Time for an adult industry related observation. It’s something most of us don’t really think about but should. As I’m helping clients get their adult business to the next level I’m looking at lots and lots of adult video and photo content. And while the types and quality of videos and photos range from glamor to ultra hard amateur porn one thing I see over and over again is something that, if you really think about it, doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Naked men. Tons of them.
Are you running a gay site? If so, disregard the following. If not, read on.
Still with me? Good…
What I’m saying here might piss a lot of you male talent and shooters off. How dare I take the fun away for you? Well…screw you. It’s a business and the girl is who matters. Not you. Not your comfort.
Now, you’re selling the girl. The girl might be you or it might be your contract performer, or it might be one of many girls you shoot for a multi girl site. The point is you are selling a naked girl and not naked men.
Why do men feel they have to be naked in porn? One thing I have to stress over and over again is that the man’s pleasure is of noone’s concern when producing content. In other words: I don’t give a shit if you don’t feel totally comfortable if it means I get better content. I need the girl to be naked, not you.
If you are acting in your own movies you should feel the same way.
I’ve seen a lot of content where the male talent’s skin tone was so different from the female performer that the latter simply looked horrible. He was tan, she looked like a ghost next to him. Not good. I can expose my cameras for one person’s skin tone but not both so one of them is going to look “off”. This can be avoided if I have the male talent keeps his damn shirt on.
The problem is amplified in gangbang scenes – you have one girl and two, three, four….fifty naked guys. Too much flesh, folks.Too much skin, and not of the good kind. The girl visually drowns in a see ofmale back hair and flabby muscle. Not. Good. For. Sales.
Look at the picture here. Now, I’m not picking on Phoenixxx Blaque here in any way, this picture just came up as number one in Google’s image section for the keyword “gangbang”.
Frankly, there is too much man going on here. Phoenixxx is hot and a fantastic performer. Why ruin photos and videos with a bunch of naked guys? They blend in and Phoenixxx doesn’t stand out. All the consumer sees is small dicks and a bunch of naked guys.
If you’re selling a product (the female perfomer is always – ALWAYS – the star, the product) then don’t ruin it with shots like that.
When I ask some male clients who star in their own videos why they feel they have to be naked in every damn video they shoot their answer usually is something along the lines of “that’s how I always have sex, I like it that way”.
Ask yourself, if you had a mainstream office job, would you show up in flip flops, four hours late, and drunk because…you like it that way? Not if you want to keep your job.
Same thing here. Remember that running an adult site is like any other business – your personal comfort is secondary to what the member/customer wants. And last time I checked most straight male customers don’t particularly care to see a bunch of naked men covering up their female object of desire.
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