So is this a commercial endeavor or how should i look at it? Bit confused about that.
I'll answer this by saying, my intent isn't to make money. My motivation is that I want to see a production with decent quality, with (reasonably) good acting that tells a realistic sexy narrative about a woman who gets breast implants.
That being said, the days of me making movies for free ought to be behind me now. But, I will work for cheap! Which leads us to the question...
Any idea of the funds that would be required?
My "friends and family" rate for a day of shooting or a day of post-production these days is like $150. I figure this would be a 2-4 day shoot, maybe 2-3 days of editing. It might be more days if travel is necessary. Altogether, let's call it about $1K. But, like I said, this is something I really want to see - so I'm willing to invest a lot into this. Or, perhaps I should look at this as investing 100% of my labour costs, and then I recoup those costs from sales via clipteeze or Patreon or whatever. In other words, I'm open to ideas. I'm not going to lie: I would enjoy making this, it would be worth losing some money over.
The next biggest cost would be the labour cost of the performers. How much? I don't have a clue of what is fair or reasonable. Maybe they're like me, and they think this will be so much fun it would be worth doing for free or almost free. As a fellow artist, I hate the idea of being paid in "exposure bucks". But, perhaps this is the exact sort of project someone out there might want to participate in to build their reel, practice their craft, sounds like stupid amounts of fun, insert-additional-reason-here.
The story I'm contemplating right now would involve two female actors - one of whom already has her breasts done, and the other is natural who plans to get hers done (or perhaps, already has them, is going for an upgrade). Another story I've considered would involve a male actor (who would be a sugar daddy type character) plus a female actor who gets her boobs done. If we can afford it, I think we should get all of the above, and then we can make either multiple short films, or a bigger richer film.
Depending on where we film this, there may be travel costs for me or the actors. I'm based in Toronto, Ontario. With any luck, performers who fit the bill would be local to me. I think the story is location-agnostic, so either I'll travel or they'll travel. That is t.b.d.. Note: several times a year I travel to Montreal, Quebec and Los Angeles, California - so maybe we do it while I'm in town to cut out those costs?
Beyond labour and travel (and accommodation) costs, there aren't really any hard expenses other than some catering! We'd ask the performers provide their own wardrobe. Hopefully we can find a location for free. I own all the production and post-production equipment we need. We can shoot and publish in HD. I could borrow a friend's 4K camera, which would be awesome. I've been investing in 360 video gear lately, maybe we shoot a few bonus 360 scenes.
We could start a crowd funding project right here or on one of the classic crowdfunding sites (not a big fan of those in general...)
That would be pretty cool if we could host a crowdfunding project here. I'm open to that discussion. I once did a successful crowdfund without any of the established sites. I also have also successfully funded projects with Patreon.
Very little chance you'll find support for hardcore content here though
Same here! I wouldn't be comfortable filming anything hardcore. I don't enjoy watching hardcore. I do have experience filming intimate scenes. The actors I've worked with have shared with me that they are very thankful for the safe feeling and comfortable atmosphere I create on set for them. I would prefer to include topless nudity in this, but not if the performers are uncomfortable.
If the performers want to remain anonymous (like me), I think it would be worth writing in a reasonable excuse for the characters to remain hidden behind a mask or in silhouette. You know, something like that. I'd wager that any investors involved would rather avoid that - but I'd rather have the characters obscured than not make this at all. Ya know?
Keep firing questions at me!