I wanted to make a separate posting here in my thread regarding this vid because I wanted to point out a few of my own personal thoughts.
Here's the link to the original ad I posted for it in the Wild Stories thread:
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For those not in the know, I help Antony from Wild Stories Studio by posting his releases for him in his thread on the producer's forum. Since I view that as a "professional" place, I try to keep my personal thoughts on things here in my own thread where my assclownery will not reflect poorly on him or anyone else.
Now, having said that, after recently posting the ad for the vid mentioned above, I felt compelled to say a few things above and beyond what were posted in the producer's forum. And these things are really not specific to "Anger Management," (which was commissioned by XJ900uk), but more of an observation that I wanted to point out regarding it's commission, filming, and subsequent release.
About 2 weeks ago, I posted an ad here:
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Antony of W.S. carefully selects his shooting environments, which is always very apparent if you've seen his vids. I've begun calling him "the doctor" for a reason.
But quality costs money, and booking nice venues and nice models is no exception. So recently (even before his thread was started here at F.F.) I was surprised to see on his site he was offering some very limited custom shooting opportunities for specific models booked on certain days for a very cheap price. As in $170. Mmhmmm.....
This offer was to shoot 5 simple scenes of your choice within the boundaries of the studio he had booked, along with that specific model. For the low price point, "simple" means no extensive gore or makeup effects, no additional costly props or costumes to be purchased by him, nothing that's going to take him 100 hours to edit, and no soundtrack from Tangerine Dream.
Luckily, Antony has an incredible eye for fashion sense with his girls, he already has a lovely wardrobe of incredible clothing to choose from, and his photographic skills have no peer. The biggest limitation seems to be in the location scheduling, which, of course, is beyond his control. So when a day in the studio is booked, only a few customs can be fit into such a small time frame. Quality can't be rushed.
So when it's posted that it is a "limited special offer," he's not kidding, lol. He can really only fit a few of these customs into a given day of shooting. Which brings me to the real point of this post... what IS he really offering, and more importantly, what are you getting for this dirt-cheap special offer? Is it too good to be true? Let's see.....
"Anger Management" is the example we shall use here. When I posted the ad, XJ, who is already a longstanding customer, and in fact, the guy who turned me on to Antony's work if I recall correctly, jumped in immediately.
Fast-forward a few weeks, and Antony tells me to post "Anger Management" on his thread. After viewing it, I can earnestly say that in terms of quality, attention to detail, and everything else I've come to expect from his studio, this movie is EXACTLY THE SAME.
Seriously, WTF!? For the price of 3 tanks of fucking gasoline in my truck, the customer got a 13 minute custom shot in a professional studio with 2 actors doing 5 scenes specified by him. There were no corners cut... i.e. - no bag ladies hired to stand in for the usual hot models, it was not filmed in a shadowy back alley in Moscow, the wardrobe was not purchased at Dollar General... this vid is just the same as the rest of the Wild Stories catalogue. For $170. That's fucking preposterous. Here's exactly what XJ got for his dirty english pounds -
Alex walks into a studio under the guise he's there for an anger management course. Zlata is freshening herself up at the mirror and informs him there are no courses there, but he walks over and sits down anyway, as if patiently waiting.
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As he waits, he looks at her and fantasizes about...
A 75 second nylon strangling...
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The old "poisoned water bottle switcheroo trick"...
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A quick, single shot to the forehead...
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and A nice, comfy, 70 second pillow to the face...
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before finally deciding he'll go with the timeless classic... a knifing...
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but sadly for him, Zlata's been tipped off about his intentions, and she shows him exactly why you don't bring a knife to a gunfight...

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Now followers of my thread know that 90% of all this fetish stuff, including the actual death part, does nothing for me personally. But that doesn't mean that I can't recognize quality work when I see it and point it out to others. And that's just what we have here.
So I'm sorry XJ, I know you asked my opinion earlier, but I'm not the person to ask regarding the particulars of the fetish content in the vid. There are just no elements here that interest me on a personal level. But what I CAN say is it seems to my eye that it was filmed with every bit of the care Antony usually puts into his vids, and that's saying a lot.
And I've looked at enough of this stuff to tell that if that were a vid that I commissioned for twice that price, I'd be ecstatic with the results. In fact, I've already told Antony that in the near future I would very much like to jump in on one of those specials, should he continue to offer such things again.
Customs from the various producers generally run anywhere from several hundred dollars up to a few thousand, depending on which Studio you commission, what you want and how many actors. The price for a Wild Stories custom has already been VERY reasonable for as long as I've been a customer. But this takes things to a whole new level for bang-for-your-buck. Enough said. Cheers! - indie
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