video and motion picture director
ISCO: 2654. Skills: 44. Essential: 21.
Essential skills
- adapt designers’ work to the performance venue
- adapt to type of media
- analyse a script
- audiovisual equipment
- cinematography
- develop creative ideas
- ensure visual quality of the set
- film production process
- finish project within budget
- follow work schedule
- lead cast and crew
- lighting techniques
- photography
- study media sources
- study relationships between characters
- tell a story
- watch scenes
- work with motion picture editing team
- work with playwrights
- work with pre-production team
- work with the director of photography
Supporting skills
- adapt a script
- assess production needs to plan a production schedule
- attend read-through
- attend rehearsals
- carry out auditions
- coordinate rehearsals
- create production schedules
- create rough cut
- design lighting
- develop drama production process
- edit digital moving images
- edit recorded sound
- help set rehearsal schedule
- hire human resources
- liaise with event sponsors
- manage budgets
- operate a camera
- organise rehearsals
- perform video editing
- set up cameras
- supervise camera crew
- supervise script preparation
- supervise sound production