The Webmaster Hunt
At the end of this month TF was about to begin training a new webmaster for www.fuckedandbound.com, this was to involve a training week in Oakland, followed by a 3 month trial if the training week went well.
Everything seemed to be going well, but things change and it now looks as if these plans have fallen through. This is stressful to me because we are starting a 4th site and I simply cannot run 4 sites. 3 is hard enough.
www.fuckedandbound.com is our biggest site, it is also our most expensive to run so it may not seem like the wise choice to give to someone else to take care of but the fact is, of our 3 sites, it is the one I least enjoy directing. I have always believed it to be crucial to the success of a site that the person running it be into the subject matter and although I like girls to be tied up and fucked by men, I simply have very little to no patience for male porn stars.
www.captivemale.com would be the easiest for me to find someone to run. Rigging men is a fantastic way to learn to be creative with limited means as most male subs are wimps in bondage (not you Rico!!!) and have little flexibility. I honestly believe if you can rig men, especially to suspension standard safely, you can rig anyone but I plan on keeping 2 sites to myself for the time being and giving up www.chantasbitches.com is not an option, and I like the variety of tying up the boys.
So, what skills does a webmaster need? On the technical level, these would be good:
1. Rigging! Yes, these are bondage sites, and as F&B is our biggest site I would like you to actually already be good at this, and of course, be safe also.
2. Video editing. We use final cut pro on Apple G5's. Photo editing. Photoshop baby! These skills can easily be taught.
3. Photo/Video shooting skills. We are a small company. If someone calls in sick one day we need people that can multitask and fill in. I also feel that, as a director, you get a lot more respect from your crew if you actually understand their jobs and be able to do it yourself if you had to.
4. Along with the above, having an understanding of lighting is also helpful.
But more important than all of the above are these traits:
1. Models must like you, and feel safe with you. I have no interest in anyone that will disrespect models limits or pressure models to do things they do not want to do. There is a misconception that in order to get great shoots you must beat the shit out of a model. It's simply not true. The talent is to be able to create awesome shoots with any girl/guy despit their fears, limits, pain tolerance, etc and then have them leave smiling and wanting to come back. Although this does not mean patty-cake shoots with loose rope, that is the quickest way for a bondage site to fail.
2. Creativity. In your rigging, your storyline shoots, your look for the site and the product you will create.
3. A good work ethic. Lazy people last 3 seconds with me, despite their skills.
4. Adapatability. Things are always changing here. You need to be able to change a shoot, etc as required by the models tolerance, etc. Change sets, due to the weather or something neediing repair, etc. Change the site you're directing for because the webmaster is sick and can't do it and by you filling in last minute you save the company kill fees.
5. Organisation skills. As a webmaster, it is your job to make sure updates are ready and go up on time, and that you have enough shoots "in the can" etc to have the site run smoothly.
6. Lastly, if you're a "know it all" then spare me the wasted time. No one knows it all. Everyone still has things they can learn.
Okay, this got a lot longer than it should have been, especially considering that it is not meant to be an offical "wanted" ad. I have deliberately not mentioned compensation here because a) we're not the glob and if you're expecting that kind of money to start here you're crazy LOL (though, in time I expect that will happen) and b) we're still figuring out our pay scales, etc.
This is a "feeler". If you think you may like to be considered then e-mail me chanta@twistedfactory.com and we can begin a dialogue. I would like to have someone in place by Feb, 2009 at the very latest.
Everything seemed to be going well, but things change and it now looks as if these plans have fallen through. This is stressful to me because we are starting a 4th site and I simply cannot run 4 sites. 3 is hard enough.
www.fuckedandbound.com is our biggest site, it is also our most expensive to run so it may not seem like the wise choice to give to someone else to take care of but the fact is, of our 3 sites, it is the one I least enjoy directing. I have always believed it to be crucial to the success of a site that the person running it be into the subject matter and although I like girls to be tied up and fucked by men, I simply have very little to no patience for male porn stars.
www.captivemale.com would be the easiest for me to find someone to run. Rigging men is a fantastic way to learn to be creative with limited means as most male subs are wimps in bondage (not you Rico!!!) and have little flexibility. I honestly believe if you can rig men, especially to suspension standard safely, you can rig anyone but I plan on keeping 2 sites to myself for the time being and giving up www.chantasbitches.com is not an option, and I like the variety of tying up the boys.
So, what skills does a webmaster need? On the technical level, these would be good:
1. Rigging! Yes, these are bondage sites, and as F&B is our biggest site I would like you to actually already be good at this, and of course, be safe also.
2. Video editing. We use final cut pro on Apple G5's. Photo editing. Photoshop baby! These skills can easily be taught.
3. Photo/Video shooting skills. We are a small company. If someone calls in sick one day we need people that can multitask and fill in. I also feel that, as a director, you get a lot more respect from your crew if you actually understand their jobs and be able to do it yourself if you had to.
4. Along with the above, having an understanding of lighting is also helpful.
But more important than all of the above are these traits:
1. Models must like you, and feel safe with you. I have no interest in anyone that will disrespect models limits or pressure models to do things they do not want to do. There is a misconception that in order to get great shoots you must beat the shit out of a model. It's simply not true. The talent is to be able to create awesome shoots with any girl/guy despit their fears, limits, pain tolerance, etc and then have them leave smiling and wanting to come back. Although this does not mean patty-cake shoots with loose rope, that is the quickest way for a bondage site to fail.
2. Creativity. In your rigging, your storyline shoots, your look for the site and the product you will create.
3. A good work ethic. Lazy people last 3 seconds with me, despite their skills.
4. Adapatability. Things are always changing here. You need to be able to change a shoot, etc as required by the models tolerance, etc. Change sets, due to the weather or something neediing repair, etc. Change the site you're directing for because the webmaster is sick and can't do it and by you filling in last minute you save the company kill fees.
5. Organisation skills. As a webmaster, it is your job to make sure updates are ready and go up on time, and that you have enough shoots "in the can" etc to have the site run smoothly.
6. Lastly, if you're a "know it all" then spare me the wasted time. No one knows it all. Everyone still has things they can learn.
Okay, this got a lot longer than it should have been, especially considering that it is not meant to be an offical "wanted" ad. I have deliberately not mentioned compensation here because a) we're not the glob and if you're expecting that kind of money to start here you're crazy LOL (though, in time I expect that will happen) and b) we're still figuring out our pay scales, etc.
This is a "feeler". If you think you may like to be considered then e-mail me chanta@twistedfactory.com and we can begin a dialogue. I would like to have someone in place by Feb, 2009 at the very latest.
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