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So now you have finished the stills, the models had a break of coffee and a cigarette while you changed and tested the lights and it's time to shoot the video.
You have already built a good working relationship with the model/models and they feel they're in the hands of a pro. So it's time to refresh in their heads how you want the video to be shot. Time for good clear instructions.
Some videographers will break, tell the models to freeze, change their position, tell the models how to change into the next and then shout "action". Trust me unless you're working with good models and know what you're doing it's tough. A much easier way to work for beginners is to tell the model a few hand signals or simple 1-2 word commands move to the next position, sequence or step up the ladder. They have shot the set, you have given them the instructions, now it's time for their personality to come out.
If they don't have one you should of spotted it by now and put it right by not booking them or clearly explaining you don't want a model on fake auto pilot. Or at the end send them home. Bad product reflects on the site.
When shooting amateur style unless the niche is amateur photographer shooting professional bored model you need to make sure you get some real emotions and action into the scene. You're trying to give the illusion these models are doing it for the kicks and excitement. They are getting aroused turning on the viewer and themselves and their climax is what will clinch it. Stop her moaning like she's cumming when she's licking a vibrator and anything else that looks fake.
Some models today have seen and done too many badly faked porn scenes and will bring that to their work. The moment you see it shout cut and explain to him/her they look like a fake plastic porn star. Explain to them it's got to be real with an added bit of drama and noise. If they are talking they have to talk as themselves, if it's their bedroom character it's fine. A great shooter once told me "This job is not about getting a model to open her legs and show her pussy. Wish it was.
It's about opening her mind and showing us herself.
And that's the difference between a picture and porn. A professional actor will always reveal a part of themselves. The great actors are those who can change who they are and make you believe they own a chocolate factory of a pirate. Or stranded in an airport or desert island. All a porn actor has to do is reveal who they are in the bedroom. And not try to Sylvia Saint or any porn actress. Again the great ones are usually just revealing a part themselves anyway.
This job is not about mastering a camera, it's about mastering people.
You have to decide whether you want a static camera on a tripod or a less static one on a monopod or have steady enough hands to hold it. This is down to your skills. Today's cameras are so small and light weight the problem is holding them steady. Again a lot of practice is good.
You can sit on a chair, move around, have the camera at eye level, waist or floor and all of the above. Just move very slowly and keep your fingers off the zoom button. A common mistake of many new shooters is genital close ups, they go on and on and on with a close up that becomes boring. If the viewer wants that he will get it from Tube sites. And it's possible to capture the pussy and the face at the same time, especially with wide angle framing.
The art of producing porn is not showing the meat and letting the viewer thing of it cooked, it's stimulating the viewer so he feels like he's part of the scene. With Amateur, Teen, MILF, Gonzo he often has to think that you could fuck the model and she would fuck him if he was there. He's living his fantasy through your camera. If the reality looks boring and the model is not fuckable he will not buy or stay long.
You're in the porn business to sell porn. There is no clean clinical way to do that. It's about getting down to the real thing. A very successful pornographer I know says "It's about capturing the ICKYNESS yes and I know it's not a real word. You just can't shoot good porn cold, clinical and detached.
There's a limit to the number of scenes a model can do in a day and deliver the goods you need to make a good product. A sex maniac could 5 solo girl scenes in a day and still be begging for more. Some girls are finished after one scene. Your job is to get the most out of him or her and when they're is finished say it's time to call it a day. Too many today shoot like it's a numbers game. It never was or will be to the guy with his CC card in his hand.
You can't compete in quantity with the big Tubes, so compete in an area they can't. Quality, uniqueness and real.
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