Producers and Directors

Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.

Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.

Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.

Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources.

Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.

Study and research scripts to determine how they should be directed.

Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.

Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes.

Perform management activities, such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing.

Consult with writers, producers, or actors about script changes or "workshop" scripts, through rehearsal with writers and actors to create final drafts.

Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects

Apple Final Cut Pro

Screencastify

YouTube

Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver

Content management systems CMS

Facebook

LinkedIn

Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud software

Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop

Graphics creation software

Adobe Systems Adobe Audition

Avid Technology Pro Tools

MAGIX Software Sound Forge

Magix Vegas Pro

Cascading style sheets CSS

Drupal

Hypertext markup language HTML

Google Docs

Microsoft Word

Scripting software

Email software

Microsoft Outlook

Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript

Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Excel

Grass Valley Ignite Automated Production System

Video switchers

Digital video cameras

Electronic news gathering ENG cameras

Teleprompters

Lens finders

Laptop computers

Robotic cameras

Studio lighting systems

Sound mixing equipment

Video editing equipment

Multimedia editing equipment

Producers & Directors

They would see a lot of collaboration, creativeness, developing concepts for videos and actually shooting videos!

Producer

You shouldn't major in film, you won't make it in hollywood and never make any money.

Brett Atkinson

Producer

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Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Film

Technology

Being Creative

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Advice for Getting Started

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The Noise I Shed

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Brett Atkinson

Producer

Milestones

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Film

Technology

Being Creative

Day to Day

Advice for Getting Started

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Peers:

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