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Who Came Up With The Bright Idea

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2001 10:04 am
by Drake
When i'm watching porn an am just about to shoot my fat at the money shot why does the camera always rise an focus on the guys face grimacing as he's coming on the bird. I'm sure many people must feel the same as me, why do porn producers do this. If i want to see a guys face while he's coming i'd buy gay porn. Rant over.
DC

Re: Who Came Up With The Bright Idea

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2001 1:29 pm
by Diem
LOL

I was thinking the very same thing this morning! And given the amount of screen time given to the girls on the films I would be interested to know how big a problem this actually is.

Or do Drake and I just have a 'timing' problem?


D.

Re: Who Came Up With The Bright Idea

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2001 3:27 pm
by Wally "Hitchcock" Wanka
It's almost certainly what is known in the biz as a "cutaway" simply to disguise the fact that the moment of the cum shot actually took longer in reality. The picture of the guy's face is shot when it's all over (unless it's a multi-camera gig). That's another reason why the grimaces are so annoying. Peter North (Mr perfect hair) is particularly irritating in this respect. I say let's have a shot of the woman.

Re: Who Came Up With The Bright Idea

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2001 4:02 pm
by JonnyQ
I think it's a carryover from the old days of porn...back when they made porn like they made "real" movies, using multiple cameras rolling simultaneously shooting different perspectives. Then in editing they could cut and paste and intermix and rearrange the various bits to assemble a lengthy scene on screen from a short scene on the set. And the face/reaction shots were part of the various perspectives, to mix up up a bit and help break the monotony of the looped/repeated stuff. Anyway, the new crop of producers somehow got the idea that all these face shots serve some useful erotic purpose, and continue the tradition to this day. Nowadays it's just a lazy editing technique, to transition from "I'm just about to come" to "I'm cummminnng!!" They insert a shot of the guy's face right in the middle to bridge the gap in real time; maybe they changed the camera positions too during that transition; that which may take many minutes on set must be reduced to a few minutes on screen. But I absolutely hate to see a guy's face closeup during that time (or at any time during a sex scene for that matter). A related complaint is Seymore Butts, has the infuriating habit of moving the camera from the girl's crotch to her face at the precise moment of penetration. In the Tampa Tushy fisting scene, he moved the camera to Chloe's face just as Alisha buried her hand inside her. In another scene, same movie, another girl was slowly lowering herself onto a sybian machine, and he moved the camera up to her face at the momemt of penetration. In both case there was no edit cut, he was holding the camera, and just "decided" to pan it away from the action, as if the face was a better shot at than instant. OK. Long post. Over and out.
Bottom line is they are stupid and/or clueless and/or misguided and/or gay.

Re: Who Came Up With The Bright Idea

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2001 12:37 am
by mackdaddy
I roared with laughter at reading this one. Drake, thanks for highlighting one of my all time pet peeves about porno movies. I thought no one would ever mention it. What about blokes who lead you to believe they are about to let load a massive torrent, grunting and sweating when all the cum shot amounts to is a puff of white powder? That irritates the f**k out of me. Alright you lot out there, what other irritating things about porn movies can you do without.

Re: Who Came Up With The Bright Idea

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2001 6:02 am
by Il Duce
BALD FANNIES!!!!

Re: Who Came Up With The Bright Idea

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2001 10:05 am
by Rimbaud
Good point Sir. It is without doubt one of the most irritating phenomena known not just in the world of porn, but in the world full stop.

Re: Who Came Up With The Bright Idea

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2001 1:35 pm
by Wally Wanka
Strangely enough, porn women who grin as if their life depended on it. I think it was all a by-product of the Page Three "clean wholesome fun" phenomenon. Whereas a sultry, even bored pout a la Tiffany Walker can do wonders for your erectile tissue.