(Growth Dreams) Growing Confidence

Jamball · 07-22-2013

I believe the videos aren't as profitable for Gary. A multiple girl video would be expensive to produce just to pay the girls. I'm sure each is payed near $75-$100/hour to do this sort of thing, some probably even more.

Multiply that by 3 or 4 hours (to shoot something remotely good, though I'm not sure how much pre-production Gary does on his vids, and he doesn't do a lot of different shot/types or storytelling with his camera angle selection) and you're looking close to $1000 just for the girls for the day. Then there's editing (I think he pays someone else to do this), and trying to pull a good key from the screen. Someone makes all his backgrounds (which, are pretty generic, so probably not that expensive), but you're still looking at probably close to $1500 per video.

At $8.00 a pop, 200 people need to pay for it. I'm not sure what his numbers are, but that seems like quite a few.
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Jamball

Maravin · 07-22-2013

I think it is a lot easier for people within a certain faction of a genre to come up with a scenario time and time again to keep things fresh. I like the 'growth' aspect of it but the same old storylines are getting stale. I don't know if Gary is into that as much as he tries to please everybody but his production level as of now is reasonably good. So does he really have the inner inspiration to try to come up with these new scenarios or does he really even know how? It would be like me trying to come up with a new burping plot, I have no idea what would appease the masses. Makes you appreciate the good actresses as they probably do not have in common to really know what makes a good growth scene tick.

I'm sure I could come up with new scenarios often if I had a little time to think about it, but I could also think that crickets might be chirping if I did. But if you want something fresh, why not try something where the growth subject - by whatever reason, is gradually reaching sizes fully constrained within a fairly larger room? Like if a ceiling was 15' at some point she is really going to be packed in there pressing on walls and the like, if for whatever reason -being half naked or whatever- she did not want to blow out the building unless she had to. Now throw the blue screen normal size guy in there somewhere he fits, whether it be with the growth subject at full screen or mixing it with the guy next to whatever zoomed in body part he happens to be next to. Throw in some parts where she has no choice but to let an arm or leg stretch out through a wall or whatever. Might be crickets chirping again or maybe it's even a bad idear--

gorillaboy · 07-22-2013

Yes, on another site Gary used profitability as a reason he's cutting way back on growth videos. Honestly, its not a bad idea since he seems to run a theme into the ground, using the same scenario over again but with just a different actress. I actually like the looks of this latest one and will most likely purchase it down the road sometime. But I haven't bought a growth vid of his in a long time and this is right up my alley since this is what I like about gts the most, the process of growth. And I agree his growth competition videos are amazingly good but you're doubling the cost of producing one of those. Still my favorite videos he's done.

07-22-2013	#1
Jamball A Process Lover Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 265	Re: (Growth Dreams) Growing Confidence I believe the videos aren't as profitable for Gary. A multiple girl video would be expensive to produce just to pay the girls. I'm sure each is payed near $75-$100/hour to do this sort of thing, some probably even more. Multiply that by 3 or 4 hours (to shoot something remotely good, though I'm not sure how much pre-production Gary does on his vids, and he doesn't do a lot of different shot/types or storytelling with his camera angle selection) and you're looking close to $1000 just for the girls for the day. Then there's editing (I think he pays someone else to do this), and trying to pull a good key from the screen. Someone makes all his backgrounds (which, are pretty generic, so probably not that expensive), but you're still looking at probably close to $1500 per video. At $8.00 a pop, 200 people need to pay for it. I'm not sure what his numbers are, but that seems like quite a few. - Jamball

07-22-2013	#2
Maravin Process Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 40	Re: (Growth Dreams) Growing Confidence I think it is a lot easier for people within a certain faction of a genre to come up with a scenario time and time again to keep things fresh. I like the 'growth' aspect of it but the same old storylines are getting stale. I don't know if Gary is into that as much as he tries to please everybody but his production level as of now is reasonably good. So does he really have the inner inspiration to try to come up with these new scenarios or does he really even know how? It would be like me trying to come up with a new burping plot, I have no idea what would appease the masses. Makes you appreciate the good actresses as they probably do not have in common to really know what makes a good growth scene tick. I'm sure I could come up with new scenarios often if I had a little time to think about it, but I could also think that crickets might be chirping if I did. But if you want something fresh, why not try something where the growth subject - by whatever reason, is gradually reaching sizes fully constrained within a fairly larger room? Like if a ceiling was 15' at some point she is really going to be packed in there pressing on walls and the like, if for whatever reason -being half naked or whatever- she did not want to blow out the building unless she had to. Now throw the blue screen normal size guy in there somewhere he fits, whether it be with the growth subject at full screen or mixing it with the guy next to whatever zoomed in body part he happens to be next to. Throw in some parts where she has no choice but to let an arm or leg stretch out through a wall or whatever. Might be crickets chirping again or maybe it's even a bad idear--

07-22-2013	#3
gorillaboy Process Fan Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 73	Re: (Growth Dreams) Growing Confidence Yes, on another site Gary used profitability as a reason he's cutting way back on growth videos. Honestly, its not a bad idea since he seems to run a theme into the ground, using the same scenario over again but with just a different actress. I actually like the looks of this latest one and will most likely purchase it down the road sometime. But I haven't bought a growth vid of his in a long time and this is right up my alley since this is what I like about gts the most, the process of growth. And I agree his growth competition videos are amazingly good but you're doubling the cost of producing one of those. Still my favorite videos he's done.