it's one of the many aspects fans don't consider. In some cases they just don't care, but in others it's because they arean't aware.
In my experience, they don't care - and those who are unaware, still don't care. Myself and other producers, like Turtleboy and others, have explained every "unknown" facet of this industry, endlessly, since day one - and no matter how many times we repeat ourselves, the same questions keep getting "asked" - if you can consider rude, sarcastically veiled accusations of incompetence asking, but I digress. Especially since a non-fetish producer is never going to be in the situation where they'll actually need to formulate a useful answer to this question. It'd be like asking me what I'd do if I got propositioned by Emma Stone. I mean, it's fun to think about, but ultimately who cares what my answer would be? (...and if I'm wrong, Emma? Call me.)
PS I am still using the language from the model release you kindly shared on here when I asked about it.
Appreciate it! I wish I could take credit for the drafted verbiage on the forms I use, but I got them from professional photography/modeling websites. So far they've stood up when I've had them requested by third parties, though, so feel free to rest easy that they're fairly solid regardless.
They want to maximize their "billable hours" and expect half of the modeling fee to be paid in advance as a deposit, so they don't have their time wasted.
As usual, your mileage may vary! I think I've only ever had two, maybe three models ever request deposits up front. If I had to guess, I'd say that's more a thing strictly in the fetish space, given how many tire-kickers and time-wasters there are in these communities. I've never had a girl-next-door or, say, fashion/print model expect to be paid up-front, and if they did, I wouldn't agree to it. Many a photographer outside of the fetish space has a story of models ghosting them as well - it happened to me recently, as well - so it cuts both ways, honestly.
they often neglect things like taking meal breaks when on tour. A hangry model is not going to be as ticklish.
Yes! When I shot with Giantess Autumn, while I was breaking down my gear she admitted to me that she hadn't had time to eat yet that day... and it was well after lunchtime! I immediately took her out to eat to rectify the situation. 'course, I later found out that "grumpy" is Autumn's default state hungry or not, but that's just part of her charm. hehe
It also helps to build a rapport with the model, which I think a lot of people who've never made a clip greatly underestimate the importance of. If she's not comfortable with or worse, creeped out by the tickler, she ain't gonna be very ticklish.
Also yes! I've seen way too much content of awkwardly-grimacing models and heard way too many horror stories from the talent to ever write this one off. As a community, we
really need to go back to school and re-learn how to treat people, and remember that while there's such a thing as letting yourself get taken advantage of, the fact is that - business or not - these women are doing us a favor and need to be treated with respect and have a positive atmosphere foistered on set. My models almost always want to come back for another go, and my customers often comment about how I excel at creating that kind of rapport. It honestly doesn't take much effort, but it's amazing how often producers simply don't care.
Speaking of which, 'member when we had that thread not too long ago where a few of our more notable members swore up and down that re-negotiating a model's boundaries while she was tied up wasn't a threat? I took a straw poll on my Instagram page. I would have to check the exact numbers, but I do remember a lot of people voting, including a number of models... both ones I've worked with and ones who just follow me for whatever reason. Anyway, out of all of those people, only two voted "no, it's not a threat", and of those two... neither were models. Make of that what you will.
Anyway, don't take my questions as criticism OP, it's a good topic! I do occasionally wonder how I'd handle the situation myself if it ever occurred. Fingers crossed I never have to.