Ben
Baird is one of SX Video's most frequent directors.
He receives many emails and inquiries about his work,
the models and the porn industry. Flesh 4 Men asked
him to share a few in this issue.
Q:
I'm a hot guy in the Midwest and want to know how to
get in the porn business.
A:
Be in great shape, have a beautiful face and a 10-inch,
rock-hard cock. That is the ideal. But everyone has
their own idea of beauty. I suggest that your body be
at least toned but a gym body is better. Cock size
isn't that important. But it doesn't hurt either. If
you want to see if porn biz is for you, send recent
pictures to producers. Include a face picture, a full
nude body and a hardon shot. We see a lot of these submissions
and you usually only get one chance to catch our eye.
If you're local to the Southern California area, you
will be
invited to come in for an interview. If SX feels you
have a great look, they'll fly you in from other areas
for
an interview and set up a shoot.
I
always like to caution the new guys not to do any shoots
if the company
says they will pay you later. Producers conducting business
like that many times leave the models
hanging.
Also,
don't act like a diva. You
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can
be the hottest guy in the world and if you are hard
to work with, you won't get hired again. Be friendly,
don't have an attitude and have a good time. Everyone
will be happy in the end.
Models
can contact me at baird@sxvideo.com
Q:
Can I come watch a
porn shoot?
A:
Everyone who has ever found out that I direct porn has
wanted to come to a set. The answer is always the
same. No. The models need to be at ease. They already
have to be surrounded by lighting crew and cameramen.
I always try to help the models
be more comfortable by
introducing them to the crew. The best porn comes when
the models forget that the cameras are around and they
are just having a hot fuck session.
Q:
Do you ever get to fuck any of your models?
A:
Sometimes the models make it clear that they will do
whatever is necessary to get the job. I ask them to
keep it for the camera. I know some producers have the
casting couch and models may not mind, but
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I
don't encourage it. You will get to fuck plenty in the
movie.
Q:
How do you get those great shots of a cock in a guy's
asshole?
A:
It ain't easy, but someone has to do it. Usually the
camera guy is down on the ground about 4 inches from
the action. There are times when lube falls on the camera
or the
guy's face. One, of our camera guys is straight and
he especially likes it when this happens.
Q.
What is the strangest thing you
have seen?
A:
Strange is in the eye of the beholder. All of my scenes
are not scripted out. I like the models to do what comes
naturally. Sometimes things I haven't seen before happen.
Like in Piss
Whores, when Drew T
drank his own piss out of Andrew Swallow's ass. It ended
up being a great scene, and they both loved it, but
I didn't think of it.
Of
course there are things like Drew
Peters fisting himself. I had
heard that he could do this, but didn't realize what
a talent it was until I saw him do it in person for
Sleaze.
Everyone on the set was amazed.
Got
a question for Ben Baird?
You can email him at baird@sxvideo.com |
