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Cameraman Just as few porn performers deserve the title "actor," so too few pornographers deserve the title "director." Exceptions include Gregory Dark, John Leslie, Robert McCallum and Michael Ninn.A better term for most of those who make porn videos is shooter. Almost all are male. The big exception - Vivid's Toni English. Director and journalist William Rotsler wrote in his 1973 book Contemporary Erotic Cinema: The motion-picture cameraman is the most important man on the set after the director. In some cases, he is even more improtant. If he doesn't do his job properly nothing works. In sex films the cameraman is of even greater importance. The rehearsals are few or nonexistent - and the action must be captured that first time... When you look at these films you often see what is caled "the reverse
shot," first one person, then the other as they make love. A closeup gives
facial reaction, it's called a "reaction" shot, showing the person's feelings.
Hopefully the viewer will empathize with them. It also "gets you right
in there," as if you were personally involved. But when you go to shoot
those Girls get a lot of fun out of trying to "turn on" the cameraman, especially in the reverses, where they are working directly to the camera... They really "give" then and think it's great fun to tease and tempt and taunt a man who they think can't really do anything about it. One film of mine, when I called "Cut!" the girl screamed and ran instantly, getting a head start on the cameraman, who was divesting himself of camera, bttery-belt, and cords before chasing her twice around the whole house, then catching her and humping the temptress in a furious balling. |