Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

video and motion picture directortostoryboard artist

A video and motion picture director already meets 33% of what the storyboard artist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From video and motion picture director
33%
Overlap1
To storyboard artist
9 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
66.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.3/ 100

1 Share of the storyboard artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the video and motion picture 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

Why this move works

A storyboard artist role treats 6 of its required skills as things a video and motion picture director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt to type of media
  • analyse a script
  • develop creative ideas
  • film production process
  • follow work schedule
  • study media sources

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A storyboard artist 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work with playwrights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held study media sources information skills
  • already held film production process arts and humanities
  • already held adapt to type of media communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop creative ideas communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held photography arts and humanities

All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the storyboard artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held consult with motion picture producer required
  • required, not held consult with production director required
  • required, not held familiarise with personal directing styles required
  • required, not held present storyboard required
  • required, not held select illustration styles required
  • required, not held use storyboards required
  • required, not held manage feedback required
  • optional, not held create animated narratives optional
  • optional, not held create original drawings optional
  • optional, not held create sketches optional
  • optional, not held develop animations optional
  • optional, not held use traditional illustration techniques optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
  • optional, not held create digital images optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
02 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held graphic design required
  • optional, not held cameras optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held copyright legislation required
04 working with computers 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply 3D imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held digital content creation optional
  • optional, not held use digital illustration techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform image editing optional
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a storyboard artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to type of media skill
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held develop creative ideas skill
  • already held film production process knowledge
  • already held follow work schedule skill
  • already held study media sources skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held photography knowledge
  • already held work with playwrights skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
  • optional, not held apply 3D imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held create animated narratives optional
  • optional, not held create original drawings optional
  • optional, not held create sketches optional
  • optional, not held develop animations optional
  • optional, not held digital content creation optional
  • optional, not held use digital illustration techniques optional
  • optional, not held use traditional illustration techniques optional
  • optional, not held cameras optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
  • optional, not held create digital images optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
  • optional, not held perform image editing optional
35 held skills the storyboard artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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 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 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 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 motion picture editing team skill
  • not needed by the target role work with pre-production team skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the director of photography skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

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

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held copyright legislation required
  • required, not held graphic design required
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
  • optional, not held cameras optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from video and motion picture director

Full index of moves from video and motion picture director

Note

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.