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In the year since Los Angeles County passed a law requiring all adult-film actors use condoms on film, the so-called Porn Valley has emptied out, as directors leave for less-green pastures like Vegas and Miami. According to some estimates, L.A. pornography permits are down as much as 95 percent since the so-called Measure B passed.
But theres an alternative to packing up and moving: simply digitizing the flesh back on.
Gay porn company Falcon Studios is using CGI to re-create the bareback experience while its actors are fully strapped on. It already has one new digitally enhanced film, California Dreamin 1, an ode of sorts to the old-school porn movies. Last month, around the films release, director Tony DiMarco said in an interview:
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Its unclear how much phallic CGI costs, but the tech is probably cheaper than leaving Los Angeles. And while Falcon Studios is mum on sales, you can bet that being the first known CGI-enhanced porn will help push productjust on pure curiosity. For everyone else, though, the real question is: Can digital phallus and other technological enhancements help stop porns escape from Los Angeles.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/17/cgi_in_pornography_can_help_circumvent_l_a_s_condom_law.html?wpisrc=hpsponsoredd2
shedevil69taz
(512 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Yes, that seems crazy to me, too. But people also buy extended warranties.
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)Last year they did less than $1.5m.
Draw your own conclusions.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Always wanted a Rancor in your pants? Dream no more!
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)Quality CGI is indeed far more expensive than moving equipment, and more so in LA where the skills are in demand with major studio providers.