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> one thing’s for sure: most women don’t quit after one film—in fact, the majority (at least 53%) do three or more. Well, I guess that depends on how accurate

> one thing’s for sure: most women don’t quit after one film—in fact, the majority (at least 53%) do three or more. Well, I guess that depends on how accurate the database is. To the extent that it might miss performers, it would certainly be biased towards those who have fewer credits, or whose credits are for smaller outfits.

lmkg 14y ago
Another confounding factor: there's a decent volume of shovelware movies that consist of non-original scenes edited together, like a mash-up tape. I would not be surprised to discover that one scene results in three credited appearances on average.
- pessimizer 14y ago
  They flag compilations on iafd. Let's pretend they mentioned that in the article somewhere and I didn't just happen to know.
qznc 14y ago
I also assume that there is a difference between "first video" and "first published movie". Those early quitters might never appear in any movie in the database. Maybe as a short advertising clip or something.
vacri 14y ago
Also in question is the source of the quote he's opposing - where is that guy getting the numbers that "Most girls who enter the porn industry do one video and quit" and their motives for doing so?
hkolek 14y ago
Another important thing to keep in mind here is that IAFD only tracks movie releases afaik. They don't have data about scenes that are available on the web only which is a considerable amount of porn. I bet if you take those scenes into account the percentage will be much higher.
pessimizer 14y ago
This is an important point. Two others; one big, one small: BIG: iafd doesn't cover loops ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porn_loop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porn_loop ) or their descendents, internet scenes, unless they were eventually compiled into a movie. I would expect 'one scene and out' performers to be more common at the lower end of the market (not shrewd/no body of work) and most of that is going to be internet. small: The fact that porn tends to cluster around samey names, plus the fact that people who are just dabbling in porn don't put a lot of thought into their names means that a lot of one time performers end up accidentally rolled into another performer's filmography.
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lmkg 14y ago

Another confounding factor: there's a decent volume of shovelware movies that consist of non-original scenes edited together, like a mash-up tape. I would not be surprised to discover that one scene results in three credited appearances on average.

pessimizer 14y ago
They flag compilations on iafd. Let's pretend they mentioned that in the article somewhere and I didn't just happen to know.

qznc 14y ago

I also assume that there is a difference between "first video" and "first published movie". Those early quitters might never appear in any movie in the database. Maybe as a short advertising clip or something.

vacri 14y ago

Also in question is the source of the quote he's opposing - where is that guy getting the numbers that "Most girls who enter the porn industry do one video and quit" and their motives for doing so?

hkolek 14y ago

Another important thing to keep in mind here is that IAFD only tracks movie releases afaik. They don't have data about scenes that are available on the web only which is a considerable amount of porn. I bet if you take those scenes into account the percentage will be much higher.

pessimizer 14y ago

This is an important point. Two others; one big, one small: BIG: iafd doesn't cover loops ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porn_loop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porn_loop ) or their descendents, internet scenes, unless they were eventually compiled into a movie. I would expect 'one scene and out' performers to be more common at the lower end of the market (not shrewd/no body of work) and most of that is going to be internet. small: The fact that porn tends to cluster around samey names, plus the fact that people who are just dabbling in porn don't put a lot of thought into their names means that a lot of one time performers end up accidentally rolled into another performer's filmography.

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