Reality pornography is a genre of
pornography
Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults, where staged scenes, usually shot in
cinéma vérité
Cinéma vérité (, , ; "truthful cinema") is a style of documentary filmmaking developed by Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch, inspired by Dziga Vertov's theory about Kino-Pravda. It combines improvisation with use of the camera to unveil truth or high ...
fashion, set up and precede
sexual encounter
Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality. People engage in a variety of sexual acts, ranging from activities done alone (e.g., masturbation) t ...
s. These scenes may either have the
camera operator
A camera operator, or depending on the context cameraman or camerawoman, is a professional operator of a film camera or video camera as part of a film crew. The term "cameraman" does not imply that a male is performing the task.
In filmmaking ...
directly engaging in sex (as in
gonzo pornography
Gonzo pornography is a style of pornographic film that attempts to place the viewer directly into the scene. Jamie Gillis is considered to have started the gonzo pornography genre with his ''On the Prowl'' series of films.
The name is a referenc ...
) or merely filming others having sex. The genre presents itself as "real couples having real sex".
It has been described as professionally made porn which seeks to emulate the style of
amateur pornography
Amateur pornography is a category of pornography that features models, actors or non-professionals performing without pay, or actors for whom this material is not their only paid modeling work. Reality pornography is made porn that seeks to em ...
.
The
niche
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's popularity grew significantly in 2000s. Examples include the ''
Girls Gone Wild'' and ''Girls Who Like Girls Series''.
The work of
Bruce Seven has been called reality porn, due to his lack of using scripts and asking his performers to act naturally in their own character.
Reality Kings
Reality Kings (company name: MG Premium Ltd.) is a brand launched by RK Netmedia, an internet-based hardcore pornography production company operating out of Miami Beach, Florida.
Acquisition by MindGeek
A merger notification (with Manwin) was ...
, Money Talks and
Brazzers
Brazzers (, company name: MG Premium Ltd.) is a Canadian pornographic video production company with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and legal domicile in Nicosia, Cyprus. With an online network consisting of thirty-one hardcore pornog ...
are other reality porn websites.
In order to comply with
the industry's requirements for sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing, the vast majority of reality porn involves professional actors and actresses posing as so-called "amateurs."
Even though the performers who perform in these films typically appear on many reality websites within a short span of time, most of these websites claim that each of them is an amateur.
References
Pornography by genre
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