow optional
- optional, not held digital compositing optional
- optional, not held photography optional
Other moves recorded from animation layout artist
Common questions about this move
Can an animation layout artist become a video and motion picture editor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An animation layout artist already covers 41% of what a video and motion picture editor is expected to do: 24 skills carry over, 8 of which the video and motion picture editor role treats as required.
What skills does an animation layout artist need to become a video and motion picture editor?
13 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is consult with motion picture producer.
How hard is the move from animation layout artist to video and motion picture editor?
Its learning distance is 66.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.