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kinguntermensch
Senior Member


1260 Posts
7/14
Posted - Jul 16 2020 : 11:36AM
When not being face to face with the male, most pornstars just close their eyes when getting fucked. Does nobody tell them to make eye contact with the cam?
look4a
Member

552 Posts
3/20
Posted - Jul 16 2020 : 8:53PM
I thought of this the other day . Something so simple ,yet,,,,. I rewatch ed an old favorite , Lily Rader with Christian Clay ,Step-Dad Punished Young Teen Daughter from Vixen . After Lily is spanked , she good down on her knees and appreciativly blow him , and constant eye contact . It just makes the scene and really sets the tone . I equate it to filming anal and not being able to see the woman's face upon penetration.
AngryPirate
Senior Member

3210 Posts
8/17
Posted - Jul 17 2020 : 8:14AM
Is it a given that there should be eye contact with the camera when possible, regardless of the genre of porn or have you only just realised that not all "off the shelf" porn is required to suit your needs?
Gore Gore Girl All-Star Supporter
Doctor of the Erotic Arts

7238 Posts
1/09
Posted - Jul 17 2020 : 10:25AM
When a performer looks directly at the camera, it breaks the fourth wall and can take you out of the scene. I prefer performers to look at each other, rather than at me. If a performer has their eyes closed, they might be performing and/or experiencing pleasure.
BlackSix All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world
12377 Posts
9/07
Posted - Jul 17 2020 : 2:34PM
^ Yeah it can be sexy as you see them get into their zone.

 
pat362
Senior Member

10083 Posts
3/10
Posted - Jul 18 2020 : 9:59AM
It usually ruins the scene if the performer looks at the camera or at someone behind it in scenario driven vignettes/movies but sites like exploited College Girls, Casting HD and Net Video Girls do that all the time and I think it's hot. I think the key for whether it's going to be a positive or a negative is what the producer was going for. I agree with BlackSix and Gore Gore Girl that if they are going for a one-on-one type of video where the performers are supposed to be into each other than anything that distracts from that will likely ruin the scene.
kinguntermensch
Senior Member

1260 Posts
7/14
Posted - Jul 19 2020 : 12:40PM
Yeah, maybe. But then they should just look somewhere. Eyes closed is boring.
Simple Simon
Senior Member

12302 Posts
2/15
Posted - Jul 21 2020 : 1:53AM
A favorite scene of mine ended with the lady looking straight at the camera and sultrily saying "Now it's your turn to get off guys".

That didn't take me out of the scene; hearing the director telling her to say and do this did.

Whyspers2Scorpio
Senior Member

"Pornography: That which excites, whether from approval or disapproval." ~ Leonard Rossite
2346 Posts
12/17
Posted - Jul 23 2020 : 9:05PM
I always take eyes closed as a sign that the person is experiencing overwhelming pleasure. Looking at the camera never does much for me.
MaggieFan69
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90 Posts
4/18
Posted - Aug 17 2020 : 3:45PM
^ +1
Zingerbrook
Member

580 Posts
3/17
Posted - Aug 17 2020 : 4:23PM
In scenes from certain casting sites, the camera is part of the scene, thus the fourth wall isn't really broken. The performer isn't looking at the audience, we merely have a view of the performer's face. Not to put too fine a point on it.
Mike Hawk CEO Dixon Cider
Member

I heard that!
885 Posts
1/20
Posted - Aug 17 2020 : 5:58PM
The more looking into the camera the better! Bonus points for; winks, puckered up kisses, lip licks, and subtle eyebrow gestures.
wcw43921
Senior Member

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1252 Posts
4/08
Posted - Aug 18 2020 : 2:37AM
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Agreed, and agreed. Given my particular bent, of course, I like to see women in porn with their eyes closed, as I can more easily pretend that they are Hypnotized.

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Zingerbrook
Member

580 Posts
3/17
Posted - Aug 19 2020 : 8:17AM
I guess to me... rather than eyes open or not, the whole of the body language is what I love to see in a good scene. The narrative of the body language... muscles tensing and releasing, hands that roam, sometimes involuntarily; how words and vocalizations interplay, moments of eye contact. Stuff like that.

If eyes are largely shut, but we have a dynamic and genuine performance, then great. But I'm down saying that I don't enjoy performers who just lay there, eyes shut (rarely see that anyway).

OnHerKnees
Deactivated User

12 Posts
8/20
Posted - Aug 19 2020 : 2:37PM
Don't know the real reason. There could also be multiple reasons for this, but I think the biggest reason is lack of either physical or emotional attraction to the partner. Having sex with a girlfriend is different from having sex when a transaction is involved.
 
Slector
Member

655 Posts
2/14
Posted - Aug 21 2020 : 12:41PM
I'd rather they close their eyes than do that goofy roll-their-eyes-back-in-their-heads stuff. I hate that shit....
Mike Hawk CEO Dixon Cider
Member

I heard that!
885 Posts
1/20
Posted - Aug 21 2020 : 5:42PM
Another reason could be the fact that there is a guy standing there holding a camera about 6" from her face.



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