I keep seeing certain houses over and over again in various scenes. I also know someone who was approached by Vivid to rent his house for shoots. I never asked him how much they offered him. This leads me to wonder, what is the average cost of renting locations for porn shoots?
I was thinking more along the lines of decroded nut butter.
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Posted - Mar 23 2008 : 8:06PM
Jules Jordan always used to use that same house , the one with the phsycadelic chairs, and I never had a problem with this. ah the skitles room, many a stinker stretched.
I have heard some serious horror stories about nasty locations. It looks glamorous on camera but behind that it is more like a dumpter or a criume scene.
25, London UK, pleased to meet you, at least in an on-line sense! What time is it there at the mo? Also, do you work in the industry? I've done a couple of low budget amatuer flicks with my ex but am considering a move stateside. Edited by - PuckerPounder on 3/23/2008 9:09:32 PM
You too! No I haven't. I currently work in an adult store.. have a film degree under my belt and trying to figure out the best way to get myself behind a camera in the industry. If you could give me any pointers.. it'd be appreciated! (anyone?) It's about 1pm here. On topic again.. what filth have we heard about set condition?
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Posted - Mar 23 2008 : 9:19PM
How much is a house for 1 hour?
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Posted - Mar 23 2008 : 9:23PM
Amature stuff here depends entirely on the residence of the person(s) involved in the shoot, as mostly it is shot in male actors/directors homes/tenemancy. It's about 1am here so polar opposite of you. Having never worked a US set yet I couldn't comment on the cleanliness to be found, however having watched many movies, I can't say that American sets have never looked anything less of imaculate to me. Female directors have to work doubly hard as it is mostly men who buy porn and therefore a male perspective on the subject usualy works best. Most female directors usualy have to do a bit of,'acting' themselves before being taken seriously as a director, althogh there are eceptions...
Wow. Just wow. I didn't think anyone did that anymore.
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Posted - Mar 24 2008 : 10:49AM
I had no idea that ASL was no longer a term used in the mainstream, What was I thinking? Perhaps I've devoted too much of my time in the real world speaking to real people face to face! This time could have been better spent online posting in forums whilst monitoring the slide in trends as far as online jargon is concerned. How embarassing.
This was touched on in a previous thread. Here is link to it. Somebody there (producer person?) mentioned paying location fee of $500 and up, but were not specific about rental period.
I was thinking about a thread on this topic anyway. I love some of the big houses I see in porn. Maybe a publisher needs to come out with a "Houses of Porn" coffee table book. If they shoot pics at the places Dana works they might have to have a cleaning service come in and tidy up a little.
i am not the only person in the industry who think these places are disgusting. everyone works in these houses, there are a lot of them and they are all owned by the same people. there is filth everywhere, the stink of standing urine, they are freezing cold with no hot water, not that you would want to take a shower in the bathrooms. i have asked the dude that is supposed to be taking care of these houses to sweep up broken eyeshadow palettes from the makeroom floor and he suggested i just put my stuff in a different room. he has also on a couple occasions asked me for blow jobs and found other creative ways to insult me. the more i think about it my stomach is turning. :(
So people shell out all that dough to buy/rent a big, beautiful house and then won't even subscribe to a Patty Pickup service? They must figure just having the house is enough to get them some.
i shouldnt have to give somebody a blow job for them to do their damn job. and i dont think i want to give blow jobs to people that thing that level of filth is acceptable. yeah *shakes fist wildly*
On one side, I agree with you, the cleaners where I work often complain about how dirty a desk/computer have been. IMO this is comparable to a car mechanic complaining about how broken a car is!(stoopid) People obviously have an obligation to keep a place they propose renting to others clean, but this begs the question, if you were so unhappy about it, why not refuse to do the scene or at least refuse to shoot until the set is clean? Is desperation an issue for you? Any response would be welcome, and a lack of response would be understood as this is a difficult question to answer. P.S The stuff you do for Jay Sin kicks ass. Edited by - PuckerPounder on 3/25/2008 9:31:42 PM
the answer is, i dont choose the locations. i voice my opinion on the filth and i do my job. i am not going to put someone else out of the money it costs them to put together and then can a scene because i am picky about cleanliness. obviously other people are pigs and dont clean up after themselves, i do the best i can. i am a professional, and a spieglergirl. i am not an asshole or a moron or i would not have the best representation in the business. i have desperation for absolutely nothing in this world.
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Posted - Mar 25 2008 : 11:06PM
Obviously you're right Dana. I wouldn't want to fuck in a nasty house or room and I don't understand why anyone in the business would expect you or other performers to. I was kidding about gettig a blow job for it.....kinda.
That's pretty fucking nasty. Yet professionals like Dana manage to hide their disgust and look like they're having a great time. Who says porn performers have an easy job? I suppose it's not surprising. Most people are naturally lazy bastards when they're allowed to get away with it. From the sound of it these houses have a bit of a monopoly, and there isn't much incentive for them to clean up their act. I imagine only the big agents would have a chance of changing things, by refusing to allow the performers they represent to work under those conditions. Not much an individual performer can do if they want to keep on working... Do performers become ill as a consequence of those unhygienic conditions? Being regularly exposed to festering bodily fluids doesn't exactly seem conducive to good health...