I've been writing the script and shooting an erotic drama, not always in that order. 
The goal was to produce an erotic film that combines traditional elements of a good film - story, acting, sound and cinematography - with uninhibited erotic scenes. For this reason, the cast was mostly adult actors in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Here's the original thread I posed in early 2010, where I was encouraged to provide updates.
http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=21841
After the greater part of a year, I'm happy to report that all critical principal photography is complete. In big budget terms, that would mean that first unit photography is done. In my nano-budget world, it means that if the entire cast relocated to Bora Bora tomorrow, the film could be completed without having to fly to the south pacific for more takes.
With a long production phase like this, a lot of challenges have come up... last second scheduling changes happened regularly, people unexpected changed their appearances, and access to locations were lost in the middle of production. However, I've had great breaks too - new cast members joining (playboy model!) and a lot of people helped here and there to be the crew.
I shot the movie as quickly as I could, but in retrospect, shooting production for so long was dangerous. If a key actor relocated anytime after the halfway point, the production would have died. With 3-4 critical roles and nearly a year shooting, the odds were probably not in my favor.
There's still months of b-roll and post production left. But as of Sunday, enough is in the can to complete the movie so I'm excited and relieved a the same time. Here's the preliminary web site for the movie if anyone's interested - flash only for now, but html coming soon (tasteful, but NSFW)
http://obsessions1.com
I'll provide more updates if there's interest, and I'm happy to answer questions. It's a unique project in many ways. I'd also like thank everyone who gave me suggestions and advice in the initial thread.
- Chi
The goal was to produce an erotic film that combines traditional elements of a good film - story, acting, sound and cinematography - with uninhibited erotic scenes. For this reason, the cast was mostly adult actors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here's the original thread I posed in early 2010, where I was encouraged to provide updates.
http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=21841
After the greater part of a year, I'm happy to report that all critical principal photography is complete. In big budget terms, that would mean that first unit photography is done. In my nano-budget world, it means that if the entire cast relocated to Bora Bora tomorrow, the film could be completed without having to fly to the south pacific for more takes.
With a long production phase like this, a lot of challenges have come up... last second scheduling changes happened regularly, people unexpected changed their appearances, and access to locations were lost in the middle of production. However, I've had great breaks too - new cast members joining (playboy model!) and a lot of people helped here and there to be the crew.
I shot the movie as quickly as I could, but in retrospect, shooting production for so long was dangerous. If a key actor relocated anytime after the halfway point, the production would have died. With 3-4 critical roles and nearly a year shooting, the odds were probably not in my favor.
There's still months of b-roll and post production left. But as of Sunday, enough is in the can to complete the movie so I'm excited and relieved a the same time. Here's the preliminary web site for the movie if anyone's interested - flash only for now, but html coming soon (tasteful, but NSFW)
http://obsessions1.com
I'll provide more updates if there's interest, and I'm happy to answer questions. It's a unique project in many ways. I'd also like thank everyone who gave me suggestions and advice in the initial thread.
- Chi
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