From video and motion picture director to camera operator
10 of the 23 essential skills of a camera operator are already essential for a video and motion picture director — about 43% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 13
- would be new
- 43%
- of the target job covered
- 23
- essential skills of a camera operator
What a camera operator does
Camera operators setup and operate digital film cameras to shoot domestic motion pictures or television programs. They work together with the video and motion picture director, the director of photography, or the private client. Camera operators give advice on how to shoot scenes to actors, the video and motion picture director and other camera operators.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
13 skillsEssential for a camera operator and not for a video and motion picture director. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adapt artistic plan to location
- analyse the scenography
- create moving images
- determine visual concepts
- follow directions of the artistic director
- keep up with trends
- operate a camera
- select camera apertures
- set up audiovisual peripheral equipment
- set up cameras
- use technical documentation
- work ergonomically
- work with an artistic team
Other moves from video and motion picture director
1 roles- director of photography16 skills in common
← video and motion picture directorcamera operator →The other way round
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How far are you from being a camera operator?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.