How do they match: 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.

  • Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.
  • Cut and edit film or tape to integrate component parts into desired sequences.
  • Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.
  • Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.
  • Write and edit news stories from information collected by reporters and other sources.

  • Edit audio or video recordings.
  • Edit written materials.