Video and motion picture producer to music producer
A video and motion picture producer already meets 44% of what the music producer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
57.3/ 100
1 How much of what a music producer is expected to do is already part of a video and motion picture producer’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 music producer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A music producer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a video and motion picture producer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess financial viability
- copyright legislation
- develop professional network
- financial jurisdiction
- implement strategic planning
- liaise with financiers
What stands in the way is 7 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A music producer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a video and motion picture producer background worth leading with.
- already held audiovisual products arts and humanities
- already held liaise with financiers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held plan marketing strategy management skills
- already held edit recorded sound working with computers
- already held marketing principles business, administration and law
- already held financial jurisdiction business, administration and law
All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the music producer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 8 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 coordinate music components of the work required
- still to learn identify music with commercial potential required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held hire background musicians optional
- optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
- optional, not held coordinate activities in audio recording studio optional
- optional, not held supervise sound production optional
- still to learn musical instruments required
- still to learn musical theory required
- still to learn musical genres required
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held musical notation optional
- optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional
- still to learn negotiate with artists required
- optional, not held promote music optional
- optional, not held assess sound quality optional
- optional, not held manage sound quality optional
- optional, not held use audio reproduction software optional
- optional, not held convert different audiovisual formats optional
- optional, not held operate an audio mixing console optional
- optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a music producer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 coordinate music components of the work practise this
- 02 identify music with commercial potential practise this
- 03 musical instruments study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held assess financial viability skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held financial jurisdiction knowledge
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held liaise with financiers skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held perform market research skill
- already held accounting techniques knowledge
- already held audiovisual products knowledge
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held marketing principles knowledge
- already held plan marketing strategy skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held sales activities optional
- optional, not held audio editing software optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess sound quality optional
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held hire background musicians optional
- optional, not held operate an audio mixing console optional
- optional, not held promote music optional
- optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
- optional, not held sales activities optional
- optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
- optional, not held use audio reproduction software optional
- optional, not held audio editing software optional
- optional, not held convert different audiovisual formats optional
- optional, not held coordinate activities in audio recording studio optional
- optional, not held manage sound quality optional
- optional, not held musical notation optional
- optional, not held supervise sound production optional
- optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional
26 held skills the music producer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
- not needed by the target role calculate production costs skill
- not needed by the target role carry out auditions skill
- not needed by the target role carry out interviews to select artistic team members skill
- not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
- not needed by the target role create rough cut skill
- not needed by the target role direct distribution operations skill
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role edit scripts skill
- not needed by the target role ensure fulfilment of legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
- not needed by the target role make film shooting schedule skill
- not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
- not needed by the target role manage distribution channels skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate exploitation rights skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate publishing rights skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role prepare government funding dossiers skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role search for a suitable filming location skill
- not needed by the target role select scripts skill
- not needed by the target role take artistic vision into account skill
- not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role work with motion picture editing team skill
- not needed by the target role work with playwrights skill
- not needed by the target role work with video and motion picture production team skill
8 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 musical instruments required
- still to learn musical theory required
- still to learn musical genres required
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held sales activities optional
- optional, not held audio editing software optional
- optional, not held musical notation optional
- optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional
Other moves recorded from video and motion picture producer
Common questions about this move
Can a video and motion picture producer become a music producer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A video and motion picture producer already covers 44% of what a music producer is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 8 of which the music producer role treats as required.
What skills does a video and motion picture producer need to become a music producer?
7 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is coordinate music components of the work.
How hard is the move from video and motion picture producer to music producer?
Its learning distance is 57.3 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.