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Positive - Carriers of the HIV virus but
not showing the signs of full-blown AIDS. Some
controversy exists whether all persons infected with
HIV will develop AIDS.
Safe Sex- Sexual practices that aim to reduce
the chance of STD’s. Barrier methods include:
chemical topicals, spermicides, condoms, dental
dams, latex gloves and non-contact sex such as self-
masturbation.
STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)–
Including but not limited to: HIV, Herpes, Syphilis,
Gonorrhea, Clamydia, Warts, Hepatitis and Yeast
Infections.
Sex diseases give everyone in the business a
bad name. It gives sex a bad rap and encourages the
religious right to try and suppress the natural sexual
desire through their misguided propaganda. If
healthy sexual attitudes were encouraged instead of
suppressed the landscape of America would be a lot
different.
Natural sexual desires suppressed turn into
violence, self-loathing, “perversions” and other

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has capitalized on sexual repression.
Everything from cars to toilet paper is sold
with half naked actors in suggestive poses. Women’s
magazines, men’s magazines, teenage magazines
even car magazines work sex into their content. Not
healthy constructive sex, just sex exploiting the
suppression that is now in place.
Safe sex means more sex. If your not afraid of
dying or becoming pregnant, you will be more
willing to try knew things with different people. You
as a porn director have the responsibility to be
responsible when making your movies. Don’t’ give
sex a bad name by letting STD infect you’re actors.
You will want to keep records of all actors’
medical tests on file forever. Do not accept copies or
any tests more than a month old. Encourage barrier
methods in your filming and be careful with the
actors that you film. Directors should feel a personal
responsibility to take care of the actors they film.

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Act Five:
Making a Movie – How?
The three steps in making amateur porn can
be broken down in the following way: planning,
filming, editing and distribution.
Planning is the time to mentally visualize the
who, what and where of the scenes to take place.
You start with a rudimentary idea of what you want
to show your viewing audience and then break down
the steps that will make it happen.
A basic script is selected; the place where the
filming will take place and who you would like to
see in it. Since this is probably going to be coming
out of your pocket (i.e. bank account, credit card,
equity loan etc.) a budget needs to be drawn up. Cut
to the bones the budget would include cost of actors,
cost of equipment, cost film set and cost of travel.
The filming is where the rubber meets the
payment. You have the actors in place, the set is as
good as it going to get and you’re going to have to
rely on the best that your equipment will handle.
Plan on filming 5 times the amount of action that
you will need for your final cut.

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This is where you discover that the sound is horrible,
that her hair covered up the blowjob scene and that
the lighting makes you squint to see the action. Get
used to it. Editing is where you learn from your
mistakes and makes you a better director.
Rough cuts are polished into a final watch
able video. Music and voice-overs may be added at
this time to depending on your expertise with the
editing equipment that you have.
Distribution has been added here for those
who have a glimmer of hope of recouping the tons of
money and time that you have spent on this project.
There are distributors out there that are looking for
fresh stuff. They pay minimal amounts of money and
are very hard to impress. You really have to have
your shit together for them to pony up the
greenbacks for your artistic endeavors.
Glitches will happen in any of these steps,
count on it. Buck up, pay your dues, continue with
your project and you will come out with a porn
video you can call your own. Remember that the
process is as important as the final results.

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Act Six:
Equipment on a Bare Skin Budget
Unless you are independently wealthy, the right
equipment is going to be hard to afford. The Pro’s use a
$10,000 BetaCamSP for the resolution and superior
quality it gives. You’re not a pro if you’re reading this
book so forget it, your chances of recouping the cost are
slim and that money could be spent better in other places.
A new comer to the video world is the digital
camcorder. It has the ability to make cd and web-ready
material much easier.
You might also be able to do your own editing on
your personal computer, saving a lot of money.
Professional video editor’s run around $150-200 per
hour. This type of camcorder may make it easier to dub
in music later also. They run around $2000-3000.
Decent “home” video units will set you back
about $500 new. Whatever you pick, try the web auction
sites first. You can get a great deal on a quality