Im talking about the ones where actors/actress are fully naked and you can see their asses.
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I was a producer for a short film with several naked scenes. Very graphic scenes as well. The script called for seing male genitalia, etc. We solved it with both actors being covered with a pouch of some sorts. Basically their private parts were covered, so there is no possibility of penetration. It was a combo of tape, and some type of bandage. The choreography was practiced before we shot it, so it would look realistic, and the actors wouldn’t do anything they were not comfortable with. We also had great actors that either had worked with the director previously, or we knew as coworkers.
There were also very limited people on set, basically the cam operator, director, actors, and make up(she was female, and the female actress asked that she was there).
As depicted in The Disaster Artist, the “gear” Tommy Wiseau is wearing in his sex scene was pretty close to it, and imagine what most movies use. In Nymphomaniac interestingly, most scenes were a combo of porn performers, and actors, and the exposed genitalia was CGI from the porn performers.
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Hi! Film producer here!
So when it comes to sex scenes, everything begins with actors consent of course and you have Sex Scene Coordinators who orchestrate a lot of that paperwork and so forth. However, when it comes down to actually shooting a sex scene there’s a lot that is considered for the actual image itself which involves actors, costume design, set design, and the sex scene coordinators.
More often than not, if we can cover an actor (by blankets, shot trickery with clever placed items/furniture, or simply clothing that fits the scene with action that implies sex) then we will do that first. This keeps actors clothed and comfortable, letting them focus on their characters in the scene and the story itself that’s being told.
Any nudity that is necessary in a shot can be broken down into ‘levels’.
Level 1- Fully clothed as mentioned before, including revealing clothes/underwear. No explicit nudity implied/required.
Level 2 – Actors only remove the clothing that is necessary to imply explicit nudity in the shot. E.G. Its a waist up shot, actors are clothed from the waist down in whatever they find comfortable.
Level 3 – Nude coloured underwear. Usually small briefs for a man, and a thong with a small bra or even pasties for a woman. Useful for shots that a far away or for obscured actors behind patterned glass or light fabrics.
Level 4 – Only the bits get covered. You have a little pull-string nude-coloured bag that a man puts his cock n balls in, and a sticky, nude ‘patch’ that covers the womans vagina or a even a very hairy merkin that covers the whole vagina. Depends on what’s necessary.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL AN ACTOR BE FULLY NUDE ON SET WITHOUT A LOT OF EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE, CONSENT, AND PAPERWORK.
Actors will only be nude for the shots where it’s 1000% necessary with clothes being taken off/put on between shot changes and lots of cover for between takes. This is also normally only seen by a bare bones crew as most actors ask for a ‘closed set’ when performing these scenes.
SOURCE: Am independant film producer.
Stunt/actress here.
Some scenes call for what’s known as a “chastity pillow,” which is a thin layer of padding that acts as a barrier between the performers. Other sets use patches/stickers over female body parts and a sock type garment to cover male parts.
Additionally, there is an entire branch of direction called intimacy choreography that works with these types of scenes. Anything from a kiss to a rape scene can be choreographed and carefully directed to ensure the actors are safe, comfortable, and look good on camera. One of the last indie films I did called for a make out scene, all of which was delicately choreographed, including hand placement, angling, kissing, eye contact, and more. It’s a fascinating branch of direction.
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