Assistant video and motion picture director to video and motion picture producer
An assistant video and motion picture director already meets 24% of what the video and motion picture producer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
75.9/ 100
1 How much of what a video and motion picture producer is expected to do is already part of an assistant video and motion picture director’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 producer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A video and motion picture producer role treats 5 of its required skills as things an assistant video and motion picture director already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- consult with production director
- copyright legislation
- film production process
- liaise with financiers
- manage budgets
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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A video and motion picture producer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an assistant video and motion picture director background worth leading with.
- already held search for a suitable filming location information skills
- already held attend read-through communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held calculate production costs information skills
- already held liaise with financiers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult with production director communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held film production process arts and humanities
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the video and motion picture producer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 32 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 select scripts required
- still to learn take artistic vision into account required
- still to learn work with motion picture editing team required
- still to learn work with playwrights required
- still to learn work with video and motion picture production team required
- still to learn develop professional network required
- still to learn implement strategic planning required
- optional, not held carry out interviews to select artistic team members optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held edit scripts optional
- optional, not held negotiate exploitation rights optional
- optional, not held negotiate publishing rights optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- still to learn accounting techniques required
- still to learn project management principles required
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
- still to learn assess financial viability required
- still to learn perform market research required
- optional, not held prepare government funding dossiers optional
- still to learn perform project management required
- optional, not held carry out auditions optional
- optional, not held direct distribution operations optional
- optional, not held make film shooting schedule optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held manage distribution channels optional
- optional, not held plan marketing strategy optional
- still to learn audiovisual products required
- optional, not held ensure fulfilment of legal requirements optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a video and motion picture producer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 audiovisual products study this
- 02 select scripts practise this
- 03 take artistic vision into account 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held consult with production director skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held film production process knowledge
- already held liaise with financiers skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held attend read-through skill
- already held calculate production costs skill
- already held search for a suitable filming location skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held create rough cut optional
- optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out auditions optional
- optional, not held carry out interviews to select artistic team members optional
- optional, not held create rough cut optional
- optional, not held direct distribution operations optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
- optional, not held edit scripts optional
- optional, not held make film shooting schedule optional
- optional, not held negotiate exploitation rights optional
- optional, not held negotiate publishing rights optional
- optional, not held ensure fulfilment of legal requirements optional
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held manage distribution channels optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
- optional, not held plan marketing strategy optional
- optional, not held prepare government funding dossiers optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
21 held skills the video and motion picture producer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
- not needed by the target role collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
- not needed by the target role content marketing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate transportation skill
- not needed by the target role create storyboards skill
- not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
- not needed by the target role develop project schedule skill
- not needed by the target role ensure visual quality of the set skill
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role handle paperwork skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role present storyboard skill
- not needed by the target role purchase props skill
- not needed by the target role recruit personnel skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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 audiovisual products required
- still to learn accounting techniques required
- still to learn project management principles required
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
Other moves recorded from assistant video and motion picture director
- set buyer 27% covered · substantial
- producer 24% covered · career change
- post-production supervisor 22% covered · substantial
- broadcasting programme director 22% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from assistant video and motion picture director
Common questions about this move
Can an assistant video and motion picture director become a video and motion picture producer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An assistant video and motion picture director already covers 24% of what a video and motion picture producer is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the video and motion picture producer role treats as required.
What skills does an assistant video and motion picture director need to become a video and motion picture producer?
13 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is audiovisual products.
How hard is the move from assistant video and motion picture director to video and motion picture producer?
Its learning distance is 75.9 out of 100, which is the career change 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.