OK… let’s talk about female casting. Before we begin this discussion, you need to understand a little about how the industry works. There are two different types of performers: those that are in the “mainstream talent pool”, and those who are primarily “creators”. Performers who are in the mainstream talent pool usually have an agent. They work 10-15 times a month (could be more could be less). They get STD tested every two weeks, and then they use that test for as many scenes as they can within a two week period. The agent negotiates rates for them and handles booking dates and helps with travel (if necessary). Most small companies (like MeanBitches) rely on this talent pool for our performers. Booking them is much easier than trying to book a creator. When you book a talent through an agency, you contact them and say “I have a scene on July 18. I’d like to book so-and-so if she’s available and interested. Here’s what the scene entails and how much it pays”. You usually have an answer within an hour, and if the answer is “not available” you can move on to the next person on your list. A creator (for the purposes of this discussion) is someone who primarily makes content for their own use, like on Onlyfans. Creators usually make content by doing content trades. That’s when they contact each other on social media, say “hey I’d like to shoot a scene with you”, and then they go back and forth talking about what dates work for both of them and agree on a location and time. It might take a few weeks of going back and forth to agree upon the date. Because performers don’t get paid for content trades (they both get rights to use the content), a very high percentage of content trades get canceled or postponed. Content trades are often shot on each other’s phones. Sometimes a content creator will have their own crew. A content creator might be someone who started in the industry on Onlyfans and hasn’t shot a lot of porn, or it might be someone who built a brand as a pornstar and then started focusing on her own content. For example, Alexis Texas made her name as a pornstar and now she makes tons of money as a creator. She might do some content trades to get content for her sites, and I heard that she did a new scene for Jules Jordan, but she doesn’t have an agent and she doesn’t work within the mainstream talent pool of porn. If you look at her twitter, you don’t see a lot of trailers for scenes (because she’s not performing in a lot of scenes!). Sure, she might do a scene for someone like Jules who can pay an exorbitant amount, but most companies simply can’t afford her. MeanBitch Productions is a small company and to complicate things even more, most of our scenes are not hardcore, so the rate is lower. Like any other small business, I have a budget and must make sound business decisions to succeed. MeanBitch Productions has been around for 22 years! Companies simply don’t last that long unless you make sound business decisions. So the first thing you need to realize is that I’m mostly limited to performers who are in the mainstream talent pool. I’d love to shoot Sophie Dee! I’d love to shoot CJ Miles! I’d love to shoot a new Kiara Mia scene! But those performers aren’t doing regular porn for small companies. They make content for themselves and sometimes for the very biggest companies who know they can make a profit on their scenes. I’d love to shoot them, but realistically…. It’s not going to happen. So before you suggest a performer, if you are serious about it, check her twitter and see if she lists a talent agency that represents her (not a manager or Onlyfans management company - an actual licensed and bonded talent agency). If she doesn’t have an agent, it’s probably not going to happen. The second thing to look at is “Does she live in the USA”. If a performer isn’t here, I can’t shoot her. If she visits her from Brazil but does not have a work VISA or whatever you need to legally work in the USA, I can’t shoot her. So those are two things you can check before you even suggest her for casting: 1) does she have an agent 2) does she live in the USA. I have much more to talk about but I’m going to put it in a part 2. NOTE: if you post your casting list of who you want here, I’m not going to put up a lot of info about specific performers. If you are a subscriber to the site and send me a private message, I’ll go through your list one by one and tell you what I can about the probability of shooting her. In part 2, I'll talk more about what we are looking for when casting female performers. --Glenn
Ok everyone… let’s talk about casting new males in our videos. We get around 5-10 emails from guys each week who want to be in our videos. So why do you see the same 3-4 guys in every scene? Because it’s a lot more complicated than you might think. Being in the videos is a lot of fun and I wish it was something that all of you could experience at least once! But… here’s why it’s not practical for most males:
1) I can’t hire anyone to do this job who is not legally able to work in the USA. It’s not me being unfair to foreigners - It’s me obeying the law. One of the ways you stay in business for 22 years is to obey all laws.
2) Performing in femdom scenes is not a full time job. It’s a 3 hour job that pays $325. At most, we would put you in 10 scenes a year, which is less than 1 scene per month. The guys we use make a living by working for a variety of companies, making their own content, and doing other work. I can’t help you with any of that. I pay you for the scene, say goodbye at the end of the day, and then you are on your own until I have another scene for you.
3) You do not get to choose who you want to be in a scene with. I book a female performer and then choose the male performer I think will be the best fit in the scene.
4) You cannot wear a mask or ask me to blur your face in the scene. Once you perform in one scene, your face will be on the Internet forever. That means 10 years from now if you are applying for a job and they use facial recognition software to scan the internet, they will find it. We had a female performer in England who was denied travel to the USA recently when the British Government found out she did porn (by scanning social media).
5) We do not pay for travel. So if you do not live in Vegas, you would probably spend way more on travel to get here than you will get in the scene. It would not make good business sense to pay for someone’s travel when we could just use someone who is already here in Vegas. If you are considering travel costs, make sure you factor in hotel costs.
6) All performers must be STD tested within 14 days of the scene. The STD test costs $220, takes 1-2 days for results, and you must pay for it yourself. It would not make good business sense for us to pay for your test when we could use someone who gets tested every two weeks like Jack, Fluffy, Marcelo, me. Guys who work in the industry stay tested all the time because they work for a variety of different companies and are able to use the same test for numerous scenes/content.
7) Scenes are often canceled or moved. If a female performer wakes up on the morning of her scene and says “I’m sick”, there is nothing I can do. So for those of you who say “I’ll fly in from 1,000 miles away for the scene!”, you might end up in a situation where you flew all the way out here and then the scene doesn’t happen”. Not a problem for talent who already lives in Vegas.
8) Every time we make a new scene, it’s an investment that comes out of my pocket. I have to pay a makeup artist, a female talent, a male talent, a production manager, pay for any props or set design, and pay for food on set. If the male talent doesn’t show up, or shows up unable to perform, I lose the money for that day and I don’t get the new content I need. If he can’t get an erection with a cameraman and production crew staring at him from 3 feet away, or he can’t cum, or if he has poor hygiene and the female performer is uncomfortable working with him, I might end up with a bad scene. It’s a huge risk for my business every time I try a new male performer.
9) Female performers have a choice about what scenes they do. Many of them ask before the scene “who will I be working with?”, and sometimes they say no. If you don’t have a twitter or IG with pictures of yourself, there’s a good chance the female performer will say no to the scene. Many of them will decline to work with performers they find unattractive. That’s why I say it’s impractical to shoot a 70 year old man. Remember how you felt about 70 year old woman when you were 22 years old? That’s how they see 70 year old men.
So you can see why we generally look for male performers who live in Vegas and are already regularly performing in the industry. Nothing personal… it’s just what makes sense for the business and for the performers.
NOTE: Please don't put your casting list of females here in the Male casting discussion. If you are a site member, please send me a DM of your list and I'll go through it with you. I'm going to post a discussion of female casting here sometime this week. Like with males, it's more complicated than you think.
UPDATE: Since writing this post, I've had three people message me to say "I live outside the USA. How can we make it work?". So let me more clear: if you are not able to legally work in the USA, we CANNOT HIRE YOU TO WORK IN THE USA. Period. It's the law.
Upcoming shoots
08/20/2024 02:21pm
Hi Everyone!
When casting, some of the the things we consider are : 1) is she here in Vegas or does she have an agent who lets us know when she comes here? 2) Is she represented by an agent we work with who can handle rates, booking, making sure she gets STD tested, making sure she show up. 3) does she have a good reputation? 4) do MeanBitches fans want to see her? 5) is she good at improvisational dialogue? 6) Does she smell good? (that's one of mine personally), and a few more criteria
When we book someone for a scene, there's an 80% chance it will happen. It's just how the industry works. Performers can cancel a scene on their end pretty much anytime before it happens with no penalty. They are contractors who can decline to accept the job even after they have accepted it.
So, with that said, here's who is on the calendar currently: Kaiya Rose, Ariana Starr, Sophia Locke, Stella Cloud (brand new!), Tera Winters, Blake Blossom, Ryan Conner
--Glenn
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07/19/2024 10:09pm
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