In the old days if we shot something that was not good enough, we did not sell it. So we sent the model home. There was no point in wasting hundreds of dollars on film shooting something that did not work and would not sell.
Be it a set or video the final decision on whether it sold was down to the publisher.
So a reply here
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=979656 made me think "How do shooters audition models today?"
Most of the time I used to make the girls turn up for a casting and see if they had what it takes. I shot a lot of first timers and if they could not do what they said they could do on a casting, they did not get the job. If a model turned up on the day of the shoot unable to work, she went home.
How does it work today with custom shooters taking an order and often money on the strength of a photo?
Even when we went on a trip to Spain, Portugal or Canary Islands. If the girl was not going to make us a profit she was put on a plane home.