Will “Production Director” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Monitor broadcasts to ensure that programs conform to station or network policies and regulations.

• Act as liaisons between engineering and production departments.

• Schedule use of studio and editing facilities for producers and engineering and maintenance staff.

• Collaborate with promotions directors to produce on-air station promotions.

• Observe pictures through monitors and direct camera and video staff concerning shading and composition.

• Follow instructions from production managers and directors during productions, such as commands for camera cuts, effects, graphics, and takes.

• Test equipment to ensure proper operation.

• Direct technical aspects of newscasts and other productions, checking and switching between video sources and taking responsibility for the on-air product, including camera shots and graphics.

• Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and television programs.

• Discuss filter options, lens choices, and the visual effects of objects being filmed with photography directors and video operators.

• Train workers in use of equipment, such as switchers, cameras, monitors, microphones, and lights.

• Set up and execute video transitions and special effects, such as fades, dissolves, cuts, keys, and supers, using computers to manipulate pictures as necessary.

• Confer with operations directors to formulate and maintain fair and attainable technical policies for programs.

• Switch between video sources in a studio or on multi-camera remotes, using equipment such as switchers, video slide projectors, and video effects generators.

• Operate equipment to produce programs or broadcast live programs from remote locations.