location managertoscript supervisor
A location manager already meets 28% of what the script supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 70 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the script supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the location manager 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A script supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a location manager background worth leading with.
- already held work with pre-production team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with the director of photography communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult with production director communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held film production process arts and humanities
- already held analyse a script communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the script supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 5 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 continuity requirements required
- required, not held observe shots required
- required, not held edit scripts required
- required, not held ensure visual quality of the set required
- required, not held work with an artistic team required
- required, not held work with motion picture editing team required
- optional, not held adapt a script optional
- optional, not held design lighting optional
- optional, not held dress actors optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held watch scenes optional
- required, not held prepare film continuity reports required
- required, not held study relationships between characters required
- optional, not held supervise camera crew optional
- optional, not held lead cast and crew optional
- optional, not held supervise sound production optional
- optional, not held operate a camera optional
- optional, not held select camera apertures optional
- optional, not held set up cameras optional
- optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
- optional, not held perform video editing optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a script supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check continuity requirements skill · occupation specific
- 02 observe shots skill · occupation specific
- 03 prepare film continuity reports skill · occupation 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 analyse a script skill
- already held consult with production director skill
- already held film production process knowledge
- already held work with pre-production team skill
- already held work with the director of photography skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt a script optional
- optional, not held design lighting optional
- optional, not held dress actors optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
- optional, not held operate a camera optional
- optional, not held perform video editing optional
- optional, not held select camera apertures optional
- optional, not held set up cameras optional
- optional, not held supervise camera crew optional
- optional, not held watch scenes optional
- optional, not held lead cast and crew optional
- optional, not held supervise sound production optional
21 held skills the script supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse logistic needs skill
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role arrange permits skill
- not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
- not needed by the target role familiarise with personal directing styles skill
- not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
- not needed by the target role lighting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role make film shooting schedule skill
- not needed by the target role make photographic storyboards skill
- not needed by the target role manage consumables stock skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage location logistics skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate price skill
- not needed by the target role photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role prepare road directions skill
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role search for a suitable filming location skill
- not needed by the target role supervise site maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role work with the camera crew skill
- not needed by the target role work with the lighting crew skill
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.