QC’s Friday Five – Dominic Ford.com

Every Friday we bring you five questions and five great pics from some of porn’s hottest players. This week, we speak with the mind behind DominicFord.com, a relative newcummer to the porn world that’s made quite a splash with its 3D porn scenes and big names like Ricky Sinz and Arpad Miklos. Dominic shared his thoughts on the future of porn, what celebrities they’d like to get on camera, and the craziest thing they’d ever film for their site:
1. One of Dominic Ford’s distinguishing features is 3D porn. In fact, you’ve started giving out free 3-D specs for fans to join in the fun. What other innovations do you see on the horizon for porn and Dominic Ford in particular—zero-gravity sex? porn with real dolls? and real time porn on demand with fan driven content?
Dominic Ford is excited to be the first and only gay porn company to shoot in 3D. Since day one we’ve sent our members our high-quality cardboard 3D Glasses. We’ve just started sending our loyal members (of 6 months or more) high-quality plastic glasses. We are super excited about it, as our long-term members deserve to be shown that we truly appreciate their loyalty.
As far as other innovations, I am intrigued by the RealTouch. I’ve gotten to play with one a little, and am excited to see if it takes off. In my opinion, a truly immersive experience like that is crying out for 3D. That is technically 4D—when you watch something in 3D and also have the physical sensations (like rides at Universal Studios like Shrek or The Simpsons in which you get sprayed on, moved around, etc.). So, 4D is the next obvious step from 3D. I also think that the interactive porn space needs to evolve into 3D as well. At DominicFord.com, we have major plans, including full-length 3D movies, interactive 3D movies and more that I can’t talk about yet! I also think that Blu-Ray (or any other HD system like that) will be huge once it catches on. We’ll be releasing our first 3D movie in Blu-Ray very shortly—another first for the industry.
We’ve toyed with live 3D webcams, but their quality isn’t high enough for us to put our brand on. Same thing for a few 3D mobile devices we’ve tested. They just don’t meet our standards yet. We are working with 3D monitor companies, however, and will be releasing all our content in the right format to support native 3D monitors and TVs once they are commonly available.
One other thing I’d say. A lot of people think 3D is our “gimmick.” That is, until they see it. We shoot HOT guys in HOT scenes. Our credo is simple: if it isn’t hot in 2D, who cares that it’s in 3D? Our goal is to provide really hot porn for people to get off to. We just happen to release the scenes both in 2D and in 3D! Having said that, 3D porn is simply hotter than 2D porn. It’s really like you are there sitting next to these guys. You can practically touch their bodies.
2. What’s been the most challenging aspect of starting a web-based studio in a market that’s already super-saturated with competitors? If you could change one thing about the porn industry, what would it be?
The challenge is to do something different. Every niche you can imagine is super-saturated. There are a million twink sites, gay-for-pay sites, thug sites, latino sites, bear sites, etc. You name it. I know people who are creating new micro-niche sites (like the skater sites), but these micro-niches are so small, I wonder how difficult it is to find guys that fit those micro-niches (unless their looks are all manufactured) or members who want to pay for such a small niche. Do people only have these micro-interests? I am a member of one of the larger college jock sites, and while I love that look, all the guys start to look the same after a while.
When we started, we had two major goals: to be much more diverse than other sites, and to feature both amateurs and porn stars. Oh, and do it all in 3D! 🙂 The basic barometer for guys on our site is simple: if I’d sleep with them I want them on the site—and I like all kinds of guys. So I figured if I have a diverse set of aesthetics I like, I am sure other people do too. I love pairing famous porn stars (Blu Kennedy, Arpad Miklos, Vinnie D’Angelo, etc…) with new amateurs. It’s so cool to see how they interact with each other. I honestly never thought I’d get to work with superstars like Matthew Rush. I still giggle that I have not only met these folks, but that I have a great relationship now with them.
What would I change about the porn industry? It’s a great question. For the most part, I really love the industry. We are relatively new (we’ll be celebrating our 1-year anniversary in a month I think), and the industry has really embraced us. I’ve met so many friends at industry events. They have all been so helpful and encouraging. I really didn’t expect that because this is a cut-throat industry. Now, not everyone is like that. I just had another porn producer pull a model from my shoot last week because he didn’t want him working for another studio (even though the model wasn’t under contract and frankly needed the work). That’s a little shitty if you ask me.
I do think it would be a good idea for porn models to have some kind of union. I think that it is unfair how some studios abuse their talent. I have been told so many stories by guys I’ve met. I think that these guys should be empowered more than they are—especially those without agents. I’m talking about standards in working conditions, time on the set, mandatory breaks, etc… All the kinds of benefits Actor’s Equity or SAG/AFTRA gives to mainstream performers. That way there could be a health care system in place for them also beyond what is available today (which I believe is just free STD testing, though I could be wrong). On the payscale side of things, this would ensure these guys get paid what they deserve.
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