Im talking about the ones where actors/actress are fully naked and you can see their asses.
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Genital guards — cloth or plastic, sometimes even menstrual pads — are attached to the woman with latex glue so she can be seen from different angles without showing off more than she wants to. Men wear modesty bags — a sack with a drawstring, basically. And there is rarely any chance of accidental sex because when someone’s acting under the lights in front of 20 people for seven hours, arousal is rarely an option.
They let prospective actors know about the nude scene up front, so the actor can refuse the part if they’re not comfortable.
They clear the room of everyone who doesn’t absolutely need to be there. It may be only the director and the camera operator, once they’ve got the lights and so on set up.
Careful placement of bedclothes (sheets).
Instead of showing you long single takes, they edit to show lots of short cuts that look suggestive but aren’t. Sort of like they do for fight scenes.
They focus on things other than crotches and butts… hands, arms, necks, legs, feet. Again, making it look suggestive without being X-rated.
They can add sound later, if needed.
They can use flesh-shaded thongs and CGI to make you think you’re seeing something that you’re not.
If it’s a foreign film (not a U.S. film) the actors and the audience may accept fully-nude scenes. In the U.S. we can kill dozens of people with guns or let zombies rip them apart and splatter blood and guts everywhere, but crotch shots give people the vapors.
They use angles and lighting to suggest more than you’re actually seeing. They also have props to make the actors more comfortable and reduce the likelihood of an unwanted frame.
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I’ve posted this before:
I work in film, so I can shed some light on this actually happens. When a script calls for nudity or simulated sex, there is an additional contractual discussion about what can and cannot be shown, the way in which the scene will be filmed, and many other aspects (they basically go through everything line by line, shot by shot, which is why you want a good agent and lawyer). Unlike the stories you may hear about the seventies, or some indie films, Hollywood is very strict about these scenes, and there are no surprises. A lot of the guidelines are regulated by the guilds, such as having bathrobes standing by, etc.
Keep in mind that you are not going to be filming anything real, because you couldn’t show it anyway if you wanted to get an R rating or below. Everything you can get away with at the R level or below can be faked. NC-17 (formerly X rating) is the kiss of death, because most theaters refuse to screen NC-17 films. That is why some films will choose to be unrated, or get into a fight with the MPAA like Blue Valentine or more recently Charlie Countryman.
If the scene is showing a lot, like Game of Thrones, the actors are probably naked, and the man will wear a small skin colored sock. The set is designated a closed set while filming, which restricts the set to only essential personnel. That would include the actors, director, cinematographer, assistant director, assistant cameras (possibly only the 1st AC), hair/make-up, and wardrobe. A few other people may be on set, and then others may be watching from the monitor depending on the scene, like the production designer.
The Assistant Director (AD) team would lock the set up, despite the grips trying to get a peek. In between every take, the wardrobe team rushes onto the set with bathrobes for the actors. Then for the actual act they are touching naked on screen, and it is very awkward but most actors will tell you it is not romantic in the slightest. I seriously doubt many people would enjoy being naked in front of a dozen people, starting and stopping every few minutes for a few hours while people run out periodically to adjust a light. Every situation is different and I am sure some actors are comfortable crossing the lines of professionalism, but this is how the vast majority of major films handle these scenes.
A few funny anecdotes:
I cannot remember which actor it was, but a male actor was quoted telling the actress before a sex scene the following, “I’m sorry if I do, and I’m sorry if I don’t.”
My mentor also told me about the day she was walking across a backlot and a grip came running out of a sound stage in his boxer shorts. Apparently, the actress said, if I have to take my pants off then everyone watching does too. So the entire crew removed their pants to make her more comfortable while filming.
I know at least for men they wear a little string tie baggie thing on their genitals to cover that part up. Sort of like a dice bag I believe
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Intimacy coordinators are becoming much more popular on sets! HBO has them for any of their shows that have sex scenes.
The coordinators job is a mix between a counselor and a stunt coordinator – they chat with the actors and directors and set firm boundaries of what each person is comfortable filming. Then they plan out the scene very much like you would plan a fight scene – where the hands are going, what movements will happen etc.
Once filming, the coordinator stays to make sure that no boundaries get crossed, that the actors are happy and thus reducing the chance of an accusation of sexual assault.
Basically they look after everyone working on a sex scene and keep them happy and safe! Most of them come from dance and stunt coordinating backgrounds.
There is nothing sexy about the sex scenes during the filming, just as you would never eat the burgers in a food commercial. What looks good on screen is not the same as what feels good in real life, whether you’re talking about mainstream movies or porn.
The best answer to your question is that it’s choreographed, just like a fight scene or a dance scene. There are specific angles that show or hide what the director wants (usually keeping in mind what is and isn’t allowed in each MPAA rating). In a typical scene where you show a close up of kissing, the actors are probably wearing clothes from the waist down. In fully nude scenes, the man will usually wear a “modesty pouch” (fun fact: in The Disaster Artist, James Franco was supposed to wear a modesty pouch but came out fully nude for his scene to intentionally disrupt the scene. Second fun fact: in Pulp Fiction, the dude raping Ving Rhames wore a Crown Royal bag because it was what they had on set ).
The actors and actresses who do agree to nude scenes (some don’t, and they use body doubles) do what they do in any acting scene. They hit their marks, they say their lines, they emote, they do it all over again for coverage. Usually the actors are professional and use some mouthwash before a kissing scene, although some intentionally eat onions or something to fuck with their co-stars.
As for how the stars deal with being aroused…they aren’t. Can you imagine being turned on while a dozen people around you are fiddling with lights and arguing over whether a dropped power strip should be picked up by the grip or the electric? The people who can do that have an entirely different skill set, and are in a different business. There’s very little overlap between the two, only about five people have ever done it. (There’s an entire documentary about how Ron Jeremy has been a background character in dozens of mainstream movies, but he’ll always be Ron Jeremy, porn star.)
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