Director of Photography - ANZSCO 212313

Director of Photography lans, directs and coordinates filming to control the quality and style of photography in films or videos.

Director of Photography may perform the following tasks:

• studying scripts and scenarios to determine theme and setting
• assessing locations and staging requirements for productions in association with specialist designers
• overseeing creative aspects of film, television, radio and stage productions
• determining lighting, film, shutter angles, filter factors, camera distance, depth of field and focus, angles of view and other variables to achieve desired mood and effect
• viewing film and video tape to evaluate and select scenes and determine which scenes need to be re-shot
• planning and organising the preparation and presentation of programs
• supervising the positioning of scenery, props and lighting and sound equipment
• assessing technical requirements of productions by studying scripts and discussing program content, set locations and stage directions with production team
• creating, planning, writing scripts for, recording, videotaping and editing programs

Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Director of Photography?

Director of Photography is classified as Group B occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group B occupations are the following :

• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree with an additional qualification at least Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma level in a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree without a highly relevant field of study and at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years;

According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and if all of your employment is before your qualification assessed at the AQF bachelor degree level , you are required to have five years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years.

If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Director of Photography, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.