My favorite scenes are matching a gay dude with a straight dude and that does work because at least, I have someone in the room that helps bring the HOMO out of the straight, bi curious boys......LOL
That does make the job easier! LOL
All that you have shared with us today David has been so enlightening. It really drives home the point that you are really trying to get the models to push their limits. Many times we may think things like, Why doesn't David ask them to at least do such and such? Or throw out critiques like, "What the scene was lacking was such and such." From what you have shared today you and Eddie are already way ahead of us on what went really well and sometimes wrong in the videos. As a good director you already have a very good idea as to how certain scenes will be received by viewers long before they are posted.
The fact that you are coaching the models to do everything from bottoming to seemingly little things like moaning, speaking, showing emotion, and making some facial expressions, is very illuminating. It really is the MODELS themselves who are holding back or refusing to give more for the camera to work with. I find it almost deliciously ironic that a straight guy will suck dick and get fucked but will refuse to grunt and moan. LOL Who knew?! haha The camera cannot embellish or add any more sizzle to a scene than the model gives it.
As I've said here in the forum Shane is way up there on my list. And I look forward to seeing what you have of him in the vault. From the first video I saw of him I sensed that he had star quality potential. But if he or any another model reaches a plateau where you realize that you are never going to get any more progression from them than what you've already gotten...then it's probably time to cut them loose and spend the money on new talent.
Since they are all individuals with different personalities all of those decisions still have to be done on a case by case basis. For instance you could have justified dropping
Diesal a while back for all of the above reasons. He had gotten into a bit of a rut also. Giving oral reluctantly, receiving oral and then topping. The fact that you built a relationship of trust with him over a long period, gave him the time and opportunity to grow...it all paid off huge for all of us later on. So there's really no one size fits all policy.
You tried to be very patient with Dustin and gave him plenty of time and money. But it became obvious after a while that you were just throwing good money after bad. He had no intention of giving any more for the camera (or the fans) than he had already given many times before. So that was an easier call.
I get the sense that if you had the chance to work with all professional gay porn models, that you would be dangerous in what you could create. haha Since the niche of the site is amateurs, and straight guys at that, I guess it's your niche to be constantly reinventing the wheel with every new model who walks through the door. It's a tough job. But somebody's gotta do it. LOL
Thanks again David for giving us all these behind the scenes glimpses. It really is eye opening and educational. LOL