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Just Dave came up with a very good point. That I thought about.
If a bad model doesn't perform for any reason he says a good shooter carries on and puts it right in the editing. After thinking about it I disagree, so nothing new there.  |
There is no putting crap footage right in post/editing. Crap in, Crap out..
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good shooter who has the option tells her/him to get their act together, if he/she doesn't he tells her/him to go home. For these reasons. From now it's her but could be him.
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You are correct. I do break it down to the talent on what i need and use the "send them home" card as a tool to get what i need done.
What you may not understand is when a client wants "that girl', and that girl only, i need to do what ever it takes to get my scene done, short of turning in a poorly shot scene. If I feel that the scene quality is going to suffer, I will "kill" it. Fortunately for me I shoot mostly Boy/Girls and i use top males that can pound me out a good scene even if the girl is half assing it on my set. Having a solid male is way under rated.
I generally edit all of my scenes and i know 1st hand what is usable and not usable when it comes to shooting content. I usually edit my scenes before dinner. Takes me about 20 min. max after its loaded onto the time line.
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He doesn't want to establish the reputation of being someone who uses girls who will do any less than their best, to get his product as good as possible. He doesn't want her thinking he will accept this level in case she comes back again.
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As far as reputations, I have one of the most solid reputations in Porn Valley. I dont bang or fuck with talent what so ever. Not because i cant, but because there is a lot of work that needs to get done(stills+video) and I do represent the companies that I shoot for. When the girls know that they are working for me, they know it is a job 1st and foremost. The agents tell the girls what to expect when they work for me. No Creepy Director, just work and nobody is getting payed if it doesn't get done right.
When you have a reputation for sending lazy girls home, when you absolutely do not flirt with these girls, when you show them no interests in them other than getting the task at hand done, they will sense it, and will work hard to get the scene done. Cash same day pay is a serious scene motivator. No checks, no check cashing places, no hassles, just cash. Gives me a good scene every time.(2 week company check payroll is the norm in Porn Valley)
These girls do know that we directors do talk and there are a lot of girls that do not work as a result of negative situations that they have caused on other sets. Poor performances and set bullshit has a way of self regulating out here.
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A poor performance can't be edited out
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Agreed
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Also does he want the next shooter to have a girl who thinks less than her best is acceptable? He might be the next shooter taking a girl from a shooter or shooters who did accept this and now he has all the problems.
Does he want to put his name next to a product that's less than the best? Risk getting a bad rep with customers or even losing customers.
EVERY time a shooter accepts a poor performance the bench mark drops. Today some of the girls performances would get them sent home. So why is this?
Maybe customers who will put a less than tip top product in their site, maybe he's been paid, told to shoot the girl, been given the script and has no option.
I do know that as time went by being here girls were turning up with bad habits and bad attitude, just no real enthusiasm. We told them what we wanted and the reply was "No one else complains" to which I replied "We're not no one else." Even when we told them to go home some turned around and told us we couldn't say that because we had to shoot them. They learned differently.
Maybe others did have to shoot them. We couldn't afford to.
Why do so many surfers prefer Amateur? Might be they are sick of girls faking a bad performance.
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I agree with you on all of your points Paul.
I care about me, my work and my clients work. If others want to accept shit as work, good for them and their clients. These other directors are slowly getting weeded out. Furthermore these directors make me and other quality directors look that much better. God bless them all.
Good Luck with your shoot Paul. All bullshit aside to get 7 pages on a thread on GFY these days is pretty genius of you. No matter how you do on your Brazzers shoot, you definitely have my respect for stepping up.