I got the news just a few days ago that we were in high risk, and in fact have lost our distribution. The reason being is the highly competitive niche of the Twink DVD market. I have to agree that we are not set up to battle the giants like Bel Ami® or other big brand name studios, but that has never been our intention. We started setting out with the goal to make porn we liked as a group of highly diversified pornographers. We have proved that with the Keith Manheim website, it retains, sells and competes with large number of websites out there and scores highly on many user review and webmaster written review sites.
We regret that this is happening but as always there are opportunities at every turn and we will surely not stop distribution the Keith Manheim line of DVDs. This year we are set to launch five new titles and are in negotiations with a new distributor that appreciates our artistic values more than our previous company.
May 25th, 2007
If you’re tech savvy and love new things then you’ve probably heard about Apple TV. When the announcement was made late 2006 about this exciting new product, then codenamed iTV, I started to wonder how I could monetize on this new adventure Apple was taking on. I ordered my unit on the 8th of January as a pre-released product and waited until March 29th to actually get my hands on my dearly fantasised Apple TV.
Immediately when DHL knocked on my door I threw away work, my life and everything else to try out my brand new Apple TV. I have to admit I had some problems connecting it and it didn’t sync properly with my iTunes, but after a factory re-set things worked out great and have continued to work flawlessly.
Now the question is, how can I make money, as a Pornographer from the existence of Apple TV? The answer is simple, encode everything in the members area for Apple TV specs so that members can enjoy the best quality video porn on their new huge flat panels. I have lots of ideas on Apple TV and will explore them to the fullest in the next few months, but first I’ll wait for the first software update for the box, to see if anything changes.
HDTV porn has now a new best friend, thanks to Apple.
April 15th, 2007
It’s a great job being a pornographer and all but can you imagine being in this position, just inches away from the live action? I’ve always wanted to write a script for a cowboy movie and I did just that, and I believe the DVD is just out about now. Planting his Seed will be available from all better corner shops and adult DVD retail websites soon so look for it and tell me if you liked it.
Here is some inside scoop on the scene this photo was taken in. We had originally casted another actor in the role of the Villon of this scene, but for some reason that actor didn’t show up and we where panicking for hours trying to find a replacement. I had the brilliant idea to go to the local village and look around the street if I would see any unemployed factory workers (apparently there was a strike at the time of the film being shot) and guess what; I found the perfect Villon and he was much better than we had originally cast for the part. Turned out to be a great day of shooting on our first gay Cowboy themed title ‘Planting his Seed’
April 3rd, 2007
I followed an advice from a friend of mine last year and shot my first Fetish title in the Keith Manheim video line titled ‘Virgin Spank‘. I really don’t want my blog to turn into an infomercial but since I am a pornographer and my job revolves around my films and website I thought I’d give you some insight into the making of this wonderful title.
After the initial casting we ended up with three youthful young guys that all where into experimental sex and really wanted to try out starring in a fetish Spanking movie. We had rented a dungeon, actually, I’m not sure if its a dungeon if its located on the 4th floor of an apartment building :) We stumbled up the stairs with our equipment and the models where so nice to help us carrying the stuff, it was a few hundred kilos and would have killed me and my assistant Globo if we hadn’t gotten the help. Usually the models are so lazy and busy with their looks that they don’t care what the production crew is up to, so this was a greatly appreciated exception.
When setting up was finished and we where ready to shoot we went through the story line with the cast. It wasn’t a complicated script and I wont go into the storyline, just buy the DVD or get a membership to Keith Manheim and download the movie. This day was extremely hot and with the addition of 5000W of lights it quickly became unbearable inside the dungeon. It kind of gave the movie a good look to have the guys loathed in a thin layer of sweat and was kind of sexy. Anyway, after 12 hours of shooting the film we actually managed to wrap up shooting on this title in one day, a record for us since we usually shoot one scene pr. day but these actors where just so good and did their job so fantastically that we ended up having way more material than we needed for the title at the end of the day.
You can watch the trailer for Virgin Spank by clicking here.
April 1st, 2007
In today’s digital area, anyone with a camera can pick it up and shoot porn. Some of these inspiring directors and actors become great artists, but the majority of them make a site in the hope of getting rich quick. But its not that easy.
Internet users that are looking for porn are getting swamped in more and more irrelevant porn that they really don’t want to see, but some newbies as I like to call them, get fooled with promises of million photographs and a pair of Mr. John’s Doe underwear in the mail next week if he joins his site. Practices like this make us all look bad that work hard in this industry to make a living and try to follow the moral standards so many claim we don’t follow. There are whole organizations out there, that in name of their religion or their misguided believes think that the adult industry is to blame for everything going bad in this world.
Now on to how we solve this problem for the poor newbies that get caught into Mr. John’s Doe underwear collection site. The best tool any porn surfer can use to accurately evaluate if a site is worth their money is to check out an official review, done by a reliable party like Just us Boys or Banana Guide. These websites are partial, but you have to keep in mind that these websites do get a ‘cut’ of anything you’ll end up spending at the site you choose to buy access to.
There is also a great tool that I have started to admire a lot lately and its called ‘The Best Porn‘. Its not just a review site and it gives you more under-the-hood look into what a site has to offer. However keep in mind that sometimes there are females that are reviewing gay sites, and I don’t think any of those guys are gay, so perhaps you should not relay too much on their opinion, however their data are remarkable accurate when it comes to number of photo sets, DRM and other criterias.
Remember, research before you buy.
March 31st, 2007