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goldenballs
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343 Posts
7/04
Posted - Jun 27 2008 : 2:10PM
I've seen a few films recently where the box cover shots are not representative of whats actually in the film.
I understand that box cover photos are not necessarily stills taken directly from the film but rather, are shot separately, but it still pisses me off when for example, on the back of the cover for the film 'MILF Cruiser 11' there are shots of Mikayla (one of my favorites) riding a guy cowgirl.
However, in her scene she never does the cowgirl position.
Why would they take photos of positions that never occured in the scene??
Even worse in my opinion is this box cover from 'Big Tits at School 2'
I watched this last night looking forward to the Audrey Bitoni scene and seeing her amazing body getting a work out. But despite appearing naked on the back box cover shots, she never gets naked in the scene, keeping the black top on that you can see in the shot in the top left corner. I felt really disappointed by the scene.
I don't get how even if the stills are shot separately to the film, they would get her to take her top off for the box cover shots, then get her to keep it on for the scene.
mod note: removed boxcover - violates the Image Policy! Here is a link to the boxcover.

Edited by - heynow on Jun 27 2008

goldenballs
Member

343 Posts
7/04
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 5:22PM
Ooops, sorry about the pic, didn't realise it was against the rules.
Kinda figured if pornographic images would be allowed anywhere it would be here.
Hopefully people can still click the link to the box cover I referred to.
So anyone else encountered misleading box cover shots before?
Bill All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 5:55PM
I think that part of the problem is that the stills are often taken prior to the scene. Then when the scene is shot, the action may not end up matching the photos that were taken or a portion of the scene may be edited out. Then, since the person designing the boxcover isn't necessarily the director or the editor, some of those photos that don't match the action can end up on the box cover.
Realistically, companies should really do a better job of communication when designing the box cover so that the photos that don't match the movie are removed from the list of possible box cover photos.
xformyzombie
Member

206 Posts
5/08
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 6:36PM
As someone who hates tats on pretty girls, I resent the removal of said body defacing on DVD cover shots of female talent. I'm not picking on Brandon Iron (or cover girl Delilah Strong who I otherwise like), but Delilah has a tit tat and an arm band tat removed from the DVD cover photo of Good Source of Iron 3. When I bought this DVD several years ago I was not at that time familiar with Delilah, and after viewing the DVD was disappointed to see how inked she is (also has a butt tat as well as a tramp stamp which would not show on the cover shot). I have much more of a problem with this than an issue with specific scenes vs. cover shots, which are subject to legitimate editing.
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Delilah from a different photo shoot, but this illustrates the tats:
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Edited by - xformyzombie on 6/28/2008 6:38:05 PM
Brandon Iron
BrandonIron.com

3832 Posts
3/02
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 11:13PM
Guilty. Not sure what to say. I approved the box design and didn't really put much thought into it. If it took away from your viewing pleasure, I apologize. Sometimes graphic artists are just trying to clean up an image. Not an excuse. Just an explanation.
 
xformyzombie
Member

206 Posts
5/08
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 11:47PM
Brandon, again my intent was not to pick on you or single you out. I really like your stuff (including GSOI3), and I think Delilah is really hot and has great energy. I used this DVD as an example because it's a title I looked forward to before buying it and enjoyed immensely when viewing it. It just breaks me up to see such pretty girls like Delilah ink their bodies. As cult director John Waters said, "there's some doctor that's going to make a fortune removing all these tattoos in twenty years because believe me tattoos look bad when you're 50." The article with the tattoo quote from Waters is here.

Edited by - xformyzombie on 6/29/2008 2:23:02 AM

blowfish
Member

874 Posts
1/08
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 11:56PM
You are so dead on Zombie. I hate tatts so bad I will not even watch a vid if a girl has one. I scan every aspect of the box cover looking for tattoos. If I find one, it goes back on the shelf or I don't download it.
Brandon Iron
BrandonIron.com

3832 Posts
3/02
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 3:24AM
For me, tats or no tats, I like a woman's personality. I know porn is a visual medium but tattoos don't sway me one way or another. Whatever has meaning to some people is cool. I just want to take a look under the hood and see how she performs.
blowfish
Member

874 Posts
1/08
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 5:54AM
^^^BI, a girl with one arm has personality. Please sir I beseech you not photoshop out those adornments from your box covers. Kind of truth in advertising deal.
xformyzombie
Member

206 Posts
5/08
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 12:12PM
Brandon you are a performer, and therefore participate in and better appreciate the performance. Alas the rest of us must only observe. And when I see something I don't like, it's an issue.
goldenballs
Member

343 Posts
7/04
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 12:54PM
Yeah, I've seen box covers before where there have been some cosmetic re-touching, such as removing tattoos or if anyone's seen any films with Rita Faltoyano, they'll be aware that the marks she has on her chest are usually removed if she's on a box cover.
I can understand why these kind of things happen.
With the original example I was talking about though, being naked on the box cover and then not being so in the film, i felt like I had been conned.
SWorldMegan
Shane's World

213 Posts
5/05
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 2:48PM

On a side note too ..in defense of studios.. sometimes in editing we cut out whole positions. Maybe the lighting wasn't right, maybe it was an awkward angle , etc. But the stills would still be there. Sometimes boxes are done months after a movie was shot and no one notices that position was cut out and it ends up on the box.
I think in general (at least decent studios) really try and watch that. No one wants to actively mis-lead the consumer.
blowfish
Member

874 Posts
1/08
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 3:36PM
I can understand retouching stretch marks, scars, scrapes, bruises.... but tattoos? Those were the artists choice.



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