Quote Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip View Post
DeWayne,

You are not a content producer. You have limited knowledge of what a few producers might pay for scenes. So please stop posting on an industry board and making unsupported blanket statements as though they are fact.

The range of what studios pay is all over the map. I know of one studio that pays $75 for a solo and has no problem finding models. I know of another one that pays between $1200 and $2000 for a solo. As for BDSM content, I know of more than one studio that shoots it, ranging from light to aggressive, with pay ranges between $150-250 per scene. I know other studios that pay more.

I am not defending Hyde Park by any means, but they are a smaller studio that does not sell thousands of units per title, and sells most of their units at a pretty low price, so it is unlikely their budget would support the kind of numbers you're quoting.

It's this sort of irresponsibility that causes problems. Kyle's pay may have been on the low end of the spectrum, but it is well within the range of what studios of that size pay their models. If Kyle works with a larger studio with bigger distribution, they may offer him more money, but it's wrong to make blanket statements when you don't have the information to back it up, and it's disruptive to the industry to create false expectations about what "the going rate" is.
Exactly. Once again, Chip, you have taken my thoughts and put them succinctly to words. Part of the problem we get with newer models is that they claim to know what the "going rate" is when I tell them what I pay per shoot. Those models typically have either worked for only one company before, or have friends in porn who fill their head with bullshit numbers based on what THEY make. My scale typically slides based on prior experience, but I don't pay any less than $400 - $500 for a hardcore.

I have heard this story before from many, MANY models who have worked for Hyde Park, including Casey Wood, who just shot 4 scenes for me for a website and walked away with 2k. We paid him each day after the scene was completed.

So yeah... bigger studios pay more money. I shoot exclusive content for 3-4 studios on a continuous, monthly basis and each site has a different pay scale. However, Hyde Park should NOT have released this movie before the model was paid. I made that mistake ONCE and am still paying for it... I will never, NEVER make that mistake again.


R.