Dear Joe,
Have a bottle of vodka and some kind of painkiller on hands at all time. It may seem like all glitz and glamour (and sex) working on an XXX film set, but don’t be fooled - it is hard work. However, if you're dead set on building the next Vivid studio, there are some things you can do.
First, watch lots of porn. I know a guy who makes indie films and every one of them is a piece of shit. Why? He's not a film fan. He doesn't know any movies at all and really has no interest in watching them. How can you want to engage in an activity that provides you with references like no other, if you have no interest in it?? So, rent from the masters - Seymore Butts, Jules Jordan, Jenna Jameson, GGG, Wicked Pictures, Zero Tolerance, Acid Rain. These are directors and studios you’ll need to study before picking up a camera.
Second, treat it like a business because that's what it is. If you've ever watched behind the scenes, you'll see that the chicks are just there to do a job - they have no affection for the men whose dicks are inside them. When the scene is over, they go home and that's it. Keep things on a professional level and you will garner respect. Three: realize the market is saturated; however T&A pretty much always sells. And if you can fulfill a niche or fetish, you'll do well.
Finally, if it ain't broke don't fix it. There's a formula to making porn and this brings us back to the watching those who've done it before. Take Seymore Butts, a guy with a video camera who likes to film sex. Rent one of his classics like Tushy Heaven with the incomparable Alisha Klass or Seymore and Shane Mount Tiffany starring Butts' first love Shane and the enormously endowed Tiffany Towers. You'll see how Seymore makes use of the camera as he films Tiffany blowing him in the middle of the night. Or how he happens upon Shane and Tiffany tangled in a naked love tryst. One man, one microphone and a whole lot of ambition. That's what you should aim for my friend. Oh, you can get stylish and all that, find your own way, but just remember that plots are poison. Get down to the dirty and you'll do all right.
Hope this helps! Betty |