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Do you think you have made any difference in the quality of porn? [edit] Would you please stab Mike Adriano in the face? He has single handedly ruined anal porn with his style of backwards baseball caps and shooting 3" away from the girls butthole for the whole scene. (just kidding FBI) redeyes fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Apr 26, 2014 |
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What does the talent do after they leave porn? Do they go to 'normal' jobs, or do they find behind the scenes work in the adult industry?
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Lincoln`s Wax posted:Do you have any opinions on kink.com? I don't really feel like going all into it here but I feel like they're a big part of what's wrong with the adult industry. I might be wrong but it seems like the last big HIV scare is all on them- reading on a lot of sites, people mention that besides the TS stuff, the biggest source is probably their gangbang shoots because it seems that they use actors from both the gay and straight porn during these scenes with women who engage in really high-risk poo poo (unprotected, with really rough stuff that sometimes causes the actresses to bleed) and then go back and do more vanilla scenes for other companies. It's absolutely retarded and I guess people could talk about black-listing them but it seems that every person in porn does stuff for kink now. Not to mention that the people who run it seem like self-important assholes who think they're brilliant artists. If you read through the various gossip and allegations at https://www.mikesouth.com , it sounds as though it's not just kink.com, but pretty much the whole industry that's broken in terms of performer safety.
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What do you think of FacialAbuse-esque stuff? I'm no expert but I don't buy the 'it's all acting' line they take. A lot of it just seems tantamount to rape, and either way it left me feeling deeply uncomfortable when I watched it. I'm not even sure how they get away with it.
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Economics questions! What is the typical cost of an average production? What proportion of that cost is paid to the girls themselves? What is the return on investment now as compared to before the tubes? Is the industry waiting/ripe for its own version of Steam that makes paying for porn the norm again?
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A lot of your trailers seem to involve a lot of fisheye camera work. How much of your lighting and angle choices are designed to make the guy look huge and the girl look tiny? I know it's POV but in some of your work it's insane.
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What % of the creampie scenes you have shot are fake? Which pornstars are the most requested/in demand right now?
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faarcyde posted:Can you explain Tube sites and how they effect the industry? Are they all based out of eastern Europe or something where they can't be touched? I'm assuming they have destroyed much of the profit..they have to be making millions and millions of dollars via ad revenue, right? A Tube site is basically a site modeled after YouTube, but only has streaming porn scenes. The majority of these scenes are not owned by the Tube site and have not been licensed by the Tube site. They are hosted all over the world. Some here in the US, some in Europe and some in Hong Kong. Tube sites highly contributed to the decline in the industry. The industry was once considered "recession proof", much like alcohol and tobacco. However, the bubble of sorts burst around 2008, when the economy crumbled. However, a large number of Tube sites are actually owned by the parent company of Brazzers. A company now called MindGeek. Punc posted:I've always figured that some tubes get money from the companies, since they have the audience and mostly have like the 5 minute trailer bits? The only companies making money from Tube sites are those that either own them or advertise on them. The Tube sites came to fruition from the original creators of Brazzers. That parent company was called Mansef. Mansef tried to hide their relationship with Tube sites. During that early period the tube sites were a difficult issue, to the point that the owners of Mansef felt personally threatened and traveled with private security. At that point the original owners of Mansef sold the company and it became Manwin. Manwin admitted their involvement with Tube properties and wanted to work with the industry. Manwin also purchased several other large production companies. They now own besides Brazzers, Digital Playground, Twisty's, Mofos, and Reality Kings. They also manage Playboy's web and broadcast properties. The owner of Manwin became embroiled in a tax evasion case in Europe. He was bought or forced out depending on what you want to believe. MindGeek was then born and this now includes Redtube joining the ther long list of properties that make up MindGeek. They have recently more and more made attempts to make things better with their tube properties. In terms of making millions from their tube sites, that is unlikely. MindGeek has a huge staff (based in Montreal) and combined with massive bandwidth overhead for all the streaming videos the profits are much less. However what MindGeek really gets from this is incredibly insight into what people search for and what they want to see. They can then use that data on their membership sites to bring in consumers. Clamps McGraw posted:With the spread of piracy and tube sites and (lets be honest) no-one paying for porn any more, how has this affected the female performers in terms of their pay? Has it gone down, or do they just do escort work more? Bittorrent is never going to be something the average person uses. Porn is an impulse purchase. Bittorrent isn't the issue. Female Performers make more now then ever. When I started the average rate for a b/g scene was about 800 dollars. Today the lowest rate is now 1,000 per scene and the popular girls can charge almost twice that. The real problem in all this is you have one company controlling nearly 60 to 70% of all adult internet traffic on the entire internet.
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Zogo posted:What do you feel is your biggest achievement (direction, production or acting) or your work that you're most pleased with and why? Becoming a producer at Evil Angel. It was always what I wanted. I honestly had given up on it ever happening and had gotten used to just freelance work. Then when I least expected it and it all came together I was surprised. Honestly, two years later I am still somewhat surprised. I'm happy with how The Hooker Experience came out. I got a bunch of awards for it and was a popular title that sold very well. I worked very hard on it and happy with the results. The only problem is that I have kept putting off making a sequel. The first one took a great deal out of me, physically and mentally and honestly am concerned of not being able to make as successful of a follow up.
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Liar posted:A few questions because holy gently caress this thread is awesome... Axel is porn royalty. His father was a highly successful and very well known European producer/director. Axel is very good at what he does. quote:-How big is your dick? Did you feel nervous about whipping that poo poo out on film the first time? No clue. Never been concerned with size. I still get a little nervous each time, especially when I'm meeting a performer and performing with her the very first time. quote:-Does seeing a naked woman even arouse you at this point, or are you insanely desensitized? I will never understand how anyone could be desensitized by a pretty woman. A hot girl in a bikini turns me on. I loose my mind when I just go to the beach. quote:-Does it ever feel awkward running into an actress you've banged? No. You have to look at it for what it is. A job. If she was with her child or SO I probably would avoid saying anything unless she came up to me out of respect to her personal life. quote:And finally, because I've seriously always wondered about this; how do men make any men doing straight porn? It seems like there'd be a line of horny dudes wrapped around the block who'd be willing to do all this stuff for free. Most guys can't do this. Most men think they can, but they can't. It isn't having sex in private. It's having highly aerobic sex in sometimes the most difficult situations, all the while keeping every frame of penetration open to the camera lens. Anyone can have sex for 10 minutes with someone they are attracted to and that likes them. It is a whole other thing to be on a set, where time is money and the girl you're working with is having a bad day and you have to use your abilities to get her to come around and perform well with you on camera. All the while never loosing your erection and then climaxing on command. darkpriest fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Apr 28, 2014 |
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Attestant posted:What are the biggest misconceptions or myths about the industry? There are no fluffers. They are a myth. Men do not have to start in Gay porn. Matter of fact doing any sort of gay porn can affect your ability to get steady work in the straight industry. There are no drugs on set. Drug addicts quickly get weeded out. They can't show up on time and word quickly spreads not to hire them. The average person (including performers) in the porn industry make a decent middle class or upper middle class living. Most of the girls don't have daddy issues. Being around or in porn doesn't turn you into a complete deviant. In 15 years I've been involved in 100's of scenes, edited 100's of hours of porn and I still check out the girl in leggings walking down the street.
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Lord Windy posted:Do porn stars get residuals/royalties for their work? No. Performers are paid a scene rate. They get a flate fee per scene they perform in. The woman are paid much higher than their male performer colleagues quote:
Prior to joining Evil Angel, I was paid similar to a performer. I would get a flat rate per scene that I shot. The difference with Evil Angel is they are a distributor and not a production company. I have complete control and create whatever I want. I have to fund each project myself, produce it, shoot it, edit it and even design all related materials (ie boxcover). Evil Angel sells it and I get a royalty for the life of the product. Due to Evil Angel being such a strong brand, they are able to do very well in both selling your product and the more difficult task of collecting money for the product they have sold on your behalf. darkpriest fucked around with this message at 10:53 on Apr 28, 2014 |
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ramirez posted:do you feel comfortable with your partner working in the same industry as you, how do you feel about her day in work? is your personal sexlife adjusted. Absolutely. It's her body. She is fairly sexual. I have a difficult time keeping up with her.
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beanieson posted:Thanks for the thread, this is all very interesting. Have you ever seen a first time performer who just chickened out, & couldn't go through with it? I'd imagine pure nerves (performance anxiety, the crowd, etc) would effect the guys more than the women but surely some of the girls have second thoughts? I have never shot a girls very first scene. That isn't my interest nor the genre I'm involved in. I have never been a big fan of shooting brand new girls, however I recently did put out a movie with exactly that name. I was surprised how well it turned out. Some of the new performers entering this industry are on another level sexually. The reason I shy away from shooting new performers is my strengths are not in showing new performers how to pose their bodies. That has never been one of my strong suits. I'm much better suited in other areas. I'm sure it has happened where a performer gets cold feet, but I've never witnessed it first hand.
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Lava Lamp Goddess posted:Are there many women working behind the camera? Most of the pornography directors, etc. I hear about are men. Dana Vespoli, Mason, Aiden Star, Bobby Star, and Nica Noelle. Also Jackie St. James and Kelly Holland. Dana and Mason very much shoot scenes that you would think a man shot, due to their hardness and intensity. quote:What about drug use? Is drug testing done at all? There is no drug testing. It is nearly impossible to be a drug addict and do this successfully. Your call times are often early, 8 or 9am. You have to be reliable and be able to get to different sets for each different scene, which is spread out all over Southern California and now models increasingly fly to Las Vegas and to Northern California and sometimes Florida. Models have to have some wardrobe, which will sometimes be used. Models with a good wardrobe tend to be more successful. Drugs tends to ruin a models body, which becomes very obvious and will lead to no one wanting to hire them. quote:How do those fresh faced 18-year olds get into the industry? They seem very popular but how do you go from graduating high school to appearing in a film? It has exploded. I recently shot a bunch of these new girls and I'm obviously close to one of them. The one common thread seems to be they all masterbated to porn before getting into it. darkpriest fucked around with this message at 11:07 on Apr 28, 2014 |
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First, I've always loved your threads on this - thanks for rebooting it. The questions: I know a few people who loosely know (never touched her, just hung out) Gianna Michaels and they say she is a really cool and down-to-earth person. Have you ever had interaction with her, and even more importantly, if that's a "yes," did you bang her? Also, in their personal lives, are porn actresses very relaxed in casual sexual relationships? Meaning they meet a friend-of-a-friend at a party, they think he's cool - would they be more likely to have have sex with him as they may view it as "not as big a thing to do" as the general public would? Like, when a "normal" girl would meet you at a club and make out with you, would a porn actress instead be willing to sleep with you?
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My wife ordered me a Oculus dev kit for an anniversary present. I honestly hadn't given it much thought but she joked about me just using it for VR porn. I googled it and it actually looks like a company is making stuff. Since a lot of your work has been pov stuff, do you see that type of immersive material becoming a thing in the future? I honestly don't even know how tracking would work with a video but being how the industry tends to go hogwild with new tech (HD, now 4k poo poo), I'm guessing someone's already working on it.
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Cyrano4747 posted:In your experience how much are people able to maintain a defined life outside the industry? Is it something that people are able to do while maintaining their day jobs, or do they eventually gravitate one way or the other? In particular I'm thinking of all of the hullabaloo that recently blew up around that Duke student who preforms. Is having a separate, distinct life outside the industry a reasonable expectation? This industry isn't really suited for part time work, however, there is a great deal of flexibility which allows the performers to not have to live in LA . There have been some performers who have more limited schedules. I'd say 40% don't live in Los Angeles and only travel here to work. They come into town every month and spend two weeks working and then go back home. This certainly affords them to have a life outside the industry, because they don't live it. They go back to their normal life. However, that does impact how much work they get. Some companies might not be shooting when they come into town. Their work can be more limited than a performer who lives in SoCal. Some schedules are limited due to schooling. I recently had a situation where I needed to shoot a scene on a specific day with two specific models and one of them couldn't arrive to set till after their course schedule was completed for the day. I'd say it is greatly split. Some performers have their own separate life, but many that live in LA stick to the social circles of the industry.
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Is it hard to keep track of the performers' real names vs. stage names? As in, do you ever slip up and use the real name when talking to third parties outside the industry for instance?
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luscious posted:It's interesting that you bring this up as there are a lot more pornstars doing webcam shows than I think people realise. Even pornstars who consider themselves to be "out of porn". I don't know how much a top pornstar with a large following makes per scene but the earning potential for a day on cam if you have a large following can easily be 300$/day (that's my absolute lowest projection of their earnings) and it's in their own home etc. However, I think that the novelty wears off pretty quickly as buying webcam shows can be expensive (pornstars often charge way more than amateur models) and what people like about webcam shows is that they're personalized. When you have a huge following it's hard to really care about individual customers - especially if they have a lot. Web camming 10 years ago was a somewhat difficult process. It required the model having access to a media streaming server. Often the quality was low and the streams were unreliable. What has changed is there are now cam sites that act as middle of men. Sites like My Free Cams and Streammate allow a model with their own internet connection and webcam to broadcast their stream through them. The performer can then use social media to advertise when they will be online. The cam site will also promote the model in their own cam network. The cam company then takes a cut of the models earnings. There are also some production companies who only do cam shows. They hire a model for flat scene rate like you stated and then attempt to get viewers through these same cam sites as well their own membership sites. Members see the cam for their monthly membership, while non-members have to buy into the stream through the respective cam network site.
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Dr.Caligari posted:I was wondering how many of the on-set (technical) crew stay for more than say, 10 years. The majority tend to stick around, until they aren't able to continue working. Most of the crews are typically the same groups of people. Many of the office staff tend to stay in the industry and revolve around different companies. For example a book keeper might work at Company A for many years and then move to a different company if the opportunity is better. The industry tends to hire from within and not from the outside. quote:I have one more I wanted to add also. How much does a female performers past shoots hinder her future prospects? Say she applied for one of your shoots and she is the right candidate, but you find out she has done extreme shoots in her past (something like insex). Would that disqualify her? The only thing that could possibly effect a models future work are scenes that involve "cross over" work. For example if a female work with a transsexual or did a bisexual scene and the males were gay performers. Even then that doesn't really effect the female models. The male performers tend to be the ones who have their work affected the most by doing any sort of "cross over" scenes. quote:Also, have you ever worked with Siri? Yes, I have shot her and performed with her in a series I have that focuses only on tit loving.
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Lincoln`s Wax posted:Do you have any opinions on kink.com? I don't really feel like going all into it here but I feel like they're a big part of what's wrong with the adult industry. I might be wrong but it seems like the last big HIV scare is all on them- reading on a lot of sites, people mention that besides the TS stuff, the biggest source is probably their gangbang shoots because it seems that they use actors from both the gay and straight porn during these scenes with women who engage in really high-risk poo poo (unprotected, with really rough stuff that sometimes causes the actresses to bleed) and then go back and do more vanilla scenes for other companies. It's absolutely retarded and I guess people could talk about black-listing them but it seems that every person in porn does stuff for kink now. Not to mention that the people who run it seem like self-important assholes who think they're brilliant artists. I have no first hand experience with Kink. Many performers I've shot love them and continue to work with them. Some performers don't like working for them. To be blunt I don't understand BDSM. I'm not into seeing people beat up or heavily restrained. As a producer my single complaint is that a model works for kink, it isn't uncommon for them to end up with some form of bruising. That affects her future work. A model shows up for me after working for Kink and she has bruises, there is a chance I might cancel the scene. Other producers also might do the same thing. It looks bad. I understand that there are many people inside and outside the industry involved in the BDSM community and they have a right to explore those interests.
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origami posted:Where did you live at UMASS? I lived in Central when I was a student. In the Greenough dorm, right above the little snack shop they used to have. After I left the campus as a student and went to full time work at the University in their Information Technology division, I lived over by Mount Holyoke and would commute into work. At that time South Hadley was the only area that had high speed cable modems.
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darkpriest posted:The only thing that could possibly effect a models future work are scenes that involve "cross over" work. For example if a female work with a transsexual or did a bisexual scene and the males were gay performers. Even then that doesn't really effect the female models. The male performers tend to be the ones who have their work affected the most by doing any sort of "cross over" scenes. What's with the
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Liar posted:What's with the The rate of HIV infection amongst gay men is something like 50 times as high as it is amongst heterosexuals. Since straight porn involves mostly sex without condoms, including anal sex, the idea is to keep anyone who might likely have HIV out entirely.
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Is it common for businesses in other industries to not do business with porn companies, or do most of them just want to get paid? Related, do you expect the latest developments in network neutrality to impact online porn video business? I.e. if Comcast throttles and won't make deals with porn video sites, or charges too much?
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drat, I'm so jealous that you are dating August Ames because I find her hot as hell. How common is it that people in the industry date internally, especially for performers? Do regular joes like bankers or electricians or whatever end up dating performers? Do you meet them? Do they know they are dating a porn actress?
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Along the lines of the Gianna Michaels question- have you ever worked with Ava Devine? Is she really as out there as she seems? Or as crazy sexually as she says she is? Related- how many of the stars you have worked with- male and female- seem kind of...I dont want to say crazy, but in interviews, and the one star I know personally, many seem to suffer from various levels and types of mental illnesses. Is this a small, yet vocal minority, or is it common to have stars who suffer from mental health complications?
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MoosetheMooche posted:Can you shed any light on Jake Malone' death? He was my favorite director. Any suggestions of directors with a similar style? I was not close to Jake, but I knew him for many years. The strange thing about Jake was that he was clean and sober for well over ten years, maybe even fiften years. He was very much into fitness. He was very successful in the industry. Then one day he just fell off the wagon. As I understand it he was close to a family member, who suddenly out of nowhere died. That seemed to contribute to his change. He couldn't recover from that death. He had stopped producing several years back. He tried to get back into it, but his addiction by that point had consumed him. He moved to Thailand for a little bit and then a mutual friend of ours helped him get back to the States. It was when he got back then he jumped off a bridge in Long Beach one morning. Seeing the person he had become, in comparison to the person I knew was shocking. Many people had tried to help him, but he didn't want the help. I know his passing left a real mark on those still close to him.
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redeyes posted:Do you think you have made any difference in the quality of porn? I'm too close to the subject matter to give an actual opinion. I hope I have. I certainly try to. quote:[edit] Would you please stab Mike Adriano in the face? He has single handedly ruined anal porn with his style of backwards baseball caps and shooting 3" away from the girls butthole for the whole scene. He definitely has a very strong fan base. He is doing something right by their standards.
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Click Beelay posted:favourite position ( non-professional sex)? i'm, serious can't write it proper simply curious Doggy or when a woman lays on her belly and slightly arches up.
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TheChimney posted:What does the talent do after they leave porn? Do they go to 'normal' jobs, or do they find behind the scenes work in the adult industry? There are some that move into other jobs within the industry. However, for most they move on. In my all other threads over the last 14 years on this forum I think this is probably the question I get asked the most. Which is interesting because I've never had a really good answer. When the performers move on from the business you tend to not hear from them anymore. The majority that move on due so to probably leave the spot life and have a relatively normal life. It is usually serious relationships that cause the performers to move on.
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Old Man Pants posted:What's with all the spitting in porn recently? I'm with you. I don't get it either. Not attractive.
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DuckConference posted:If you read through the various gossip and allegations at https://www.mikesouth.com , it sounds as though it's not just kink.com, but pretty much the whole industry that's broken in terms of performer safety. I have found in my years in the industry that the ones that tend to rattle their sabers the most, tend to be the ones trying to hide their own bad practices. http://therealpornwikileaks.com/outrage-porn-producer-caught-shooting-without-std-tests-condoms/
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ThomasPaine posted:What do you think of FacialAbuse-esque stuff? I'm no expert but I don't buy the 'it's all acting' line they take. A lot of it just seems tantamount to rape, and either way it left me feeling deeply uncomfortable when I watched it. I'm not even sure how they get away with it. I will never get it. Don't understand why anyone would do it. I'm surprised people even know what it is. They aren't based in California or LA. I believe they are based in NY. The majority of the "models" they seem to get are ones local to that area or local to the East Coast. I'm assuming Belle Knox recent mainstream appearances has lead to more and more discovering their site. Considering also how rough oral sex scenes hurt, there is no way the males in these scenes are natural. They would be limp otherwise. I've always wondered if they spike their penises.
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How does the production of a softcore porn movie differ from hardcore, besides the obvious one scene hardcore movies? I also see a lot of hardcore actors that also do softcore and softcore that do hardcore. Is softcore a way for some actors to break into the hardcore scene to see if they are ready for it or is it just another way to make some money? Also, this might be a stupid question, but at any point in a softcore movie is penetration happening or is everything completely simulated?
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