Production designer to video and motion picture director

• already held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
• already held analyse a script skill
• already held ensure visual quality of the set skill
• already held film production process knowledge
• already held lighting techniques knowledge
• already held photography knowledge
• already held work with the director of photography skill
• already held assess production needs to plan a production schedule skill
• already held attend rehearsals skill
• already held create production schedules skill
• already held design lighting skill
• already held manage budgets skill

• optional, not held adapt a script optional
• optional, not held attend read-through optional
• optional, not held carry out auditions optional
• optional, not held coordinate rehearsals optional
• optional, not held create rough cut optional
• optional, not held develop drama production process optional
• optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
• optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
• optional, not held help set rehearsal schedule optional
• optional, not held hire human resources optional
• optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
• optional, not held operate a camera optional
• optional, not held organise rehearsals optional
• optional, not held perform video editing optional
• optional, not held set up cameras optional
• optional, not held supervise camera crew optional
• optional, not held supervise script preparation optional
• optional, not held supervise sound production optional

• not needed by the target role CAD software knowledge
• not needed by the target role analyse logistic needs skill
• not needed by the target role arrange permits skill
• not needed by the target role collaborate on costume and make-up for performances skill
• not needed by the target role conduct research on trends in design skill
• not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
• not needed by the target role create set models skill
• not needed by the target role design props skill
• not needed by the target role develop a specific interior design skill
• not needed by the target role develop design concept skill
• not needed by the target role develop the look of a production skill
• not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
• not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
• 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 make set construction drawings skill
• not needed by the target role manage staff skill
• not needed by the target role provide input to collaborators to guide their work skill
• not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
• not needed by the target role search for a suitable filming location skill
• not needed by the target role select costumes skill
• not needed by the target role supervise costume workers skill
• not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
• not needed by the target role use storyboards 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

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn audiovisual equipment required
• still to learn cinematography required

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A production designer already covers 30% of what a video and motion picture director is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 7 of which the video and motion picture director role treats as required.

14 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is adapt to type of media.

Its learning distance is 73.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.