casting directortopost-production supervisor
A casting director already meets 29% of what the post-production supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
65.4/ 100
1 Share of the post-production supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the casting director 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.
Why this move works
A post-production supervisor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a casting director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- consult with motion picture producer
- consult with production director
- film production process
- read scripts
What stands in the way is 9 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A post-production supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a casting director background worth leading with.
- already held consult with motion picture producer communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held read scripts information skills
- already held consult with production director communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held film production process arts and humanities
- already held photography arts and humanities
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the post-production supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held check the production schedule required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- required, not held meet deadlines required
- required, not held supervise work required
- optional, not held hire post-production team optional
- optional, not held understand budgetary limits optional
- optional, not held supervise video and motion picture editing team optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- required, not held work with motion picture editing team required
- required, not held work with pre-production team required
- required, not held work with video and motion picture production team required
- required, not held monitor production costs required
- optional, not held calculate production costs optional
- required, not held accounting techniques required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a post-production supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor production costs skill · occupation specific
- 02 check the production schedule skill · sector specific
- 03 work with motion picture editing team skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held consult with motion picture producer skill
- already held consult with production director skill
- already held film production process knowledge
- already held read scripts skill
- already held photography knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held hire post-production team optional
- optional, not held understand budgetary limits optional
- optional, not held supervise video and motion picture editing team optional
- optional, not held calculate production costs optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
20 held skills the post-production supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acting techniques knowledge
- 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 contact talent agents skill
- not needed by the target role create casting breakdown notices skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role discover acting talent skill
- not needed by the target role familiarise with personal directing styles skill
- not needed by the target role find appropriate extras skill
- not needed by the target role follow directions of the artistic director skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role match actors to roles skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with artists skill
- not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
- not needed by the target role organise auditions skill
- not needed by the target role prepare casting budget skill
- not needed by the target role provide chaperone for children on set skill
- not needed by the target role receive actors' resumes skill
- not needed by the target role search databases skill
- not needed by the target role study relationships between characters skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held accounting techniques required
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.