Harry Weaks Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Wildcard question, when it comes to pornographic content --what cameras would you recommend one use to film it? Would you use to film it? Makes and models? Arri, red, aja cion, or blackmagic cameras? DSLRs? For internet distribution? DVD? TV? I ask this because i never knew what cameras were used to film content I've seen throughout the years, and even though most on here maybe have never filmed it or never would -- those same people probably know what would be used if they were to film it. How would their settings be set? ISOs? F stop? Anything else unmentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 No rules, depends on type of production. I suspect these days most just use lower end professional or prosumer or consumer video cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Liang Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 And you want to know this because...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua gallegos Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Exposure settings vary, depending on what you're filming. I think the most logical sense would be to use DSLRs, I think porn watchers don't necessarily want a story, the key thing is to entice visually, and DSLRs are smaller/compact, and you could have more of them running- multiple cameras to maintain better continuity in the editing. I don't see how anyone would want to film porn, what if you accidentally get doused in fluids and contract a disease.... not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted January 17, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 17, 2016 Oh, no, not that again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Walters Posted January 17, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 17, 2016 Why would you think you would need any different sort of cameras from what you would need for any other sort of production? I remember some posts here from some years back, from a guy who ran a studio that only produced Porn. It all sounded very matter-of-fact, really no different from shooting commercials. The amusing thing was, they'd just set up the studio with all-Red cameras. There was also a thread about it over on Reduser, which suddenly vanished like a popped soap bubble :rolleyes: I can't find that particular thread, but here's an interesting one from about 8 years ago on a similar topic: http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=32410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted January 18, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 18, 2016 A waterproof one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 In the 1970's there was a large number of porn productions which used traditional 35mm film camera techniques. Simultaneously with the demise of the 'other side of the tracks' movie houses, and the growth of the multiplex targeting 'family' or 'youth' markets more narrowly, most of the movie houses that could 'show' X rated films, closed down, and the areas 'gentrified' and made safe for 'suburbanites' wanting a 'safe' slumming entertainment opportunity... and also simultaneous with the growth of home video systems, 'porn' production moved to video within a few years, and using 'as cheap as possible' production. Perhaps "Cafe Flesh"(1982) was the last gasp attempt to make a 'classy' porn film shot on Film... There have been a few films since 2000 that have had explicit unsimulated sex sequences which have played at major fests. "The Brown Bunny"(2003) -- From the wiki shot on 16mm Film film and transferred to 35mm. "Short Bus"(2006) --- IMDB lists 16mm and several Kodak Vision2 250D 7205 and 500T 7218. "9 Songs"(2004) -- Shot with a Panasonic DVX100A and transferred 'by hand'(as I recall... ) to film. Were I to shoot a Porn film... I'd use an Alexa... but then I don't even have the budget to hire sex performers to shoot with my eye-Phone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) I remember some posts here from some years back, from a guy who ran a studio that only produced Porn. It all sounded very matter-of-fact, really no different from shooting commercials. The amusing thing was, they'd just set up the studio with all-Red cameras. There was also a thread about it over on Reduser, which suddenly vanished like a popped soap bubble :rolleyes: I have read elsewhere that crews that crew for the Chatsworth porn studios, don't like to put such on their resumes. There seems to be the perception that there may be a backlash against people who work, even on the backside of the camera... uh... anyway... There definitely has been a backlash against people who have performed in sex films in the past if they have shown up in non-sex films or commercials. I've not looked at the posting rules here but some fora have explicitly stated 'no mention of porn' in postings. Other than that, I can only conjecture that as a business porn producers use as much as a variety of cameras as they have the budget for... with probably an eye for 'low cost'... Edited January 18, 2016 by John E Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Field Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 My mom's flip phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 This question again.. you need to get out of your mums basement a bit.. there is alot of over exposure in porn.. and wide open apertures.. 70mm Panavison would be the best choice.. always shoot wide open.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hodgins Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 The Panasonic HPX170 and similar cameras should be more than adequate for shooting Porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Tore Soerensen Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Were I to shoot a Porn film... I'd use an Alexa... but then I don't even have the budget to hire sex performers to shoot with my eye-Phone... Out of curiousity, are they paid well? Edited January 23, 2016 by Jan Tore Soerensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 A waterproof one... You beat me to it. Might I add, a camera with all non-slip controls and handles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Were I to shoot a Porn film... I'd use an Alexa... but then I don't even have the budget to hire sex performers to shoot with my eye-Phone... For those tight shots, wouldn't you want to use an Alexa Mini? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Tore Soerensen Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 For those tight shots, wouldn't you want to use an Alexa Mini? I was gonna go there, and I'm glad you did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Trajkovski Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I remember being mentioned here and after searchingthrough the forum it came out it is in the above linked thread. It LOL'd me then, and surely now. :)I'll just quote K Borowski:"Some things you don't WANT to see in that sharp of clarity.Just like "Panorama Blue", the only porno shot on 5-perf. 65mm;some things just shouldn't be projected 20- feet wide on the big screen like that "... Someone on that team was forward thinking. Can you imagine all those subtleties of acting & action,the richness of skin color, the high-res detail depicting theera's features like setting, wardrobe and grooming, scanned in stunning 16k, 24bit per channel HDR for the digital remaster? A "masterpiece" preserved because shot on film.Now beat that, you "digital" unbelievers! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Thompson Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Can this thread be locked. We don't need any more of this filth in the world. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 24, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 24, 2016 Everyone could just ignore this the next time it happens... Or send a message to Tim Tyler if you think it should be deleted or closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Can this thread be locked. We don't need any more of this filth in the world. Thanks. Just your opinion. To others, high art perhaps. If it offends, don't open the thread or just look the other way, While were at it, lets lock all the threads that discuss Rap or hip-hop music videos. Both often have lyrics demeaning to women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Mark Kenfield Posted January 25, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 25, 2016 Personally, I've never understood why the various go-pro body mounts haven't been put into greater service on these sorts of productions. That seems the obvious way to get an 'immersive' visual experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted January 25, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted January 25, 2016 They have; I'm sure; but I think the main issue would be the fish-eye lens and the way it mounted may cause someone to get vertigo. I also think that there may be a bit of-- well-- gratification-- to the filming party to see it on the LCD-Screen. You know, in college, there was a class on film porn-- it was almost always full, so i never got to take it, but from what i heard, much like "terrorist film," it was about how it furthered the industry, and how it evolved and the like. Though I can't see how sitting in a room with 100 other students looking at.... websites.... could be... ok... thought over. back to coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Though I can't see how sitting in a room with 100 other students looking at {porn}.... websites.... could be... ok... thought over. back to coffee. In my opinion that is due to the fact that many people in many regards are 'stuck' at the 7th grade 'sex ed class' level of just talking about sex... let alone filming sex for 'art sake'... or even pecuniary reward... The same sort of 'back of the class twitter (actual bird twitter...)' happens when unsuspecting college students are confronted with erotic greek pottery work, or the 'erotic' art of Pompeii or Heracleum... as in 'you mean the romans had these sex pictures on the walls of their homes???'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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