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Porn Tales: How Storytelling Is Shaping Consumer Demand

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This has been the problem with porn for a while.

Porn with story lines has always had boring sex. And porn with kinky sex has always been gonzo with no story.

I think that now people are starting to realize that if you combine kinky sex with a decent story line and high production value... people like it. This article cited Kayden Kross's directing of Trenchcoatx and Sacrosanct. Both are high quality with very good filming. (Kayden Kross is awesome.)

Puretaboo is also very high quality (even though I'm not really into the subject matter). I would love to see more porn going this way. The site leans heavily on the the pseudo- themes because for some reason that is the most popular these days. It would be great to see more sites use this template and filming style without seeing a 25 year old pretending to be a sixteen year old.

The unfortunate thing about porn these days is that because it is so accessible that it's not profitable to put a lot of money into high quality unless it caters to something slightly " ."

I feel like you don't need a complete story... Just something that gives somewhat of a background to set the scene.
nicola
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I think your last line sums it up perfectly there.

There's no need for a big production budget, but come on, (most I imagine) people must be fed up with "that goes in there, this goes in here" type porn. Unless the actors are really attractive, it ends up rather anatomical and formulaic.

Who doesn't love a good build up to an explosive sex scene?

It's the same in stories. Why should it be any different in porn (because I only have 5 minutes for a quick diddle - hmm, fair point)?
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Quote by DamonX
This has been the problem with porn for a while.

Porn with story lines has always had boring sex. And porn with kinky sex has always been gonzo with no story.

I think that now people are starting to realize that if you combine kinky sex with a decent story line and high production value... people like it. This article cited Kayden Kross's directing of Trenchcoatx and Sacrosanct. Both are high quality with very good filming. (Kayden Kross is awesome.)

Puretaboo is also very high quality (even though I'm not really into the subject matter). I would love to see more porn going this way. The site leans heavily on the the pseudo- themes because for some reason that is the most popular these days. It would be great to see more sites use this template and filming style without seeing a 25 year old pretending to be a sixteen year old.

The unfortunate thing about porn these days is that because it is so accessible that it's not profitable to put a lot of money into high quality unless it caters to something slightly " ."

I feel like you don't need a complete story... Just something that gives somewhat of a background to set the scene.



The problem with most porn with stories is that the story has nothing to do with sex and therefore the sex has nothing to do with the story. The sex seems to happen out of the blue. If they are going to make one with a story, then the story has to be a sex driven one.

I like that some of these companies are trying. Maybe with practice, they'll get better at it. There is definitely an audience for it. All these parodies being made proves it. People are hoping to see something worthwhile, thinking that someone at some point, will actually make one that is a real parody and not just costumes, makeup and set designs wrapped around a standard porn film.

I think a lot of the these porn companies are making a mistake, thinking that everyone is watching their stuff for free on these tube sites. That's the argument they make when they say customers can't expect them to put more money (and effort) into their films. What they need to realize is the people who are willing to pay, will do so for something worthwhile. No one (even paying customers) will pay for junk. They could see this more clearly if these tube sites measured views as more than just a click to start the scene. A lot of people click on, sees that it's not worth watching and click off.

If these tube sites measured views for the length of time watched, the number of views would go down significantly. How bad would it be if one of these companies found a clip or whole film of their's on a tube site and the number of views read zero?... "People aren't even watching our stuff for free!"
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Quote by nicola
I think your last line sums it up perfectly there.

There's no need for a big production budget, but come on, (most I imagine) people must be fed up with "that goes in there, this goes in here" type porn. Unless the actors are really attractive, it ends up rather anatomical and formulaic.

Who doesn't love a good build up to an explosive sex scene?

It's the same in stories. Why should it be any different in porn (because I only have 5 minutes for a quick diddle - hmm, fair point)?



I think that's why "amateur" porn is so popular. There is an innate story line involved. sites like backroomcastingcouch or eroticcollegegirls allow for a backstory.