Ever since the video camera became available, people have been filming themselves having sex. And then celebrities starting filming themselves having sex, which has resulted in half the planet knowing that Tommy Lee has a sizable cock and that Pamela Anderson’s boobs float in the water. And then minor celebrities started filming themselves having sex in the dark with infrared cameras, which is something all of us probably could have done without.
But I digress.
Amateur home sex videos are popular, but they do have their limitations: namely that there’s only ever one camera angle and the lighting’s not great. Oh, and there’s always the risk that the video will be stolen and end up on the internet.
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A new company called Unique Video believe they have the solution to these vexing problems. They’re offering a professional service for couples who want to privately film themselves having sex and end up with a decent product.
Their cunning plan for creating a non-intrusive professional result is to install four remote-controlled cameras in your bedroom. These are linked to an editing console located in another room. One cameraman/editor controls all four cameras, cutting and zooming in real time as the action takes place, and the whole lot is burned to a single DVD. No copies are made.
So, while there is at least one stranger watching you have sex, at least he’s not in the same room with you, and he’s probably more distracted by getting the right angle than he is by you wanting to be called “Foofie” or your partner yodelling through his orgasm.
Is there a market for this kind of service? According to the Unique Video site, over 25% of all camcorders sold have been used by couples to film themselves having sex and up to 10% of camcorder sales are for this specific purpose.
What’s got my attention here is the whole concept of non-intrusive porn making. So much of the sex in porn occurs in seriously artificial circumstances. It requires a special type of person to be able to ignore the 16 other people in the room and have sex successfully. There’s usually a director giving instructions and the sex itself is choreographed to fit the necessary camera angles. I think this helps contribute to the awfulness of much mainstream porn.
What if remote-controlled camera operation was used in a professional production intended for public release? Would we get more realistic sex acts in porn movies? Would it be more documentary than art? Or is it just a natural extension of reality TV shows like Big Brother?