I'm sure I'm not the first one to talk about his, but I don't see an active thread on it.
Yes, I do think that erotic stories form a distinct medium which has it's own specificity, and they cannot simply be translated into film with the same effect. However, some stories ARE cinematic. Sometimes they've risen from a cinematic imagination in the first place.
If someone could figure out the financial aspect of it, I think a place like lushstories could be an excellent source of ideas, and script writers for erotic feature films, or even series. Clearly, it'd be better than the host of relatively big budget porn feature films that we have now.
There's a thread around here somewhere about films people would like to make and I think one of my ideas was an anthology series based on Lush stories. Given the short length of most stories here due to the 10K word limit, I think that might work better than a film. Though if it was successful, maybe one of the more popular novels/series could be done as a film tie-in.
It would obviously have to be streamed. Even cable would probably want things toned down to softcore. Perhaps one of the porn sites would consider hosting the stream or perhaps Nic could build something here.
The main problem that I see is going to be quality. Not too many really good directors or performers will do hardcore so we'd probably have to shoot softcore if we wanted better quality. Perhaps, though, there are some porn stars who can also handle the acting needed for some of the better stories. I just haven't seen much evidence of it in the porn features I have seen over the years.
Wouldn't you rather have a nice cup of tea?
While, I'd enjoy seeing some of my stories acted out professionally, there are more than a few issues, including the fact that the market isn't exactly starving for content, and writing the story is a minor part of producing a porn video of any quality. Furthermore, there's the issue of payments - how to generate revenue for the site for film producers to gain access to these stories, and whether or not authors will receive compensation (and how much? Probably not very much).
Don't believe everything that you read.
There is very little thought in the porn material today. I just watched a Lena Paul 35 minute film. It opens with her dancing and teasing in a skimpy outfit solo playing with herself. Her clothes come off. A stud enters the living room and they kiss and get intimate feeling each other up. She performs a sloppy blow job on him. She gives him a sopping wet titty fuck. They fuck in 3 different positions. They go back to the blowjob and then titty-fuck again. He cums in her mouth and on her tits. Maybe they have a storyboard. People want it because they like Lena Paul and her dirty mouth which she makes up her dialogue as she goes along. They like her sloppy blowjobs and her natural boobs giving titty-fucks (me). I could probably come up with something far better but would it sell more copies. Would a soundtrack make it better for sales? I doubt it.
Tom
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
Herbert Spencer
You would have to go back to the 'Golden Age of Porn' to see cinematic qualities like a plot and acting. Some of the best films of that era are made by a company called 'Alpha France' done in the late 1970s and early 1980s. You can find some of these on the internet and some are dubbed or subtitled. They are very good, shot on film stock, plot, acting, locations, great sex, and some very attractive women.
Basically, if they were done today, my guess is they would not sell. These films were made to be shown in cinemas and they were so successful a whole sub-culture sprung up called 'Cinema X'. Trust me, being in one is an unforgettable experience, one I have written about here as a true story.
I think modern porn is mostly pretty dire, there are some exceptions. Very little of it is erotic, it's anatomical and (in my experience) no-one fucks like that. I watched a documentary by a former porn star called 'Ovidie' about what the porn industry is today, frankly put, I found it very revealing from an insider point of view (she is also a writer and porn producer). Some of the old production companies have gone to the wall mainly down to free internet porn and in interview, these companies cared about the quality of what was made and how the women and men were treated.
I do like the idea that you could turn lush stories into a good porn flick. I have a habit of writing multi-part stories and I really like to draw descriptive backgrounds to set the scene, good characters and also I work hard on getting the dialogue right. I guess it comes from watching a lot of retro porn.
I’ve had a number of comments from readers who thought certain of my stories would make a good movie. Kelly’s Passion and the Survivor series come to mind but there are others. I’d love to see it, especially The Survivor.
I would very much like to see some decent porn and I'm sure the outlines for many films reside in Lush. I don't think I have one to offer, but I could see Rainbow House as a TV series. Carlton would have to change his name, of course.
- is possibly one of the hottest mainstream scenes on film, imo. Again, the film is typically moody and over-long, but pretty good all told.
