# The economics of adult entertainment
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 11, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775 "2008-12-11T21:52:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/41 "2008-12-14T08:53:01Z")
> [@davekhps](#):
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> I strongly recommend visiting the blog Christian Sings The Blues: [Noparse][http://cwians.typepad.com/[/noparse]](http://cwians.typepad.com/%5B/noparse%5D). (VERY NSFW)
> [@Christian](#):
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> She was starving and even though she had an anal scene tomorrow for Vouyer Media, she wanted Mexican food. Nice.
I think I’ve found my new favorite blog.
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### Author:  [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/42 "2008-12-14T14:55:48Z")
I’m so glad someone started this thread so I didn’t have to. I’d love to know more about the business models of online/streaming porn like [aebn.net](http://aebn.net) but I doubt anyone here knows. I’ll check out Christian later as he sounds interesting.
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### Author:  [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/43 "2008-12-14T16:16:38Z")
> **[Turns Out Porn Isn't Recession-Proof](https://www.wired.com/2008/07/turns-out-por-1/)**
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> In good times and in bad, sin sells; booze, tobacco and sex have all weathered countless economic storms over the centuries. This recession is a little different, though. It’s been extremely challenging for adult filmmakers, who are not only...
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17033892/site/newsweek/from/ET/print/1/displaymode/1098/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17033892/site/newsweek/from/ET/print/1/displaymode/1098/)
Both SFW (if double-entendre heavy) pieces on the economics of the “industry” and how it isn’t a walk in the park to make a killing (if it ever was) based on piracy, ubiquitous free content on the Web, etc.
As to the “four movies a year” notion – I also suspect that’s very low.
Here’s a girl my former roommate was obsessed with (link is largely SFW but I’ve broken it because some of the titles are predictably crass puns):
h_tt_p://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665927/
By my count, her oeuvre include 23 films in 1999.
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### Author:  [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/44 "2008-12-14T16:45:32Z")
> [@Across](#):
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> Remember, Abby is based in Australia, and I’d be surprised if info for making porn was consistent in different countries, especially the financial aspect.
Abby addresses many aspects of the economics of internet porn in this thread:
> **[Economics of free internet porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416466)**
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> I have occasionally heard rumors of various sites on the Internet which claim to offer ‘free porn.’ If such sites indeed exist, I presume they are attempting to make money in some fashion. But how do they turn a profit if they’re already giving out...
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### Author:  [@CalD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalD)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/45 "2008-12-14T17:04:12Z")
I’ve always wanted to know how auditions work.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/46 "2008-12-14T17:30:07Z")
> [@friedo](#):
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> I think I’ve found my new favorite blog.
ROFL.
That’s both so horribly nasty and so very funny.
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### Author:  [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/47 "2008-12-15T17:45:33Z")
> [@Gfactor](#):
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> We don’t post live NSFW links on the Straight Dope. It’s no a big deal; just remember for next time. I’ve broken the link, and attempted to keep the content of your post as close to what you’d intended as possible.
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> **Gfactor**
> General Questions Moderator
So sorry, my apologies, thank you for fixing!
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### Author:  [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/48 "2008-12-15T20:18:55Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> That leaves the scenes much longer. Cuts are made solely as necessities rather than artistic choices.
So I wonder in these kinds of scenes, how does the “direction” work? Is it all planned out in advance like wrestling? The performers don’t talk, and it doesn’t seem like they could call out instructions.
I have this image of an amusing guy with a cue card behind the camera.
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### Author:  [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-adult-entertainment/476775/49 "2008-12-15T20:54:18Z")
I think it’s more about what the performers are doing, what angle they’re at, whether you can see things properly etc. I guess it also depends on whether it’s a film with a plot/setting/theme and the people are actually acting (if so then you need to direct the acting).
If you’re watching some amateur or docu-style porn where they just point the camera at people fucking each other and make sure the camera gets a good view then the direction is more in doing some basic defining of what should happen before the camera starts rolling.
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