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“These days money's tighter than a you-know-what, and before<br />
the end of the month my porn budget, among other things, is<br />
shot—I'd like to make my own porn but I also want my projects<br />
to have a little pizazz—suggestions?”<br />
I've done a few “DIY projects” in my time, if you know what I<br />
mean, so I understand. You want some footage good enough that<br />
if, heaven forbid, you keeled over tomorrow, your kids wouldn't<br />
be too embarrassed for the wrong reasons if they found it.<br />
Now the first thing you want to think about is lighting, lighting's<br />
important. As you know, I was in “the business” for a looong<br />
time and when I say “looong”, believe-you-me, I know what I'm<br />
talking about. Made a few friends. Maybe an enemy here or<br />
there...maybe someone you've heard of...a Miss Suzanne Somers...<br />
She wasn't in “the business” you understand, goodness no, butter<br />
wouldn't melt in her mouth, or anything else...no, this was<br />
waaay back, at Van Nuys Community College...I have done other<br />
things besides porn you know...there was this little theater group at<br />
VNCC...well that's all water under the bridge I suppose. Lighting.<br />
Right. Now, the thing to keep in mind with lighting is change<br />
needs to be gradual, you don't want it to look like you suddenly<br />
turned on a blinding...<br />
Blanche.<br />
Blanche Dubois. A Streetcar Named Desire.<br />
“It was like you suddenly turned a blinding light on something that<br />
had always been half in shadow”.