Skills Technical Director - Motion Pictures, Broadcasting And Performing Arts in Canada

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a technical director - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations (NOC 51120).

Tasks

  • Organize and co-ordinate production
  • Supervise staff or team
  • Determine treatment, scope and scheduling of production
  • Interpret scripts, select the cast and advise in the interpretation and delivery of the performance
  • Create dances for film, theater and television
  • Hire and dismiss staff
  • Direct rehearsals for dancers to achieve desired interpretation
  • Plan, organize and direct the artistic aspects of production
  • Oversee the design of sets, costumes, furnishings and props
  • Plan and co-ordinate the production of musical recordings
  • Direct musicians and singers during rehearsals and recording
  • Co-ordinate and direct the photography of production
  • Determine lighting, lenses, camera angles and backgrounds
  • Edit motion picture film and arrange film segments into sequences

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Communication Help - Communication
  • Liaising and Networking
  • Negotiating and Adjudicating

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Liaising and Networking
Developing alliances, contacts or partnerships, and exchanging information with others.
Negotiating and Adjudicating
Exchanging ideas while analyzing issues and interests at stake, and enabling opposing sides to resolve disputes and reach agreement.
Creative Expression Help - Creative Expression
  • Performing and Entertaining
  • Designing

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Performing and Entertaining
Performing to entertain an audience.
Designing
Producing work based on aesthetic or functional design concepts.

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Planning
  • Projecting Outcomes

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Planning
Determining phases and steps, defining activities and tasks and establishing schedules to complete objectives on time and within budget.
Projecting Outcomes
Estimating the results of an action or a series of actions.
Management Help - Management
  • Supervising
  • Recruiting and Hiring
  • Co-ordinating and Organizing
  • Evaluating
  • Allocating and Controlling Resources
  • Leading and Motivating
  • Strategic Planning

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Supervising
Directing and monitoring the performance of others.
Recruiting and Hiring
Acquiring the right talent to achieve the organization's mission.
Co-ordinating and Organizing
Organizing and co-ordinating the activities of groups and individuals to align their activities with organizational objectives.
Evaluating
Directing processes and procedures to ensure they add measurable value.
Allocating and Controlling Resources
Determining the distribution of people, assets, materials or capital to accomplish organizational goals and putting in place financial and administrative controls.
Leading and Motivating
Reinforcing an organization's vision and monitoring compliance.
Strategic Planning
Envisioning a future state and developing strategies, goals, objectives and action plans to achieve it.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation Help - Communications and Transportation
  • Telecommunications
  • Communications and Media

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Telecommunications
Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control and operations of telecommunication systems.
Communications and Media
Knowledge of production and transmission to inform, persuade and entertain through written, oral and visual media.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts Help - Social Sciences and Arts
  • Fine and Applied Arts

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Fine and Applied Arts
Knowledge of theory and techniques required to create, design, compose and perform works of music, dance, visual art, drama and sculpture.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

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