Art Director ANZSCO 212311: Jobs, Salary & Visa Australia

Art Director (Film, Television or Stage) ANZSCO Code: 212311

The‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ art director (film, television, or stage) according to the ANZSCO Code: 212311 is the person who takes the lead creatively in defining the overall visual impression that a production gives. Their main objective is to plan, organize and have control over all the artistic elements so as to make the director's vision and the themes of the script understandable to the audience. To achieve this, the director comes up with the overall look, style, and feeling using such things as color, light, decoration, costumes, and props.

The role involves the art director delving into the scripts and discussing the concepts with the director as well as the producers in order to figure out not only the visual requirements but also to give a background of the story. After that, the art director supervises the actual work of turning these ideas into reality by leading the creative team members who may include set designers, graphic artists, set makers, costume designers, and makeup artists. The art director is the one who decides most of the visual elements and therefore is in charge of approving all the pieces, designs, and layouts so as to be sure of the standards and the quality as well as the uniformity.

Besides the creative elements, the art director is also involved in the executive aspects of the company. They are the ones who draft, monitor, and keep the budget and the timetable of the art department, sort out the activities with other departments (for example, lighting and sound), and are the ones who ensure that the project is still on its way and within the given financial limits. If this is the case, then they may be involved in preparing drawings or a scale model of the sets and checking the locations for shooting. This versatile position requires the person to have latent power of creativity, the ability to lead efficiently, the skill to solve problems easily, and be painstakingly accurate in order to achieve the goal of giving the audience a visual immersion that is both deep and of a high impact. The exercise is mostly done on the spot or at the studio, the hours are long and irregular, and one can only be paid per project or per ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌contract

Skill Level:	1
Alternative Tittle:	Production Designer
Migration Strategy:	CSOL
ANZSCO Code:	212311

Art Director (Film, Television or Stage) Job Description, Responsibilities, and Education Requirements

Indicative Skill Level:

In Australia and New Zealand:

The‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ majority of the job roles within this group are of a skill level that is equivalent to having a university degree or higher level of education. An individual may use at least five years of relevant experience as his/her formal qualification. There are some jobs in this unit group that, apart from or instead of a formal qualification or experience, require a high level of creative talent or personal dedication and interest (ANZSCO Skill Level ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌1).

Tasks Include:

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