That's an awesome question! I've been wanting to talk about it, but didn't know how to initiate it. Being in the studio, and being comfortable isn't something that comes overnight. With probably every model's first time in the studio, it was nerve racking. I remember when I did my solo scene I never looked directly at the camera, but that's where my focus was. I was so nervous that I wasn't doing a good job or didn't have the right look going on. And when you're nervous it's extremely difficult to keep yourself hard.
After a few scenes you do start to get used to it and the studio doesn't seem to be this cold foreign place that you don't belong in anymore. There's also a lot of focus that goes with preforming. You have to forget the fact that there's all these lights around you and there's a guy holding a camera watching everything you're doing, and just be in the moment. It also really helps when you're working with someone who feels comfortable with the situation. In my last scene with Paul, I believe it went so well because he knew what to do, what was going on, and he was relaxed about it all. So that helped me be relaxed and not so cold with the scene.
We try to treat the studio as going to work and being professional with everything. And it's hard sometimes to calibrate what the members want from a scene because some complain that there's no passion or relationship in a scene, and then there's the ones who will point out that a model stayed hard throughout the entire scene so that automatically makes them gay, and not a real Broke Straight Boy. What the members have to understand is that the models are essentially actors. And that the actors will only be as good as the members allow them to be.
Some members like the straight guy feel and only care about the sex, so in turn it makes the models appear cold and robot like. That's not particularly good acting, but it's what the member wants. So there's always going to be the whole, "you can't make everyone happy" deal in this business.
I'm sorry I went off a bit there on a tangent but I hope that answers your question, Tampa
You sure
did answer it well Ian. lol That was a
great response. Thank you! So honest and all-encompassing! You've also quickly caught on to every dilemma Clay faces in directing a scene.
If the models do too good of a job with a passionate, no-holds-barred scene, (or if they stay hard the whole time, as you say) then some will say this proves that the models are actually gay. If the models play it too straight, cold and aloof, then the scenes will get bad ratings for being so flat and lacking in chemistry or passion. Or to some it will look like one model or another is just being a jerk. But then sometimes a model really
is being a jerk and needs either an attitude adjustment or needs to be let go. lol Other times he's just over-acted the role he was told to play. We viewers will never know with certainty which one it is without being on the set ourselves at the time.
"What the members have to understand is that the models are essentially actors. And that the actors will only be as good as the members allow them to be."
That's actually one of my favorite quotes of your whole response. It's very true. Yet "good" is also very subjective. Indeed. You can't make everyone happy in this business. lol
I happened to enjoy this scene immensely. You did a wonderful job here Ian and can be really proud of yourself here. It reminded me of a good CF scene. (CF is another porn site out there which I also like a lot but only visit ocsassionally) I enjoyed this scene because Paul is a favorite among many of us. And also of course because you looked so good and did so well here. This was more of a
College Dudes scene or a CF scene. Once in a while a no-holds-barred sex scene can be fun. Even in here.
Yet I would also not like to see this kind of scene become the norm in here because if
Broke Straight Boys tries going really commercial, they would risk becoming just another also-ran in the business. I like the introductory parts of scenes where you guys get to talk a little bit about yourselves and your lives. That sense of connection between model and viewer adds so much more to the viewing experience. For instance would you rather be known among your fans as the cute guy who's a lifeguard and always seems so polite and sweet? Or would you rather be known just as "That guy with the green eyes and the big dick"? You see the difference?
For the straight purists, they won't care for this latest scene very much. For the members who don't care if the models are straight or gay, they'll love it. I'm more of a straight purist myself here on
Broke Straight Boys but I liked it and gave it a 5.
You also get brownie points in my book Ian for your writing skills. I'm very impressed that you know the contraction of (you are) is spelled "you're" and NOT "your". LOL What can I say? It's one of my peeves. haha