Thursday, February 7, 2008
What are the hardest and easiest things about your line of work?
Bill Fisher, award-winning adult film director: The hardest is to find girls who have families that are OK with them being in the industry. The easiest thing is going to work every day knowing that my job is to get girls naked.
Tyler Noah, Overland Park senior and film student: The hardest is getting the classes you want because it’s a program on the rise. The easiest thing is that it’s a major where I can definitely do what I like to do. It’s something you wouldn’t have gotten to enjoy as much in high school.
How did you get into the film industry?
B.F.: I started as a photographer and then got into video, starting my own film company. While I was shooting a TV show with Dennis Rodman, I met Jenna Jameson and she wanted me to start shooting adult films. I’ve had my business for 15 years, but I’ve only shot adult films for four.
T.N.: I always liked movies growing up as a kid. I got a camera when I tore my ACL, and I began filming my friends that skateboard a lot.
What’s the most difficult thing you’ve had to film?
B.F.: I personally don’t like anal scenes. Also, one time, I had to stand in a pool up to my waist in water, and I had to have a specific light on my camera that plugged into the wall. Every time I took a shot I got electrocuted.
T.N.: Snow boarding in zero-degree weather with no gloves and no boots.
What is the best music to have in your films?
B.F.: I like everything. I make the music go along with whatever genre the films are.
T.N.: I’m a sucker for early ‘90s alternative music that people don’t hear that often anymore.
Who are the biggest influences in your life?
B.F.: My father was a huge influence and his best friend, Helmut Nuton. Helmut was a photographer that my father made me work for a lot during the summer when I was 14. He showed me a lot of stuff about photography that I never appreciated until I got into the industry.
T.N.: In the skateboarding industry, Ty Evans and Frank Mortagne. They kind of set the standard for the skateboarding video today. Brad Bird is the director and screenwriter of the Incredibles and Ratatouille. I respect him, too, because he is bringing back classic pure-hearted entertainment that makes you fall in love with the characters.
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