Porn Valley- I spoke to Chef Jeff this week who tells me his new reality porn website, www.ibangpornstars.com is off to a good start.
Jeff was supposed to be shooting Rebecca Linares, from Spiegler, this Saturday but she had a cut on her pussy or something like that which prevents her from shooting. The suggestion was made to shoot her in an anal scene but Jeff elected to book her when she’s 100%.
In her stead, Britney Stevens, who’s also with Spiegler, fills in.
“The revolving door of porn stars is going on at Jeff’s house,” Jeff laughs.
“We shot 8 episodes before the website launched, just to have enough to get up and running. Then I started production again a couple of weeks ago with Holly Wellin. That was the first live cam show we shot.”
“She was great,” Jeff continues. “But she was petrified of the whole notion of being live. She said she had no problem shooting DVDs because they’re recorded and edited. Live, it was a whole new ballgame for her and she was like a fish out of water.”
In spite of that, Jeff says he shoots in a non-pressure environment with a relaxed atmosphere.
“Overall the shoot was good and she had a good time.” Recently, Jeff shot Savannah Gold.
“And she’s a real fire cracker,” he says. “She was a real chatterbox. She loved it. What we do is we got the house wired with cameras. On the days the girls are here, the house cams are on 24 hours. In addition, each of the girls does a one-hour live camshow which is a dedicated show where they talk to people. In all it makes for a pretty interesting weekend of shenanigans and sexscapades.”
Since the site launched, Jeff’s been getting e-mails from all over the world.
“A guy from Germany is a big fan of the site- he said he worships me. He said I’m living every man’s dream.” Jeff chuckles broadly at the thought.
“He might very well be right. So the fan mail is coming in and that’s very interesting because it’s the first time I’ve had that experience.”
Naudia Styles is now lined up for shooting February 10th and 11th.
“What’s very interesting is those dates were supposed to be Shyla Stylez,” notes Jeff. “When I first shot the site I was booking exclusively with LA Direct- we had no hassles and the girls showed up on time.”
[Jeff’s shooting out of Phoenix].
“It was a pleasant experience working with them and we just stuck with them for those first 8 episodes. For this next batch of episodes we’re booking through talent agencies we haven’t worked through before. Shyla Stylez is repped by Shy Love’s agency and it’s the first time we’re booking through them.”
Jeff didn’t know either Shy or Shyla so this is the first time he dealt with them.
“So we booked her, and Shy and I agreed to the terms of the booking. Then Shy came back and said Shyla had a look at the site and saw that it looked too real. Something to that effect.”
Which is probably the reaction you’re hoping for.
“Which is what I explained to Shy,” states Jeff. “I took it as a compliment. But there’s no hard feelings there, and we want to book through her agency again because she’s got a lot of great girls we’d like to book. Hopefully, Shyla will see that it’s a very popular site and we’re getting some publicity on all the stuff that we’re doing.”
Then on February 21st and 22nd Jeff has Shawna Lenee lined up.
“She’s the girl who used to go by the name Kara Bear,” he explains. “She’s got new and improved boobs and seems to be pretty popular with the fans. Then tentatively I’m waiting to hear about Ashley Jensen for the 28th and 29th.”
And on March 6th and 7th, Jeff’s looking to bring in Riley Richards. But that’s tentative as well.
“The affiliate program that’s partnering with me on this [Mayorsmoney.com] are behind me all the way,” says Jeff. “So we’re off and running and the live cam shows are a cool deal.”
According to Jeff, the biggest affiliate which is promoting the site is FreeOnes.com.
“They get a lot of traffic, they’ve been promoting the site and that’s been a big boost for sales,” he says.
Asked about his tiff with the city of Surprise, Arizona which fired him from a municipal job because he had a low profile porn connection in the past, Jeff says he has until April 11th to file a lawsuit.
“I’m going back and forth with my lawyer on exactly what we’re going to file for. But I’m definitely following through with that because that’s a matter of principle for me. The big news on that was the slander and libel in the last newspaper article. [The Arizona Republic].
“A representative from the city went on record and said the reason they fired me is because of an Internet activity report that says I was browsing adult websites. They said that to the paper. It’s up to the lawyer but it looks like he’s going to add slander on to the lawsuit. That was incorrect information, so we’ll see what happens with that.”
“But for now I’m staying really focused on work. The content is turning out great and we’ve shot some really hot girls.”
“One of the hottest bodies I’ve seen in a long time is this Rachel Roxxx -girl,” Jeff continues. “She was slamming hot and I got tons of hot bikini pictures. Because we’re in Arizona, when we get the chance, I try to shoot the girls with the guns.”
Asked how the transportation is being arranged for all the LA girls, Jeff says they fly in and he meets them at the airport.
“Then I drive them back to location- we just write this in as part of the budget. It’s just like every other modeling job. It’s part of the business.”
Mentioning how it’s interesting I brought this up, Jeff says he takes a camera to the airport and shoots pickup footage.
“What’s great about that is that most of the time it’s the first time I’m ever meeting them. It’s not scripted. But a week ago when I went to pick up Holly Wellin I took the camera and I’m sitting in the waiting area.
“I’ve got my dog on my lap- a seven pound black Chihuahua. I’m sitting there with my video camera in my hand and I’m taping the arrival board – just some generic, airport-stuff. It’s not too long before a policeman rolls up behind me. He gets out of his car, comes up to the window and I roll my window down. He wants to know what I’m doing there.
“I said I’m waiting to pick somebody up. He goes, what are you filming? What are you doing with the camera? He said the reason why is somebody called them and saw me with a video camera. What really lightened the mood right away is when he came up to the window and saw the Chihuahua sitting in my lap. I don’t look very threatening. But I was cooperative. I understand it’s an airport and a different situation.”
“He asked what I was filming,” Jeff continues. “I said I’m filming generic shots of the arrival board. I didn’t lie to him. I told him exactly what I was doing. Then he asked if he could see what I was filming. Although I thought it was very interesting that he asked that, I wondered what my rights were in that area. I showed him. There was nothing on there for him to worry about. He was satisfied with that and he thanked me for my cooperation.
“Then he wanted to see my ID. Okay, sure. The he takes my ID, he walks back a few steps. Another cop shows up and they’re chitchatting. The mood is light but I see him jotting something down in his notebook. He comes back, gives me my ID back. But the whole incident I found very interesting.”
“But it was at the airport, so now I’m laying low and not shooting anything there in case I’m on the watch list or whatever they have at the airport. And this being Super Bowl weekend – it’s being played not 20 minutes from where I live- security’s going to be really tight at the airport.”
According to Jeff, the typical day goes with him driving back to his house and most of the girls prefer to do their own makeup he discovered, especially with extra money in their pocket to do it themselves. Jeff used to maintain a makeup artist but stopped doing that.
“Another reason I had the hair and makeup was to put them in a good frame of mind,” he says. “And even though this is a reality shoot we’re not on a time schedule. We’re not renting a location. It’s not a blowjob, four positions and a pop. It’s really anything goes. The girls unpack and relax and there’s a guest room for them to stay in. The first thing we do is the live webcam show.”
Because he shoots everything, Jeff said he might get footage of the girl arguing on the phone with her boyfriend.
“But I’m very discreet,” he notes. “I let them know I’ll be filming everything and I try not to be too intrusive. But I also need to record stuff that’s interesting. The hard thing about shooting a real reality-type series is that you have to shoot so much stuff to find the stuff that’s interesting. These episodes I’m ending up with come from 8, 9, 10 hours of total tape. But that’s the only way to capture anything that’s spontaneous or funny.”
“Like Denise K- we went out for a cocktail one night- and on the way home we had excellent chemistry. We were hot for each other and she starts blowing me in the car. I had the camera rolling in night shot mode and captured it spontaneously. It scenes like that and other stuff you can’t get unless the camera’s on all the time.”
Jeff tries to edit his footage down to 1 1/2 to 2 hours for a full episode.
Editing-wise it takes him about a day and a half.
“And we’re working with hi-definition files so this is all shot in hi-definition,” he adds. “These files sizes are enormous ones. For the raw file size for hi-definition it’s about a gigabyte per minute of footage, so if you’ve got 120 minutes of footage, you need 120 free gigabytes of space. And I’ve got nine hours on average I’m dealing with so you can imagine the machine that processes all this. You’ve got to have the hardware and the storage space.”
Jeff does all the master editing.
“And Mayorsmoney does all the rest as far as breaking it down and getting it on the website,” he points out.
“It seems to be well received and I find it to be very entertaining. I try to edit each episode so that it plays out a lot like a movie.”
From a fan’s standpoint, Jeff thinks that you’d want to watch all the episodes just to see what’s going to happen.
“And a lot of these girls we’re booking are really super hot. I think I’ve turned out a documentary/reality-type entertainment product that is really interesting. I don’t think the girls act the same way as on porn sets in LA.”