Re: Fratmen Riley from Alumni Weekend 5: Australia
There's different kinds of guys who do adult movies, really.
Fratmen isn't really "gay" in the classic sense, although it's quite homoerotic, and the guys are aware of it.
I like to think of what we do as a 21st century version of the 1950's physique magazines. There's definitely a homoerotic slant to what we do, but it's possible for just about anyone to enjoy and appreciate what we do.
Most of the models tell me that they really dont' care about the sex or sexual orientation of the people watching them. They enjoy knowing that there are people getting off watching them, and although there's maybe an extra kick they get from girls watching them, they just love to show off to anyone.
We keep the sets VERY low-pressure. When the actual shooting is going on, there's only ONE other person in the room, that being John the director of all the Fratmen movies, and anyone else (usually me) is in the next room or even in another part of the house. Generally, there's not even anyone else anywhere near by... only if I'm needed will I stick around.
It's a very professional environment, and the guys are treated like the professional models they are, not slabs of meat... we really respect their space and dignity while we're shooting and all all times.
And as far as they way they can come across on camera.. let's say with the Hawaii behind the scenes stuff.. A lot of them are very conscious of the end product... Miles hams it up for the camera and plays that MILES Charater really well while the cameras are rolling.. but he also works here at Fratmen as our office manager-type person, and he's 100% profressional and reliable and totally different when he's in this type of atmosphere.
I'm the one who shoots most of the behind-the-scenes material, and I usually have a tone in mind when I go to shoot... with Hawaii, we wanted a wild and over-the-top kind of mood.. and we got it from the guys we invited.
With Australia we wanted a much more relaxed vacation in the sun and surf type mood, and we got THAT by casting it well, too.
Take a look at these two clips and you can see the difference....
Here's is in
Hawaii earlier this year.
And here's us in
Australia.
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and that will subscribe you)