Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

I have pretty much learned how to do everything over the years from back in the days of filming the "Strap-On Sally" series in New Jersey with big crews on Beta-SP and filming amateur movies all over the East Coast and Canada on Hi-8mm to todays all digital high definition gonzo and reality shoots. Working in the office of a large porn company and distributor back in the 1990s in various capacities, including sales, marketing and writing press releases also taught me a lot about the business while I learned everything about production on the weekends when I was traveling and filming.

Nowadays as an independent porn director and custom content producer I pretty much produce every shoot myself, obviously with the help of a number of other people. I do some of my own casting, but also deal with a large number of people to refer models to me as well as some that I discover on my own. I almost always do my own camera work,and I often take stills on set. But I hire other still photographers for the bigger shoots. I know how to light a set, but of course i have crew help lugging my gear to locations and have help to set them up. I think I am an excellent editor and I often edit my own movies, but I also have help for that too when it gets busy. With practical experience I have become very knowledgeable about video editing and video encoding- one only has to read some of my posts about those subjects here on GFY, to figure that out, as I often have a comment on those subjects. I have learned basic html and design skills over the years, enough to competently direct my part time employees who help me with graphic design and web design. Basically, I am involved in all aspects start to finish of every project I am involved in even if that is only in supervisory role like telling the makeup artist what to do or my lighting guys how to light a set.