Paul, it isn't about matching budgets. Very few people in the business are creative. Everyone copies everyone else. Now the glam look is in and everyone is going for depth of field and blown out backgrounds.
And yet, look at the views on this. Everyone is trying to copy MA and meanwhile PP commissions or whatever some couple to go for it in some a ghetto valley hotel room and kills it. But it's not pretty and doesn't have a nice background...
http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.ph...key=1472879328
Look at those numbers. Liars figure but figures don't lie.
Search any fat tube for most views over lifetime and you'll see tons of videos like this. Produced for what.. NOTHING... Money has nothing to do with it.