it's hard work to make a scene
[click on pic to see full sized image]
The photo shoot had to have been difficult. Selecting the right "models" to evoke the atmosphere; arranging equipment rental and proper releases ~ in this case borrowing police equipment while carefully cropping out the key details [namely, what city allowed their stuff to be used this way]. Then there's selecting the site so as to get the proper natural lighting; and time, to ensure that no unwanted intruders might accidentally stumble across the shoot and distract everyone. And then paying for everything, plus getting the idea marketed and properly, well, exposed to the target audience. But who is the target audience. And are we so certain that any of these actor/models required getting paid or did they pay to participate in this little imbroglio? Personally, I know people who would.
After all, this tantalizing bit of soft-core porn remarkably resembles a bust of two guys caught in the act of, well, having their pants down for one thing. In the bushes [or so it would suggest] and busted by a couple of well-packed officers of the law. [Is the plainclothesman wearing C-in2 briefs as well? We'll never know.]
There are, in fact, two "scenes" transpiring here in one tidy little picture. There's the photo shoot, presumably paid for by C-in2 and there's the sex scene with so many complicated layers of not so crypto homoeroticism. Sex oustide in the bushes; getting caught buy authority figures in the act [good looking ones I might add]; bondage and humliation as well as the anticipated prison holding cell rape scene. No wonder the bad boy about to be cuffed is begining to sprout a woody.
Or am I reading too much into this? Maybe, as Freud said, "A cigar is just a cigar" and these guys are just trying to sell us underwear. perhaps the real message is, if you expect to be busted, wear clean shorts and cut down on the embarassment.
You tell me.
[Advert found in GQ magazine but do yourself the favor and watch the videos at the C-in2 website to find out more.]
posted by Jake Compton at 5:59 AM
3 Comments:
What if they had gone commando?
You are, in my opinion, taking this way too seriously. A sizeable production company would have access to prop vehicles and they routinely paint them in whatever way is necessary for a specific shoot. This vehicle could have been a taxi cab two weeks previous.
Targeting the audience is not difficult but can be expensive. To advertise in any of the locations such as Yahoo Groups is a waste of time because just about everyone here is looking almost exclusively for "free stuff", so what point is there in advertising something that must be purchased?
Media placement isn't an exact science but you can generally hit it pretty much on target if you know what you are doing. Advertising in all fetish publications read by the target audience plus mainstream Gay rags where there is going to be a big cross-over market, is about all you need to do.
An experienced Director and Producer can block-out scenes and shoot them on an "as available" basis. What you see in the second scene may have been shot two months after the last scene, for example. As for locations and considerations of subject matter... it's not any consequence because shooting this stuff is not illegal at all so with a simple permit from City Hall and the State Film Commission (they don't care what you are shooting... just pay the fee) and you have permission to use public places as long as you hire local law enforcement at Union rates to secure the area. Because it falls under "Theatrical Performances" and "Acting", it is not actual sex acts but "pretend" sex for the purpose of entertainment and thus, there is nothing going on that violates the law.
Hope this helps you better understand how Adult Industry works.
Chuckle definitely received! The previous writer took what you wrote literally, missing what I
thought was obviously "atmospheric" tone.
Thanks for calling attention to the videos, as well: the frenetic, jumpy style wasn't precisely
innovative, but it was a good example of the genre, and the subtext was hot. I kept thinking
about the model/actors, though: that shoving around looking pretty physical, not the sort of thing
I'd expect the average model to be used to. Maybe it wasn't so hard to get those sullen looks on
their faces--they may have genuinely been pissed off!
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