I've been to a few porn sets. It was nice to see how different directors work with the talent. Some directors are very involved, others are outside smoking while the cameraman is inside shooting the scene.The best part of a set is mingling with the talent between scenes. I met TJ Hart a few minutes after walking in on her and Steve Hatcher banging away on the set of Uninhibited Girl. I met Tina Tyler that day and helped her park her car ;) It's a really odd situation to be watching people have sex and then hang around bullshitting with them 15 minutes later.
Here's a recommendation if you do ever get a chance to go to a set: try to catch one that they're filming at least some dialog. It's funny as hell to watch the performers have to stumble through poorly written, cheesy porn lines. The one exception to the entertainment factor of dialog scenes is an Antonio Passolini set. This guy is top-notch. I had the priveledge of watching Tina Tyler and Ginger Lynn shoot a dialog scene for new Wave Hookers 6. There was nothing funny about it. It was very professional.
It was that day that I also learned that Tina is the best actress in the business. Antonio shot this scene from 4 different angles so he could edit the dialog in a creative fashion. Tina had to deliver her lines at least 35 times that afternoon. In each take she had the exact same expressions, tone, delivery, body language,etc. (Why 35 takes if Tina was so good? There was someone else with dialog too that wasn't half the actress that Tina is.)
Edited by - Drew Black on May 18 2001

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