BigJim said:
Oddly enough Francois you would probably have a higher sucess ratio if you did more adult-themed films.
An interesting point that has crossed my mind in the past. I could see that some reasonably open-minded people might be more comfortable doing something more hardcore but more mainstream than something so unusual as tickling, even if there's no nudity. It's just not a well-know social phenomenon, unlike typical adult movies (for which people are better prepared, I guess).
However, while I'm sure it might be true in some cities, I'm rather skeptical when it comes to Quebec City. It's a city of moderate size and people are rather conservative overall, at least when comes to the adult industry. I still think I'd be killing The Last Laugh if I required nudity. Not that I'd be interested to do nude videos even if it were possible, so it's a moot point.
You seem to have had some negative comments about producer participation in the past, but from the brief moments in alpha and the majority of the tickling you did in delta, I would say that you're a better tickler than most of the girls in the vids. Speaking personally I would prefer to see a guy doing the tickling well than a girl doing the tickling without much knowledge of how to get some shrieking.
That may be true to some extent, but to be honest I'm not entirely comfortable taking care of most of the tickling myself. I'm lucky enough to get a few willing models, I don't want to risk making some of them uncomfortable with to much of what's basically physical contact. Also, having someone else to do the tickling allows me more freedom with the camcomder. Besides that, I was under the impression that that more ticklephiles preferred F/f to M/f. I do myself. Simply having a female tickler, may she be ticklish or not herself, is often an advantage.
By the way, wait until you see the models in Last Laugh Epsilon. I think they did a pretty good tickling job, and there are some things that they did that I simply couldn't do myself.
Taking care of most or all of the tickling myself wouldn't be so bad if I were good looking. I mean, I assume that even hetero men are more tolerant of an attractive male tickler. But I can't say I'm much to look at, and I'd rather avoid displeasing customers by appearing too often. As for only allowing my arms and hands to appear, that's rather limiting. I did it in the first half of LLG, and it worked well, but there's a limit to what I can do.
That said, what I try to do at times is to lend a hand, adding a pair of hands to get more reactions out of a model, often keeping her mind busier by "attacking" her in two places at the same time. Maybe I don't do it enough, though. It's just that when a scene goes well enough, I find it hard to let go of the camcorder. I mean, I do enjoy tickling, but when I do a session the most important thing is to get good footage. The question is whether I should sacrifice a bit of reactions for a more dynamic video.
I find it intriguing that you mention Last Laugh Delta as an example of my tickling skills. My records indicate you haven't seen that particular video, aside from the sample clip. I can't say that any clip is a good indication that my technique, being so (relatively) short. I know you're quite familiar with Last Laugh Alpha, though.
Another thing is that I remember you once told me that you prefer regular laughter to screaming. I would assume it wouldn't matter if a tickler weren't capable of making a ticklee shriek, heheheh!
Of course you get instances like the time that girl clammed up and lost all her ticklishness when you tried to demonstrate what her friends should be doing, but I would'nt imagine that all were like that...
Not all, but it does happen. Sometimes it's just a matter of technique. I might be better than average, but I'm far from a pro tickler, and sometimes a model has a better touch than I do.
In other cases, as you suggested, the ticklee reacts less to my own techniques for reasons that are obviously psychological. Then I don't have a choice but to let her friend work on her by herself.