Video and motion picture director to post-production supervisor
A video and motion picture 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.
65.8/ 100
1 How much of what a post-production supervisor is expected to do is already part of a 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 post-production supervisor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A post-production supervisor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a video and motion picture director already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- film production process
- manage budgets
- work with motion picture editing team
- work with pre-production team
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 video and motion picture director background worth leading with.
- already held work with pre-production team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with motion picture editing team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held film production process arts and humanities
- already held photography arts and humanities
- already held manage budgets management skills
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the post-production supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 4 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 check the production schedule required
- still to learn meet deadlines required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn consult with motion picture producer required
- still to learn consult with production director required
- still to learn work with video and motion picture production team required
- still to learn monitor production costs required
- still to learn read scripts required
- optional, not held calculate production costs optional
- still to learn 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 practise this
- 02 check the production schedule practise this
- 03 consult with motion picture producer 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held film production process knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held work with motion picture editing team skill
- already held work with pre-production team 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
39 held skills the post-production supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt a script skill
- not needed by the target role adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
- not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
- not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
- not needed by the target role assess production needs to plan a production schedule skill
- not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
- not needed by the target role attend rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out auditions skill
- not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role create production schedules skill
- not needed by the target role create rough cut skill
- not needed by the target role design lighting skill
- not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
- not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
- not needed by the target role ensure visual quality of the set skill
- not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role help set rehearsal schedule skill
- not needed by the target role hire human resources skill
- not needed by the target role lead cast and crew skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
- not needed by the target role lighting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
- not needed by the target role organise rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role perform video editing 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
- not needed by the target role supervise camera crew skill
- not needed by the target role supervise script preparation skill
- not needed by the target role supervise sound production skill
- not needed by the target role tell a story skill
- not needed by the target role watch scenes skill
- not needed by the target role work with playwrights skill
- not needed by the target role work with the director of photography 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.
- still to learn accounting techniques required
Other moves recorded from video and motion picture director
- script supervisor 62% covered · moderate
- camera operator 44% covered · substantial
- stop-motion animator 43% covered · moderate
- stage director 40% covered · substantial
- stand-in 38% covered · substantial
- storyboard artist 33% covered · substantial
- set buyer 32% covered · substantial
- production designer 31% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a video and motion picture director become a post-production supervisor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A video and motion picture director already covers 29% of what a post-production supervisor is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 4 of which the post-production supervisor role treats as required.
What skills does a video and motion picture director need to become a post-production supervisor?
9 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is monitor production costs.
How hard is the move from video and motion picture director to post-production supervisor?
Its learning distance is 65.8 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.