director of photography
ISCO: 2654. Skills: 38. Essential: 21.
Essential skills
- adapt designers’ work to the performance venue
- adapt to type of media
- analyse a script
- audiovisual equipment
- cinematography
- consult with production director
- design lighting
- develop creative ideas
- ensure visual quality of the set
- film production process
- finish project within budget
- follow work schedule
- lighting techniques
- photography
- study media sources
- supervise camera crew
- supervise sound production
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
- watch scenes
- work with motion picture editing team
- work with pre-production team
Supporting skills
- adapt a script
- attend rehearsals
- edit digital moving images
- edit recorded sound
- file-based workflow
- hire human resources
- ICT software specifications
- liaise with event sponsors
- multimedia systems
- operate a camera
- perform video editing
- photographic processing techniques
- read scripts
- select camera apertures
- set up cameras
- supervise script preparation
- work with playwrights