AboutJim Boyd Expertise I have been involved with the Adult Entertainment Industry for 15 years as a Producer of Adult Films. I can answer questions related to every aspect of this business including Production, Post-production, and Casting. To date my company has produced 324 Adult Films and designed more than 8,000 Adult Websites for various clients. Our success in the Industry has achieved recognition if the form of two AVN awards and three F.A.M.E. award nominations.
** I DO NOT answer questions related to Gay/Transsexual porn, or the production of Adult Material outside of the United States**
Experience
Experience in the area:
More than 15 years working in every aspect of the Adult Industry.
Education/Credentials:
BS in Business Administration, MA in Film/Production
Awards and Honors:
Honored recipient of two AVNs. Two time F.A.M.E. award nominee
Organizations:
Proud member of The Free Speech Coalition, and The 1st Amendment Protection Group.
Expert: Jim Boyd Date: 4/1/2008 Subject: direction
Question Hi Jim,
Just wondering how much goes into the direction of the average film? do you script every detail of each scene, storyboard etc or do you put some people in a room with a rough idea and let things take their shape?
Answer Hi Blair,
Actually there is a significant amount of direction required when shooting Adult Films. Just as with mainstream movies lighting, camera angles, and the flow of the scene are all curtail to the quality of the final product. Now, just how much direction required is going to depend on the type of film being produced.
Naturally the “gonzo” type films require very little direction at all as they are pure and simple sex scenes….no plot…no set-up…no real dialog…just some chick getting her brains fucked out. These films quite literally toss two people in a room, turn on a camera, and let the games begin. Normally these are shot by a single guy with hand held camera that simply moves around the action to get the desired angles. Sometime the camera may even be held by the male performer (also known as a Point of View shot). Gonzo films can usually be shot in a couple of hours.
More complex “feature” films, such as those produced by Vivid, requires much more direction. These films normally have better story lines, more complex dialog, and multiple stationary cameras, at least on hand held camera, more scenes and a much bigger cast. These films take several days (if not a couple of weeks) to shoot. If any Adult Film were going to have any kind of script, it would be this type of film, although scripts are rare in any production.
My films are kind of a “hybrid” type as they have the hard sex element of “gonzo” but still normally follow some sort story line like “feature” films. My films quite literally start with an Idea in my head and a few notes scribbled on a clipboard. In fact these scribbling are the closest thing you will find to a “script” on one of my shoots.
