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While working as a set builder in Burbank, he met Bruce (Seven) Behan, and began shooting girl-girl and bondage videos. "Cates gets into the action," writes Anthony Petkovich. Michael "has a special instinct for exactly what the viewer wants. He picks up what the majority of porn cameramen miss, i.e., the center of things…close up and nasty." "I can go out and shoot a scene one day," Michael told Petkovich, "and the next day at eight A.M. I'm editing it. There was a book written years ago by a gynaecologist, and his statement was that it's just like peeling potatoes. Once you've seen one pussy, you've seen them all. The personalities are what it's really all about…" Michiel Mans in Europe writes: You wrote "has a special instinct for what the viewer wants" in reference to Mr. Cates. Gets what most cameramen miss. I have seen thousands of porn movies by now and I am amazed at how similar they are (made). This includes the films made by Cates. It is very difficult to distinguish a director or cameraman from a movie. There are several categories: - The unsteady, blurred ones (e.g Shane, Seymore butts) - The unsteady, less blurred ones (a lot of others) - The reasonably steady, non blurred ones (e.g yours) - The really steady, sharp non bluured ones (rare) What they all have in common is that porn makers/filmers don't, repeat, don't know what we want. It is of course difficult because there are so many fetishes, interests etc. However, very, very few makers know this because there films rarely go beyond stereotype scenes in which the girls, usually in high heels, are filmed doing all kind of things. Great that is what everybody wants right? Yes it is but we rarely see the girl from head to toe so we can decide where to look. Our interest goes much beyond the few, filled or not, square inches that usually fill our screen. Almost all porn is made in the same, boring fashion. Lots of blowjob time and lots of close ups and extreme close ups. All men like legs, in porn legs end 20 centimeter from their pussy. A lot of men like high heeled or bare feet but if legs are out of view then feet/heels are miles away. For a lot of porn a pretty face is unimportant as well because we don't see much of it too. The bigger producers sort of standardize camera positions and angles, the same goes for what the actors do. I know I am not alone in these criticisms, you think "well if it is so bad why does our line sells so well." True but because a lot of porn is the same we have little choice, you rent a lot and hope for a few good minutes. You often only get a few seconds. If porn makers would better think of what there products are used for they could do something totally new. Film from all angles 80% in head to toe mode and keep a (steady)camera position for at least 30 seconds so if that is your turn on scene you can see it long enough for a change. include head to toe shots from a six o'clock missionary position (w or w/o high heels), these shots are always, always in close up. Don't you guys have fantasy or do you need glasses?
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