Shooting a film became more of a guerrilla filmmaking effort and less of an art form. Don’t get me wrong, video was wonderful in many ways, but the Good Ol’ Days of big budget features began to become extinct. It was much easier for a company (or director, or producer) to throw together a film for a lot less money in significantly less time. Sadly, I noticed the crews become less interested in making a good film, as they became more jaded. They had more work in number of “movies” being shot, but we all ended up with much less time to be a part of something special. They became what I called fuck-numb.
Then the 1990’s arrived with an entirely new way to get your kink on: The Internet. No more running to the video store and sneaking into the back room where the good stuff was kept. People needed simply to type in their favorite fetish, and it just appeared right on the screen in front of them. It was magical. It was instant. It was private. It was inexpensive.
It sure has changed and not for the better. Used to be if you wanted to watch an anal scene, you had to search the video store for it. Couldn’t really go online and even search to find out what movies had anal. Had to read descriptions, reviews etc. There weren’t that many. Now it’s more like search if you DON’T want anal in the movie.
I worry about the girls doing the movies these days. They pretty much have to do the kinkier stuff if they’re going to work. And anal is the least of it. DP is almost the norm now. And double and even triple in one hole. They claim it doesn’t hurt, how much of that is numbing lubes, drugs etc. And no pain doesn’t mean they’re not getting injured. And the pain may just come later.
Glad you did a post on this Ginger, I know we’ve discussed some of this in the past.
I started at the tail end of film,but even the video shoots were bigger at first.Working for Wester Visuals we shot at a house in the redwoods of Northern California with catering ,scripts,and costumes.The pay was good..Then everything got cheaper.They would ask,”Hey Randy,we need you to 5 scenes,all anal with Hatian,heroin addict hookers and can you bring a Conquistador outfit”?