Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Video and motion picture editor to animation director

A video and motion picture editor already meets 55% of what the animation director role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From video and motion picture editor
55 % overlap
Partial match
To animation director
26 You already bring
8 Still to learn
43 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.9/ 100

1 How much of what an animation director is expected to do is already part of a video and motion picture editor’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 animation director role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An animation director role treats 7 of its required skills as things a video and motion picture editor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT software specifications
  • finish project within budget
  • follow work schedule
  • graphic design
  • manage staff
  • motion graphics

What stands in the way is 8 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An animation director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a video and motion picture editor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held digital compositing arts and humanities
  • already held create moving images communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held motion graphics arts and humanities
  • already held 3D lighting arts and humanities
  • already held develop animations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply 3D imaging techniques working with computers

All 26 carried skills, including the 7 the animation director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 management skills 4 required
  • still to learn manage technical resources stock required
  • still to learn manage budgets required
  • still to learn perform project management required
  • still to learn recruit employees required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn adapt to type of media required
  • still to learn follow a brief required
  • optional, not held create 3D environments optional
  • optional, not held help the programmer define an artistic vision optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held manage portfolio optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn computer equipment required
  • optional, not held augmented reality optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse the need for technical resources required
  • optional, not held study relationships between characters optional
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held motion capture optional
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held create 3D characters optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an animation director 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 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT software specifications knowledge
  • already held finish project within budget skill
  • already held follow work schedule skill
  • already held graphic design knowledge
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held motion graphics knowledge
  • already held multimedia systems knowledge
  • already held 3D lighting knowledge
  • already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
  • already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
  • already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Visio knowledge
  • already held SketchBook Pro knowledge
  • already held Synfig knowledge
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held apply 3D imaging techniques skill
  • already held computer graphics knowledge
  • already held consult with production director skill
  • already held create moving images skill
  • already held design graphics skill
  • already held develop animations skill
  • already held digital compositing knowledge
  • already held edit digital moving images skill
  • already held graphics editor software knowledge
  • already held operate 3D computer graphics software skill
  • already held render 3D images skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held create 3D characters optional
  • optional, not held create 3D environments optional
  • optional, not held help the programmer define an artistic vision optional
  • optional, not held motion capture optional
  • optional, not held study relationships between characters optional
  • optional, not held augmented reality optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held manage portfolio optional
29 held skills the animation director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise supervisors skill
  • not needed by the target role animate 3D organic forms skill
  • not needed by the target role apply colour grading skill
  • not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
  • not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
  • not needed by the target role colour grade images with digital intermediate skill
  • not needed by the target role colour grading knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consult with motion picture producer skill
  • not needed by the target role convert different audiovisual formats skill
  • not needed by the target role create rough cut skill
  • not needed by the target role create subtitles skill
  • not needed by the target role cut raw footage digitally skill
  • not needed by the target role digital content creation skill
  • not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
  • not needed by the target role familiarise with personal directing styles skill
  • not needed by the target role file-based workflow knowledge
  • not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
  • not needed by the target role photography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role put uncut recordings into computer skill
  • not needed by the target role search databases skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise video and motion picture editing team skill
  • not needed by the target role synchronise sound with images skill
  • not needed by the target role watch scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the camera crew skill
3 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn computer equipment required
  • optional, not held motion capture optional
  • optional, not held augmented reality optional
Index

Other moves recorded from video and motion picture editor

Full index of moves from video and motion picture editor

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a video and motion picture editor become an animation director?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A video and motion picture editor already covers 55% of what an animation director is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 7 of which the animation director role treats as required.

What skills does a video and motion picture editor need to become an animation director?

8 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is adapt to type of media.

How hard is the move from video and motion picture editor to animation director?

Its learning distance is 48.9 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.