Lots of requests in this thread, so I think just some pure Mason appreciation is in order. Let's all take a minute to admire her craft. One of my favorite motifs in Mason's tease footage is the walking low-angle ass shot. If you're a fan of Mason than you know the shot. It recurs again and again in her tease footage, but captivates every time. Here's an example from Anikka Albrite's scene in Battle of the Asses 5: Typically in cinema a low-angle shot serves to demonstrate the power of the person depicted. The audience is literally lower than the person and looking up at their towering presence. This totally fits Mason's themes of empowered women in control of their sexuality. These women are figures who literally dominate the frame with their beauty and we the audience are meant to be in awe of them. Also note how how the background diagonal lines pull the viewer into the picture and focus attention on the Anikka's magnificent ass. This is some top flight composition that gives the picture a real sense of dynamism. You can see the technique used again in this shot of Jynx Maze from Battle of the Asses 4: Does it show much that I've taken a bunch of film classes? Regardless of whether all this is intentional, there's little doubt that Mason captures the female posterior better than anyone in the biz. Its a rare thing when porn works on both the visceral and artistic levels, and Mason should be applauded for that. She is a true auteur of porn who knows what works and delivers every time. Thanks Mason!
Jules Jordan knows a thing or two about showcasing a feature of fine asses. Ass Worship is even better than the Buttman's best series. That said, I think Elegant Angel and now Hard X might have an edge in the glamorous side. But we would definitely be remiss to so readily anoint any of these names as the be all end all of rear end direction.
Yeah, Jules can definitely shoot a great ass scene. Count me among his fans. When I said Mason was the best I didn't intend to slight any of the other talented directors out there. I mean we're dealing with porn here, something that is very bound up with the subjective preferences of the viewer. Perhaps I should have said "in my opinion" as a qualifier. Regardless, whether or not she is your favorite, I think we can all agree she is one of the best.
I might as well weigh in here on the recent talk of Mason's technique and here, IMO, is why I consider Mason the best out there when it comes to tease. Synchronization between performer and framing - I'm not sure how much other intro tease footage is being considered here but in my viewing experience there is just a ton of bad camera work out there when considering the purpose of the action. I'm not sure how these things are worked out before the tape starts rolling but I've often found tons of missed opportunities where the girl is clearly out of place for where the camera is going to be framing her (the clearest example of this is when it's a close up on her face and she turns around to tease with her butt and the camera has to scramble to reframe the action). Or the framing is bad to begin with (for example a medium shot in a booty movies where the bottom of her butt is cut off and the top her is head is in frame - lazy camera). Editing - This might sound like a simple thing but the good editing is largely made possible by the good decisions made on the set. What really separates Mason's direction here is her ability to do longer takes without having to cut away quickly to keep the tease going. As an example of what I mean, checkout the Jayden Jaymes scene in HardX's BAA1 -- [06:12 - 06:50] (a 38 second clip!) That's a complete take where Jayden teases near a car with a soaked sponge, douses herself with the soapy water, flips around and douses her backside while doing a great, extended booty shake for the camera. HOT! In another director's care this would have been chopped up and the disjointed continuity would have disturbed the flow of the scene. Paying off the setup with a high tease to setup time ratio - Especially in the Buttwoman movies there is a kind of cumulative effect with each new setup. What is good here is that the establishment of these shots is a smaller part of the actual clip than the tease. What happens in a lot of lesser booty movies is that you get shots that have the girl facing the camera and swaying back and forth for up to 15 seconds then you get 2 or 3 seconds of real booty footage then the camera cuts to another setup with the girl dancing for another 10 - 15 seconds. A couple of seconds of tease in a 30 second clip = no heat whatsoever. The succession of shots in Mason's movies typically use less setup and more actual tease to keep viewer interest (instead of MTV style cuts which hurt, not help, the scene) and so when there is a cut away from tease to setup there is more willingness from the viewer to stay in the scene as the new setup promises to yield even more tease footage. I wouldn't necessarily call it tension and release but it's about as close as a way of explaining how you actually have 2 things going on and knowing the right amount of screen time for each is what keeps the energy of the scene high. Ebb and flow maybe? IDK Energetic performances - Another great thing is that the girls are ready to perform. I've seen a bunch of videos where the girl just looks sleepy and uncommitted. These always underwhelm. Good casting and personality - Of course there's good casting but I feel like Mason makes an effort to show the girl in the best possible light based on what's naturally attractive about her. I think the Keisha movie did this very well. Other directors will shoot the same way, using the same technique regardless of the girl. This is where I feel the other top directors are lacking. Often it just becomes another shoot for them while it seems like Mason is looking for that special thing that the girl has to offer that's beyond what she looks like or how much coverage you get for the scene. Part of what makes the girl sexy is her unique personality and some part of that is expressed in her sexuality. Mason seems better at getting that on camera than any other director out there right now. Edited by - notmyrealname on 6/20/2014 3:04:30 AM
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Only Big Booty will do!! 6253 Posts 12/13
Posted - Jun 20 2014 : 4:55AM
No one gives booty as much attention than Adriano
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Posted - Jun 20 2014 : 5:17AM
Lacey Johnson and Lucy Tyler are two young hot blonde. I wish to see them at HardX!!!
Hmm, what do you think about a combination of 2 hot girls: the hot black Anna Foxxx, the hot blonde Lacey Johnson and the hot Chinese Alina Li, all servicing a BBC :-) Edited by - makker on 6/20/2014 5:54:25 AM Edited by - makker on 6/20/2014 5:55:44 AM
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Posted - Jun 20 2014 : 5:19AM
Personally, closeup camera shots of any part of a girl's body, whether it's her ass, tits or pussy, have never really done anything for me. I've got to see the "full package," at least from the head to the thighs. Often times, I enjoy the conversations a girl has with Mason before a scene, where she's simply standing in front of Mason as she's talking with her, more than I do the tease sequences. One thing that does stand out for me, in regards to those tease portions, is that the accompanying music always seems to be a perfect fit for the scene and/or girl; this also goes for the music in the movie trailers and intros.
Just to say its not just me and JulieMasonFOREVER who would love to see a return to your earlier gear, and for me especially would be hot and groundbreaking in a new POV ANAL series??
Less identical crap, more sleaze and bush! 2378 Posts 7/09
Posted - Jun 20 2014 : 8:27AM
Maybe over staying and expressing my ideas but I think this would be hot, must admit is late and I haven't really thought this through just the pics are so hot! Perhaps after watching her doing her show she takes me somewhere nearby so you can still hear if not also see the festival..
^ What draghixafan said. In my opinion Remy's best performances have been for Mason. Her scene with Lexi Belle in Remy is really the only lesbian scene I consistently go back to again and again. That hula hoop and Lexi's roller-skates get me every time. Mason putting Remy in that outfit would be scorching. As for Adriano, I guess for me it just comes down to the fact that I'm not much of a POV fan. I like the voyeur aspect of porn. Not to mention I'm not into Adriano's whole speculum thing. But as I said before, to each their own. I have to admit though, I'm really curious what Mason will do with her upcoming anal POV movie. If anyone can do an interesting and fresh take on POV its her.
Less identical crap, more sleaze and bush! 2378 Posts 7/09
Posted - Jun 20 2014 : 7:34PM
Yeah that would be awesome! And to add to what Mister Fahrenheit said, along my multi-angle dvd possibilities that there could be someone in the large tent camera angle, so you can get the voyeur angle aswell as the POV angle whichever you choose switching dvd angles. Though guess perhaps the problem today is with the multi-angles DVDs is more downloading files than DVDs? Edit: Thinking about it a bit and what I left out originally that was while she was doing her hula hoop thing I and her had a connection as she looked over at me occasionally, then afterwards she takes me into the woods. Kind of like the incredible early and blonde Melissa Lauren scene in Cum Guzzlers where we follow her around for a bit before we head into the woods for some awesome POV anal action. Edited by - draghixafan on 6/21/2014 8:27:31 AM
That's the million dollar question. I checked her twitter feed and it seems like lately all she's been shooting are girl/girl scenes. Bangbros and Naughty America just released boy/girl scenes featuring her, but I'm not sure if those were filmed recently. They might have been sitting on them for a while, like Jules Jordan did for her DP Masters scene. If anyone knows different please speak up. Remy is one of the best in the game. It would be a shame if she's only sticking to girl/girl. Edited by - Mister Fahrenheit on 6/21/2014 2:05:34 PM
^ Although I agree, the news that Dani Daniels is into anal now, and the hope that Mason shoots her in a TON of anal scenes is just not letting me focus on anything else except to imagine how beautiful, perfect, and a true milestone in the industry that would be!
^^^^ I can say from experience that Naughty America very rarely sits on scenes for more than a month or two, so those scenes are about a recent as you could expect. Edited by - whatsatelephonebill on 6/21/2014 10:29:09 PM
Lacey Johnson in that photo wearing the jean shirt, is just plain gorgeous. What a face! If she were a bit younger she would have the perfect look to appear on the cover of something like Seventeen Magazine. Actually, in the early 1980s, Stacey Donovan had previously made the cover of Seventeen when her agent told her that she was "too pretty" to go into porn. She obviously disagreed, and went right out to try to broaden everyone's carnal knowledge. Gotta say though, that in the era of the original Deep Throat, (circa 1972) no one would have expected a stunner like Lacey Johnson to show up in hardcore porn, unless it would be to fill a non-sex role. Lacey sure has that innocent, almost angelic look, even if I don't believe in angels. Also wanted to agree that the picture of Remy that follows Lacey's, on this page, really does justice to showing what a killer ass this young lady has gifted all of us with, by doing her videos.
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Posted - Jun 23 2014 : 3:58PM
Of course, I meant the picture of Remy where she has that pink top on.
I love knowing Ana Fox is in a EroticaX scene. A very real fantasy for me of wanting to make love to a gorgeous black woman. These scenes need to be more prevalent. On this same note, I'd love to see a scene with Skin Diamond for Erotica X. Is this possible Mason? Skin shows lots of passion and sensuality with her G/G pairings, though I would LOVE to see it expressed with a man. I doubt you instruct the performers in what you want to see, but I would love to see lots of kissing - told everyone I am on a crusade for kissing! - though would also love lots of M2F oral... sloppy, slurping, oral. If she comments on "you like tasting that", I wouldn't complain. If the scene started with her being sweaty from working out... well, she might just comment "you like eating my sweaty pussy". I get WAY too specific. Thanks Mason fans for indulging me. Here's a pic, in case the name Skin Diamond doesn't sell itself by reputation. Peace!