Hi Everyone,
I love the ADT forum and post here from time to time. While it's a shock to no one that porn is definitely hurting on a whole, not much is stopping what appears to be a continuous slump. Surprisingly, despite many posts on what to do, more fan loyalty, etc. the one thing that I haven't seen properly discussed is the concept of crowd funding for porn.
It's been applied to lots of indie films, and I wonder why the concept hasn't really carried over to porn yet. In a nutshell, and in the context of adult films, crowd funding would work by coming up with the concept for the movie, marketing it, and getting funders (the crowd) putting $$ behind it. When the final product is complete, everyone is paid, and the crowd reaps the benefit. The imporant thing to note is that funders get a say in what the final product/scene will look like.
So posts on ADT may change from: "When is Julez Ventura going to get gangbanged??" to "Julez we want a gangbang. Will you do it, what would you need, and how would you like it done?" (By the way Jules you are my favourite :) If crowd funding takes off in porn, the funds for a JV Gangbang will probably be raised faster that money to support your local orphanage...sad, but very true ;) Thousands of funders would very likely put a bit of their hard earned cash into a Julez Ventura project bringing their sordid fanstasies to full HD reality.
However, I do wonder if Survey Moneky would permit polls with questions like: "Should Julez lick the cum off of mirror or swallow it in a big gup?" LOL :)
I'll be the first to admit alot simpler said than done, and it will probably change the dynamics of the industry (which is why I guess the shift hasn't happened yet), but I think it's a great way to get more deserving adult film stars, directors, etc. back on their feet, or prada boots, whatever... LOL.
Like cam girls who will put on show doing everything YOU SPECIFICALLY want (that they'll agree to ;) for the right incentives, I see a parallel happening with pornstars. While in some ways similar to stars having their own websites, crowd funding has the definite potential to raise greater revenue, and allow more flexible collaborations with higher quality scenes.
Satisfying my own curiosity, and on behalf of the general porn fan community, I would sincerely like to know what all the terrific stars (like Juelz ;) and awesome directors (like Mike John and Princess Donna:) on ADT think?? Do you think crowd funding is the way to go?
For Princess Donna specifically (if you'll be so kind ;) - With Kink.com (and Bound Gangbangs :) being one of the rare and major exceptions to buck the current downward trend in porn (especially since you take your members comments seriously), do you still see a possibility to incorporate crownd funding into what you do?
Thanks!
Henry
p.s. Good article about Kink.com's founder Peter Acworth - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/kinkcom_n_1904626.html