It has been over two weeks since I posted about finding a program where I can focus on producing a few great sites. I want to thank everyone for their kind words and for all the responses from various owners/content managers.
I received about 20 inquiries the first few days and about 10 of them still expressed interest even after I told them my rates. I had no idea I would receive such a warm response and had I expected this I would have just emailed program owners individually instead of posting on the boards.
Obviously I could have handled the negotiations better but since there were a few people saying they were ready to begin ordering scenes I got a little flustered and asked for decisions from a few other program owners who were kind of sitting on the fence or busy with other matters at the time. I may have turned 1 or 2 of you off by my sense of urgency. I sincerely apologize to you if this is the case.
My problem is that the 2 people who said they were ready to order scenes from me are MIA. Now I am back to square one.
So let's try this again and this time I will be very specific about what I have to offer as well as my costs/rates.
My rate for a standard b/g scene is $2,900. Why this amount? Well let's take a look at my out of pocket costs:
Female talent is $900-$1,000 in Los Angeles plus you have the agency fee of $100
Male talent is $500 to $600 for someone really good
Make up is $150 for someone who can make these girls look attractive.
My location fees are $200-$400. (and this is dirt cheap)
I also don't just show up with a Vx2100, a couple of shop lights from home depot, and a cheap camera with on-camera flash. I show up with $25,000 in photo/video/lighting equipment.
So lets say that wear and tear on my equipment is $200 per day. This is insanely low since even a little wear/damage to any of my equipment can cost several hundred to fix. And anyone who challenges this charge can kiss my ass because it shows they have never actually been part of any real production in their lives.
Plus you have some other minute costs that do add up to a figure worth including. A little bit of munchies on set are needed as well as lube, wipes, enemas, douches, some wardrobe/props, pro tape stock, and Fed-Ex add up. Lets put that figure at $100 per scene.
So let's say my costs per scene add up to about $2,300.
So for $600 (similar to what the male talent gets paid) I book the scenes, make up artist, location. I set everything up myself (no money for assistant). I shoot both stills and video. I take 100% of the risk so if the scene does not go down I may have to pay a kill fee to one of the talent. ( I am not like most producers where I will just substitute anyone with a heart beat). I pay the talent, do all legal paperwork and interviews, break down, clean up the location. Then I do a rough edit because most porn editors are not used to working with people who set up their shots (most directors shoot on full auto mode). I also pic out the best stills and do some retouching.
Now, of course I COULD start taking things out of my production. I could skip the make up artist but then the model would look like hell. I could use a cheap cheesy echo-filled studio but then you would not have the nice lighting, sound, look, and energy that a decent location provides. I could use cheap equipment but then the quality of picture/lighting would not be as good. I could use cheaper male talent but then he might not be able to get wood or cum when needed.
I could also get costs down by shooting 5 scenes a day and also trick the girls into doing lots of extra mini-scenes but then the quality goes way down because I would not have time to set every shot up so that it looks the way I want it to.
So for $2,900 you get a scene that will stand out in the sea of mass-produced content and perhaps that will be the deciding factor in whether a surfer joins your site instead of the other 1,000 sites in the similar niche.
You also get an extremely loyal guy who will bust his ass to constantly deliver the best product available. I will also help promote your sites and create all kinds of extra cool promo content.
I am giving this one more shot. If courting the web titans does not work out then I have meetings later this month with two of the biggest DVD companies. If nobody is willing to pay this budget then I am going back to mainstream production where 90% of porn producers would be laughed off the set.
I have a $20,000 HD camera on order and need to pay that bill so no time to sit idle and hope one of you comes around eventually.
BTW, my video samples are nowhere near the quality I am able to produce. I have had to tone down my style in order to comply with customer wishes.
So if you are interested and ready to being ordering scenes before Febuary 20th (the date I start my meetings with the DVD companies) then email me at
[email protected]
Thank you!
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Here are a few links video samples and below are some of my recent photos.
B/G video samples
http://www.expovids.com/samples/interracial_comp.wmv
Lesbian video samples
http://www.expovids.com/samples/lesbian_comp.wmv
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