# Competences — director of photography

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6ba25e0f-7fb8-4879-a1f9-d4f8945966be).

## Essential

- **adapt designers’ work to the performance venue** (skill/competence)
- **adapt to type of media** (skill/competence)
- **analyse a script** (skill/competence)
- **audiovisual equipment** (knowledge)
- **cinematography** (knowledge)
- **consult with production director** (skill/competence)
- **design lighting** (skill/competence)
- **develop creative ideas** (skill/competence)
- **ensure visual quality of the set** (skill/competence)
- **film production process** (knowledge)
- **finish project within budget** (skill/competence)
- **follow work schedule** (skill/competence)
- **lighting techniques** (knowledge)
- **photography** (knowledge)
- **study media sources** (skill/competence)
- **supervise camera crew** (skill/competence)
- **supervise sound production** (skill/competence)
- **translate artistic concepts to technical designs** (skill/competence)
- **watch scenes** (skill/competence)
- **work with motion picture editing team** (skill/competence)
- **work with pre-production team** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- adapt a script (skill/competence)
- attend rehearsals (skill/competence)
- edit digital moving images (skill/competence)
- edit recorded sound (skill/competence)
- file-based workflow (knowledge)
- hire human resources (skill/competence)
- ICT software specifications (knowledge)
- liaise with event sponsors (skill/competence)
- multimedia systems (knowledge)
- operate a camera (skill/competence)
- perform video editing (skill/competence)
- photographic processing techniques (knowledge)
- read scripts (skill/competence)
- select camera apertures (skill/competence)
- set up cameras (skill/competence)
- supervise script preparation (skill/competence)
- work with playwrights (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 27 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- cinematography — **52 %**
- camera operation — **44 %**
- visual storytelling — **26 %**
- lighting — **22 %**
- lighting design — **19 %**
- video editing — **19 %**
- video production — **19 %**

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