Tag: reverse cowgirl

Vixen – Seduced by a Local feat. Jia Lissa & Christian Clay (2018)

There are things this video does well (an emphasis on communication and by dint an implicit consideration of vocal affirmative consent and what appears to be a real honest to goodness female orgasm) and things it’s not so great at (the blocking isn’t as bad as other porn but it’s underwhelming to know this is film in beautiful, coastal Greece and the location is de-emphasized in favor of the typical canned porn shoot lighting).

All that being said: I have been following Jia Lissa for several years now and I am definitely a fan of her work.

She started off doing solo softcore and artsy masturbation videos, moved to working with other women. To the best of my knowledge this is her first straight sex scene and her first with Vixen.

As to why I’m a fan–when I first encountered her, I think I’d have said that I thought she was just unusually my type. However, I’ve been realizing that what I held up as my type previous to coming out as a trans girl, has more to do with a projection of how I view my self in my own mind’s eye.

So I have mixed feelings about this video. On the one hand, it’s the first time I can recall her legitimately orgasming in a performance–meaning she’s not a lesbian like me. (Also, I adore the blue dress she’s wearing in the first part of this video–alas, it’s not an outfit I could ever pull off.)

But I watched this whole scene from start to finish without fast forwarding because I am really into how uncomplicated her enjoyment of sex comes across as well as her expressions–both with regard to mien and pillow talk.

I’m sort of curious if her comments in the video about going to art school in Moscow are her character or her–because she’s always struck me as someone I’d love to collaborate with on some sort of art project.

After seeing this I only want to collaborate with her even more and even if that never happens, I suspect Lissa is going to eventually gain the notoriety of someone like Sasha Grey or Stoya, honestly. She’s both intriguing and has a luminous on screen presence.

WowPorn – Size Matters! featuring Bella Baby (2013)

Despite what tend to be better than the run-of-the-mill online porn outlet production values, I object to the over-the-top heteronormative tropes in which WowPorn traffics.

And as much as this video is emblematic of everything I detest about the company, this shot actually has a great deal of inherent potential–I mean I’ve never seen framing quiet like it before.

Granted, the camera probably needs to pull back about two feet and perhaps angle up slightly. Cover that too hot key light source–probably a west facing window–with a couple layers of frost; gel what ever is casting that godawful purple sodium vapor tinge that’s working as the fill here (I’d say CTB but then I like everything to match and correct via a grade in post, CTO could work too.)

Also, production design dropped the ball. Sure the wood floor is nice, but how about some sort of rug to add some color. And the difference between the color of the wall and that cabinet needs either color or at least two stops greyer.

Lastly, this is one of those situations, where the default 16:9 aspect ratio isn’t quite as wide as you’d want. Ideally, this scene would’ve benefited from the abbreviated depth of field an anamorphic adapter would’ve brought to the table. However, given that those tend to be expensive, they camera guy could’ve opted for a wider lens and then letterboxed during editing. (Something I’m discovering is that the more rectangular your image, the more it invites a narrative reading–which is not to saw every movie made needs to be shot in 2.35:1 but there are cases where it is appropriate; this is one, IMO.)