Consider this feedback from a model who made shoots with two different Shoot Producers;
Working with [Second SP] made me realise that maybe my abbywinters.com shoot with [First SP] was not so professional.
My shoot experience with [First SP] wasn’t bad, it was just after I worked with [Second SP] and how he worked with me, I realised that there were many little things that happened during my shoot with [First SP] that at the time I thought were ok… but now, I don’t think they should have happened.
For example, we had been shooting all day and we were coming up to the final masturbation video segment and I jokingly said something like, “Thank god, because after playing with yourself for hours, you kind of just want to get it out of the way!” and [First SP] said something like, “Yeah I’m going to have to go home to have a wank too!”. At the time I was like, “That’s a bit weird” but I cut it out of my head. Now seeing the way [Second SP] talks, I feel [First SP] was really inappropriate.
I do not want to make shoots with [First SP] again, even though we live in the same city and it would be convenient.
The SP telling today’s model she will be “masturbation fuel” for the SP tonight is not appropriate (even if it’s a joke) – any model is going to consider that creepy and inappropriate.
Even though models know that the work they are doing will be used as a masturbation aid by many men, models expect their Shoot Producer to be professional. A failed joke is just as creepy as a comment, so don’t risk it.
While frustrating to read, it was useful to get this damning feedback from this model – but many models would simply never come back, and never let us know why.
This is why creating a respectful, positive and engaging atmosphere on-set is critical to the success of a shoot day: we get a good shoot, the model is likely to come back for more work, and is more likely to refer her friends to our business.