Not sure if this topic fits into this forum or not, but does anyone have any (serious) suggestions as to how one would get into the Porn Business as a director? Or do you have to work from the ground up? lol. Just curious. Serious input only please. Thanks in Advance!
I'm not sure you're serious. But, in case you are, the short answer is always, YES, you do have to work from the ground up. No one is going to pay you, or even just let you direct a video. This business is like any other business, you need to develop skills and experience and then demonstrate those to get hired. There are seldom shortcuts. If you're asking 'how do I get the kind of skills and experience', I'd suggest you make some videos. Porn actually provides an easy path to developing your skills and getting paid for it. In porn it's called Amateur. There are several producers that post on this site regularly that have assembled the necessary tools to make an amateur video and SOLD it for $$. Porn provides an opportunity few other industries provide. If you want to learn, I suggest start making and selling videos. Ask for feedback. Learn from that feedback. Share your work with some that have established themselves and if you have talent, you'll be surprised how easy it is to break into this business. Sorry BK, I think we were both typing at the same time. Edited by - Rod on 1/24/2011 10:49:37 PM
Easiest and cheapest option is : 1) Buy a video camera 2) Hire some girls. 3) Film it 4) Edit it 5) Create a store on clips4sale and sell your stuff. Bam... you're now a pornographer. - Swirlie The Official Swirlie Blog Edited by - SwirlieCEO on 1/25/2011 10:39:25 AM
^^^^ Excellent feedback, appreciate it...is there a list somewhere of reputable companies that are regularly looking for and accepting ameteur work? Edited by - sexytawk on 1/25/2011 3:06:44 PM
Video Camera: Any suggestions on the camera? (High-end, Mid-Level, Low-End, Industry Standard?) Hiring Girls: How Much would that cost generally? (ranges?)
I don't know anyone that accepts 'ameteur' work, but there are a number of companies that will buy your amateur videos. You can start with Homegrown Video, Home Made Media, and Platinum Media (not Platinum X or any other the other variations on Platinum). As for your other questions, you can search this site and find the answers to all of them. Good luck.
Home Made Media and Platinum Media don't make it as obvious or easy to submit footage as Homegrown. The bad news about Homegrown video is they won't pay very much, and it takes damn near two months before you'll see a check. I'm currently working on getting a little store set up on the clips4sale site. My advice would be, don't wait 'til you have a buyer, start shooting as soon, and as often as you can. Make sure you get photos of your performers IDs, a signed statement saying they're over 18, sober and not being coerced, and a signed "model release" giving you permission to sell/re-distribute the footage and images. Good luck to you, it's pretty fun, but, as with anything, there's a learning curve.
well I hope you at least have some training in your background. I have a degree in television broadcasting and after graduation thought about moving to so-cal and giving the adult business a go. But that's as far as it went, a brief thought. I have no doubt that with a decent budget I could produce some reasonably good stuff but we all know that a lot of the industry is drying up. If you have the talent, maybe get some backers or have a team of like minded people and maybe go the internet company route. I don't think the DVD route is an ideal way to start. It's not as if you can come out of the gate with contract girls. okay I am just rambling now. Just thinking out loud I guess. I'm sure there are hundreds of insiders on here who can give you better insight than I could. Good luck if you go for it, I wish you nothing but success.