A few months ago a gentleman asked me to hold a few auditions in which I could screen women to decide who would play the roles of superheroines and villainnesses in a video he wanted me to shoot. Initially I waffled around and did not address the real issue. I merely reminded him of my profound inability to orchestrate anything.
"You can't ask a few girls to come to cameraman Mike Raffone's apartment and read a few lines?" he inquired via e-mail.
"I would have to pay them." I wrote back to him.
"I've never heard of actresses being paid for an audition." he typed back to me.
"Women in the adult industry get hired for movie roles that generally pay between $500 and $1000 per scene." I responded to him. "They may spend most of the day shooting their scene in that movie and then they are on to the next job. The next job may be that same day, it might be the next day, or it might not be for two more weeks. The work comes in waves and all the adult actresses learn to adjust to that reality one way or another. They know they need to stay as busy as possible to make a comfortable living. No one I know will go on an audition. I won't go on an audition. Between jobs I go to the strip club. Some adult actresses do webcam shows. Some do signings at adult video stores. Some do other things. The bottom line is that we all work a lot if we want to make a comfortable living. No one will commute in Los Angeles and waste half a day auditioning for a job that pays between $500 and $1000, particularly since they know that they might not get hired for it anyways. They might go audition for a job that would yield $10,000, but probably no one would believe you if you said you had a movie role in an adult production for which you were paying $10,000."
Days went by. I knew this gentleman would either readjust his thinking or else I'd never hear from him again. In the end he did write me back.
"How am I supposed to react to this?" he queried. "I am prepared to shell out good money for a custom video. Am I supposed to just venture into it blindly? I guess I can watch other videos in which some of these ladies have appeared, but that may not indicate to me whether or not I would find them compelling in roles as superheroines or villainnesses. I really want a video that I can treasure if I go the trouble and expense of commissioning a production for myself. I guess I'm willing to pay a few models to shoot some footage for me so I can evaluate their aptitude. Are you willing to help me with that?"
"Absolutely." I replied.
Two days later I was shooting the first of the "auditions" at Mike Raffone's studio. Kayla Quinn breezed into the room with an abnormally large amount of luggage. It all contained wardrobe. I loitered nearby in my Power Girl outfit. Kayla asked if I would like her to play the role of a superheroine or a villain. I shrugged noncommittally.
"Well, sweetie, I don't want to potentially usurp your role as superheroine in the upcoming video. It just would not be good for you if we were both superheroines in this audition so I'll be a villain." Kayla decided out loud.
She had thrown "sweetie" into her sentence and she just had that bitchy, presumptuous attitude. I folded my glove-clad arms and let her sift through what proved to be an astonishing array of fantasy apparel. It looked like Kayla had played the villain on many occasions. And played the superheroine just as often. Kayla tried to make a few more idle attempts at conversation as she dressed. Mike Raffone indulged her. I did not.
Kayla "The Purple Avenger" and I, "Power Girl", finally squared off in front of the camera. Hostility blazed in The Purple Avenger's eyes and ferocity burned in Power Girl's soul..
How could two goofy broads get so worked up over a superheroine audition? Did Power Girl reclaim her dignity? Did The Purple Avenger assert her intended dominance? Please, take a moment away from your life's issues and join www.TanyaDanielle.com to marvel at the intensity of two women in supersuits vying for leading roles in a Mike Raffone production..
- XXOO Tanya
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"You can't ask a few girls to come to cameraman Mike Raffone's apartment and read a few lines?" he inquired via e-mail.
"I would have to pay them." I wrote back to him.
"I've never heard of actresses being paid for an audition." he typed back to me.
"Women in the adult industry get hired for movie roles that generally pay between $500 and $1000 per scene." I responded to him. "They may spend most of the day shooting their scene in that movie and then they are on to the next job. The next job may be that same day, it might be the next day, or it might not be for two more weeks. The work comes in waves and all the adult actresses learn to adjust to that reality one way or another. They know they need to stay as busy as possible to make a comfortable living. No one I know will go on an audition. I won't go on an audition. Between jobs I go to the strip club. Some adult actresses do webcam shows. Some do signings at adult video stores. Some do other things. The bottom line is that we all work a lot if we want to make a comfortable living. No one will commute in Los Angeles and waste half a day auditioning for a job that pays between $500 and $1000, particularly since they know that they might not get hired for it anyways. They might go audition for a job that would yield $10,000, but probably no one would believe you if you said you had a movie role in an adult production for which you were paying $10,000."
Days went by. I knew this gentleman would either readjust his thinking or else I'd never hear from him again. In the end he did write me back.
"How am I supposed to react to this?" he queried. "I am prepared to shell out good money for a custom video. Am I supposed to just venture into it blindly? I guess I can watch other videos in which some of these ladies have appeared, but that may not indicate to me whether or not I would find them compelling in roles as superheroines or villainnesses. I really want a video that I can treasure if I go the trouble and expense of commissioning a production for myself. I guess I'm willing to pay a few models to shoot some footage for me so I can evaluate their aptitude. Are you willing to help me with that?"
"Absolutely." I replied.
Two days later I was shooting the first of the "auditions" at Mike Raffone's studio. Kayla Quinn breezed into the room with an abnormally large amount of luggage. It all contained wardrobe. I loitered nearby in my Power Girl outfit. Kayla asked if I would like her to play the role of a superheroine or a villain. I shrugged noncommittally.
"Well, sweetie, I don't want to potentially usurp your role as superheroine in the upcoming video. It just would not be good for you if we were both superheroines in this audition so I'll be a villain." Kayla decided out loud.
She had thrown "sweetie" into her sentence and she just had that bitchy, presumptuous attitude. I folded my glove-clad arms and let her sift through what proved to be an astonishing array of fantasy apparel. It looked like Kayla had played the villain on many occasions. And played the superheroine just as often. Kayla tried to make a few more idle attempts at conversation as she dressed. Mike Raffone indulged her. I did not.
Kayla "The Purple Avenger" and I, "Power Girl", finally squared off in front of the camera. Hostility blazed in The Purple Avenger's eyes and ferocity burned in Power Girl's soul..
How could two goofy broads get so worked up over a superheroine audition? Did Power Girl reclaim her dignity? Did The Purple Avenger assert her intended dominance? Please, take a moment away from your life's issues and join www.TanyaDanielle.com to marvel at the intensity of two women in supersuits vying for leading roles in a Mike Raffone production..
- XXOO Tanya
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