Grow your own smut

Cory Doctorow 4:52 pm Tue Aug 6, 2002

My pal David Findlay, a science fiction writer, smut-peddler and video-guy, is hosting a DIY smut workshop in Toronto next week.

This hands-on workshop walks you through conceiving, writing, planning, casting, shooting, editing, critiquing and distributing your own ultra-short video with explicit sexual content. Whether youíve been shooting sex scenes for years or are entirely new to the idea; whether you think of it as "porn", "erotica", "smut" or "home movies", come learn how to do it better with a group of like-minded video enthusiasts and an instructor who has years of experience working on both sides of the camera.

You provide performers and your own dirty little mind. We supply the gear and the guidance over (and between) two weekends in August. The course covers everything from ethical representation to negotiating with performers; low-budget lighting to microphone placement; addressing body image issues to translating difficult fantasies on camera. Integrating technical and conceptual concerns, this workshop is oriented toward simplicity and completion, premised on the idea that youíll learn most (and perhaps be most satisfied by) having and seeing your own smutty imaginings realized on tape in less than 10 days.

(Thanks, Nalo!)

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