Comments on: One Shot, Two Shot; Red Shot, Blue Shot http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/10/26/one-shot-two-shot-red-shot-blue-shot/ Real Talk About Making Real Sex Erotic Documentaries Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:08:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: tony http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/10/26/one-shot-two-shot-red-shot-blue-shot/#comment-10894 tony Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:08:31 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/10/26/one-shot-two-shot-red-shot-blue-shot/#comment-10894 I started editing film in about 1992, and it was from an editor's point of view that I first started to ask myself why porn didn't work for me. The two most notable aspects were: 1) Too many shots that went on way too long. I like a cunt and cock close-up as much or more as the next guy, but anything gets boring if the camera stares at it too long. Extended shots invite the audience's attention to wander, and when you attention wanders, so does your eye. This is expecially corrosive to a low-budget production. As your eye drifts around the frame, you start to notice all the ticky tacky flaws that are part and parcel of any low budget production, porn included. 2) An almost total absense of reaction shots. Reaction is relationship. Reaction makes meaning of action. Action tell the audience what happened; reaction a guide to how to feel about it. With these thoughts in mind, we set about developing a shooting-style for the sex, and a production style for the films that would allow for what I felt would be a more cinematic rendition of sex, complete with beautiful close-ups of happy cocks and eager pussies! I started editing film in about 1992, and it was from an editor’s point of view that I first started to ask myself why porn didn’t work for me. The two most notable aspects were:

1) Too many shots that went on way too long. I like a cunt and cock close-up as much or more as the next guy, but anything gets boring if the camera stares at it too long. Extended shots invite the audience’s attention to wander, and when you attention wanders, so does your eye. This is expecially corrosive to a low-budget production. As your eye drifts around the frame, you start to notice all the ticky tacky flaws that are part and parcel of any low budget production, porn included.

2) An almost total absense of reaction shots. Reaction is relationship. Reaction makes meaning of action. Action tell the audience what happened; reaction a guide to how to feel about it.

With these thoughts in mind, we set about developing a shooting-style for the sex, and a production style for the films that would allow for what I felt would be a more cinematic rendition of sex, complete with beautiful close-ups of happy cocks and eager pussies!

]]> By: ell http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/10/26/one-shot-two-shot-red-shot-blue-shot/#comment-10761 ell Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:44:35 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2006/10/26/one-shot-two-shot-red-shot-blue-shot/#comment-10761 I love the way Matt's watching Khym's reaction in this shot. it's lovely. :) I love the way Matt’s watching Khym’s reaction in this shot. it’s lovely. :)

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