Looking for advice on the production/distribution of tickling vids.

[TickleStu]

Hi everyone, hope you're enjoying your Friday wherever you are!

Basically, my partner and I are a little hard-up for cash these coming few months (thanks David sodding Cameron!), and I came to thinking that making tickle vids might be a good way to generate a little extra income.

Whilst I've watched and purchased quite a few videos from many (many) producers over the years, and therefore know the kind of styles and content that I think makes a great video, there is clearly a lot more to making them than just tying up and tickling! That is where I am hoping a little advice from you guys can come in handy, because this is very much new territory for us! I'm looking for advice from firstly the producers (what is the best site for distribution/previews, tips for equipment, lighting, sound etc), and secondly the 'market' (what bondage/tools work best, length of video, price you'd pay for similar material...).

The plan is to make a video every couple of weeks or so, which will be predominantly M/F (K does like to get her revenge from time to time). Naturally the production value will increase as I feel my way around making the videos (pardon the pun!). We value our privacy so faces will be hidden, which is a shame because K has a beautiful smile especially when being tickled! She is very ticklish and has a tickled laugh that I love to hear. Her worst spots are her feet and underarms, and she has cute size 5 feet. Being a couple there will probably be a little banter thrown in from time to time as well, but I find the best tickling videos work when the tickler/lee know each other, makes it more enjoyable to me

We're hoping to get some filming done over the weekend so I can put together a little feet clip that gives you an idea of her ticklishness and laugh, it will be filmed in HD but on a Note 4 so don't expect anything amazing! From there I guess I'll let you guys decide if it's something you'd like to see more of! Just be gentle and keep any criticism to a constructive kind 🙂

We're not planning on making millions doing this, it's just us doing something fun that we love while paying the rent! Anyway thanks for reading (turned into a bit of an essay, sorry), and any advice is very welcome!

S&K

 

[The Tickle Room]

OK so here's a few issues I see.
1- a note 4 is not a viable source to use at footage for fetish content. Get a camera. We lose money before we get. Or simply borrow one.
2- masks. This takes away from the effect of the video significantly. Its possible to make content yes. But it will turn many away.
3- money. You won't make much at first. At all. You lose a lot but it does pick up. You can make like 50-200 for the first times but eventually generate more.
4- focus on lighting. It's a very big deal. A cost efficient way is good will lamps and strong fluorescent lights.
5- this community is one of the best for advertising use it.
6- bondage. You are trying to make more money than lose so I'm guessing bondage furniture is out of the question, so rope and good angles can work just make sure the model is well restrained

 

[SoleMates]

I came to thinking that making tickle vids might be a good way to generate a little extra income.

"Little" indeed. Don't expect to be blown away by your initial earnings, if ever.

That said, there are ways around the anonymity thing. As TTR said, you can use masks... but I prefer to go high-tech and use motion-tracked blur.

what is the best site for distribution/previews...

There are a bunch. Clips4Sale, KinkBomb, and ExtraLunchMoney are some of the most popular. If you're just looking to "set it and forget it", IE upload the stuff and sod the details, Clips4Sale and KinkBomb are your best bets. C4S gets monster traffic, but both they and KB take 40% of your sales and you need to sell at least $50 per month (after that deduction) in order to actually get your money. Personally I prefer KB; their tools are better and you can actually do sales, coupons, etc; but for some reason no one uses it. Clips4Sale is therefore your best bet as a n00b.

tips for equipment, lighting, sound...

Unless you have a clue, stay away from the expensive stuff. You want a camera that shoots in HD, but beyond that it's your lighting that'll be key as even a great camera will look like grainy crap in bad light... and you're not shooting Tickle Noir so your scenes should be bright. Beyond that, unless you plan on getting actual lights (not a bright idea - see what I did there?), shoot either during the day or in a very brightly-lit room. In the latter case, you will probably need to learn to white-balance your footage.

Speaking of...

For video editing, you can't beat Hitfilm 4 Express. It's powerful. VERY powerful. It's also free. I actually forked over the cash for the Pro version since I do FX work as a hobby, but that's overkill.

The most important part, though, is record-keeping. There's a set of laws here in the US that you have to follow in order to make sure you can prove your model is of legal age, but you're not in the US so I can't advise you. RESEARCH THESE LAWS AND MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THEM.

Anyway, start small, have fun, don't expect the world, and good luck.