According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene. | 88% |
| Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized. | 87% |
| Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education. | 86% |
| Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources. | 85% |
| Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards. | 84% |
| Study and research scripts to determine how they should be directed. | 84% |
| Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members. | 83% |
| Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes. | 81% |
| Write and submit proposals to bid on contracts for projects. | 79% |
| Perform management activities, such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing. | 79% |
| Consult with writers, producers, or actors about script changes or "workshop" scripts, through rehearsal with writers and actors to create final drafts. | 78% |
| Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written. | 78% |
| Identify and approve equipment and elements required for productions, such as scenery, lights, props, costumes, choreography, and music. | 77% |
| Establish pace of programs and sequences of scenes according to time requirements and cast and set accessibility. | 77% |
| Conduct meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to ensure production objectives are attained. | 76% |
| Cut and edit film or tape to integrate component parts into desired sequences. | 76% |
| Write and edit news stories from information collected by reporters and other sources. | 76% |
| Compile scripts, program notes, and other material related to productions. | 75% |
| Choose settings and locations for films and determine how scenes will be shot in these settings. | 75% |
| Review film daily to check on work in progress and to plan for future filming. | 74% |
| Resolve personnel problems that arise during the production process by acting as liaisons between dissenting parties when necessary. | 73% |
| Negotiate with parties, including independent producers and the distributors and broadcasters who will be handling completed productions. | 72% |
| Coordinate the activities of writers, directors, managers, and other personnel throughout the production process. | 70% |
| Perform administrative duties, such as preparing operational reports, distributing rehearsal call sheets and script copies, and arranging for rehearsal quarters. | 70% |
| Obtain rights to scripts or to such items as existing video footage. | 64% |
| Develop marketing plans for finished products, collaborating with sales associates to supervise product distribution. | 61% |
| Arrange financing for productions. | 58% |
