I've been editing porn for 5 years, including 'The Most Depressing Ending To A Porno'… AMA!

Do you ever secretly insert frames from Disney movies into the porn?

hahaha I wish. We'd get sued up the ass.

My favorite intro to a porn ever:

Dude Filming: "You ever been with a white guy before?"

Black Girl: "No..." said shyly and smiling.

Dude Filming: "Well, after this you're going to go right back to black guys... this isn't going to be that great."

I laughed at the refreshing honesty.

That's hilarious! I love it

Maybe you could pitch a sequel and have brooks "kid" be the star, set in the future.. a sexy future.

We've actually joked about doing something like this. Any aspiring writers care to expand upon this idea?

The kid, in searching for his real dad, visits all of the women his dad was with asking them for info on his whereabouts. Obviously he has to fuck the information out of them.

EDIT: Is it considered incest if the kid has sex with his adoptive mother?

We do "bang my stepmom" scenes, so... possibly not, from a legal standpoint

A post-apocalyptic future! Burning cars, gasmasks, sexy zombies!

Zom-bi Acockalypse!

Seriously, you'd get to push your post-production skills to the max and it would be awesome. Ps: many pornstars already have similar acting skills to zombies, so they'd just need slightly different makeup.

I'd love to write the script.

many pornstars already have similar acting skills to zombies

hahahaha, can confirm.

Do you purposely make the girls moans earsplittingly louder? This is relevant.

Bahaha, no.

If anything, I try to make everything louder. I apply dynamics compression so the quieter stuff like dialogue is louder, but the loudest stuff stays where it's at. That way, you can turn the volume way down and still hear everything. That's my goal, anyway.

I think that Hollywood should learn something from your pornos. I always have to adjust the volume because it goes from just being able to barely hear voices to sounds that would compete with the origin of our universe in a matter of seconds.

that's because often those movies are mixed for theatre or home theatre systems in mind so they preserve more of the dynamic range.

i think it used to be that once films were done their box office run they would then get mixed for television or vhs release, but these days with tighter release dates, budgets, etc. they just stick with the original 5.1 and stereo mixes.

Exactly, I'd want my explosions to be louder than the dialogue. People complain about dynamic range, but it has it's time and place.

Music, for example, is far better with dynamics. Fuck the loudness war.

But yeah, when it comes to porn, I know that I don't really want everyone else in my house to hear.

why did you put that at the end of a scene ?

I needed an ending, and it was the first thing that came to mind. I knew it wasn't really a turn-on, but... who finishes a porno, honestly? It took two years for anyone to even take notice.

If I have names for pornos who can I give them to or how do I get in the business of titles

You can give suggestions to me!

What is the weirdest (or kinkiest I guess) scene that you've had to edit?

This "strange addiction" parody where the chick kept sticking things in her ass. It was... weird. It still is. We didn't come up with the plot for this one. The producer sent us that on his own accord.

Do you ever get really turned on by your job or are you immune?

Honestly, mostly immune. Mostly.

I take meds (don't tell anyone) for anxiety and they get in the way of arousal. It sucks for my personal life, but makes editing porn a lot less uncomfortable!

the ending was the greatest thing since The Mist ending. But what made you decide to go with that?

The site Schoolgirl Internal always ends with the girl pregnant, or a baby in a stroller. Then the girl finds the dude for the first time since having sex and confronts him, and after a quick discussion he runs away.

The producer who shot this scene forgot to shoot the proper ending, so I ended up writing that out of desperation.

What is your favorite ending that you can up with?

Hi Katie!!! Thanks for allowing us to host this Schoolgirl Internal clip on your site. Who says potential competitors can't be friends, eh?

So far, this one. Generally I don't do the writing... I leave that up to our talented writers.

Is it true that once you're working in the porn industry, you're pretty much blacklisted from any other entertainment industry?

Potentially, but only if people find out. Because I'm behind the scenes, I doubt I'd have this problem.

Sylvester Stallone, Cameron Diaz, Jackie Chan (sort of), and a bunch of the girls from Game of Thrones like Tyrion's girlfriend "Shae" started in porn, and they have careers.

Others, like teachers or beauty pageant contestants get fucked over if their secret gets leaked.

What aspect/s of porn do you consistently edit out?

Most boringly, things like "action," "cut," and instructions like "slide into lazy doggie in like ten seconds."

Girls still do porn during that time of the month, and sometimes the makeup sponges they shove way down in there don't cut it, so I have to splice out blood.

Recently, a girl shit herself on camera, and I had the pleasure of watching that leafy green turd roll onto her fingers... and then she licked her fingers. I don't think she even realized she shat herself.

Anything fun, I try to put it on the blog.

It's too early in the morning for this thread

I'll be here for hours to come, so feel free to come back later. I'd recommend eating first, not during.

I threw up a little

We all did.

I wanted to give it to efukt, but I don't want the girl to get any bad press. So instead, the clip of her shitting lays buried, deep in my hard drive.

What did she name the boy and where is he now?

Luigi, and nobody really seems to care where he is.

Several questions:

1) What is the most devious thing you have seen that made you question your job?

2) Favourite pornstar?

3) Titties or ass?

1) I'll have to think about this one and get back to you... nothing is coming to mind. I have had moments where I think to myself, "this is what I'm doing with my life..."

2) I don't have one favorite... there are too many babes to choose from! I did like April O'Neil but she's back in school or something. Most recently, I've had a thing for Raven Rockette... she did a free camshow for us and, usually I'm bored to tears when girls are masturbating, but she was a blast.

3) Titties, all the way.

How's the pay?

Because my boss is probably reading this: "AMAZING"

Realistically, it pays the bills. I'm no millionaire though, not by a long shot.

What do you think of websites like efukt that give porn a whole new reason for viewing? (comedy really). Do you think it could open up a new market for porn directors and editors? I never thought that people could watch porn for reasons other than jerking it so I think possibilities Are endless.

Also, that creampie line kills me every time. Thank you for that

I love efukt. That facial abuse guy (who trolls wannabe pornstars) is a fucking asshole... and also incredibly hilarious. I hate myself for laughing at that guy's jokes.

It could definitely open up a new market, and the possibilities are endless!

Lol, you're welcome! I really didn't think anyone would ever take notice...

Do you think you can top the plot of lemon stealing whore?

I'm convinced it's untoppable. James Deen and Haley Paige(?) knocked it out of the park.

If anyone has ideas, I'm all ears.

how long does it take to edit a porn scene ?

Depends on the scene, and the person who shot the scene. This one producer never really talks, so I can edit the scene at almost 2x. Sure, it sounds like chipmunks having sex, but I can get it finished faster.

The ones with more complex intros, or directors who are more particular about how the talent positions themselves and make lots of notes take longer.

The ones that take the longest are the parodies, because I have to spend a lot of time coming up with special effects or title sequences.

So somewhere between an hour, and a few days.

So do you ever look at spread sheets or word documents when you're supposed to be working? How do you clear your mind after a long day of looking at porn?

Spreadsheets and word documents are part of the job.

But I do eye-bleach with Reddit... and look at more naked girls. Don't ask me how it works, but somehow, it does.

Once I leave the building, my mind is pretty much clear already. I guess it's just something that automatically happens after 5 years of working here.

What inspired you to get into the porn industry?

I got in by accident. I sent out my one and only resume ever to a website company, and it wasn't until my second interview that I found out it was a porn company. It was pretty crazy.

What do you think of /r/SFWporngifs?

I've seen a lot of subreddits, but I've somehow missed this one. I love it, and I might just contribute, if I find something good enough.

Is porn typically shot sequentially or is shooting broken up?

The video is generally shot sequentially. The only exception I can really think of are the Schoolgirl Internal videos (like the one I'm now somewhat famous for). Obviously, they're fake. So, the pickup (intro) was shot outside, then the ending, and then the sex. Just so they didn't have to go back outside a second time, it was easier to shoot the beginning and end together.

Besides this, it's very sequential. Stills are the only exception. All porn scenes come with HIRES stills that follow the story of the scene, so we can make good thumbnails that people want to click on and stuff. Usually, the hires images are shot first, before the real sex. Then the sex on video, and then immediately after the cumshot, they take stills of that. So the images are still sequential, but there are big gaps of time.

Favorite scene you've edited?

There's a James Bond parody that isn't online yet. It turned out really well! It's always fun to edit something that isn't just sex. Some days, the old in-out in-out can get boring after a while.

Premiere Pro or Final Cut??

Premiere Pro. Even with the awful Creative Cloud woes, it's integration with After Effects is helpful, and the Media Encoder was the real reason we picked it in the first place.

If you could do a porn without any restrictions what would it be?

I don't know man, there aren't many restrictions on porn. It's pretty freeing. Most of the restrictions are things I wouldn't want to see anyway, like scat or incest.

Edit: I just saw an article on Oculus Rift—fuck you Facebook. VR porn would be pretty crazy to try out.

Already exists, NSFW

I figured it might...

Do you watch porn, or has being in the business ruined it for you?

I was never much of a porn watcher. Nobody will believe this, but it's true. So no, it hasn't ruined anything.

That being said, I don't think I could get-off to anything I've had a hand in editing. I'd be too distracted, knowing what went on behind the scenes and between cuts.

Whats the worst scene you've had to edit out?

I mentioned the girl who shat on her fingers, but I'll go into more detail. She had two fingers in her ass, applying pressure. She had a crazy orgasm and this leafy green shit came out her ass. I don't think she noticed, because she licked her fingers. After, the cameraman was still rolling and neither him, nor the dude in the scene really seemed to care about the shit.

They had a "shit happens" sort of attitude, literally.

Any downside of you job ???

Being anonymous. Legally, I can't gloat to all of my friends that something I edited made it to the front page of news websites like Huffington Post. I'm not allowed to talk about my job. That's the only major downside.

Also, I couldn't really put "edits porn" in a resume. So, five years of "something" that I can't really talk about with any future employers.

Would you just put it down as 'film editing?'

I mean, there is the likelihood they would ask what kind of film, but it's probably better than an employment gap in a resume.

Yeah, and really if you can edit porn really well I'm sure you could edit normal stuff just as well, too.

Sucks that stigma is attached to your profession.

I agree.

It's changing a bit, I think. Pornstar James Deen in a Lindsay Lohan film. Lines are blurring a little bit.

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We have a marketing group that comes up with parodies as a team. So, I don't think there are any that I actually came up with by myself. I think I may have been the one to bring up the secret agent theme, which lead to a parody called James Bondage (which isn't online just yet).

One of the ones that turned out the best was our American Whore Story. It's pretty wordy at the beginning, but it just looks great... sex outdoors by a fire, hot girls, etc. Had some fun with the intro and the special effects at the end.

Edit: Forgot about our Home Alone parody, too.

Just recently my friend and I were appalled to find out there is no "Dogma" porn parody. Can you please rectify this? I would like to see a Salma Hayek pornalike in the pigtail stripper scene and with the high ponytail. Thanks Porn editing guy!

Noted! No promises, but your voice has been heard. If it happens, I'll be sending you a DM.

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One time we got a relatively normal scene back that had a "screwnicorn" ending. Two incredibly hot girls (Hayden Winters and Justine Joli) with dildos strapped to their heads.

Another time, the producer dressed up as wolverine and fucked girls with dildo-claws.

Thanks for the AMA! What was the craziest idea you've had for a porno?

I'd like to have crazy ideas, but I just really have to shrink everything down to a scale that's cheap enough for us to shoot.

Every girl we add inflates the price of the scene by almost $1000. In a day and age where not as many people pay for porn, we're more limited than we used to be.

Plus, I'm sure you all could come up with crazier stuff than I ever could.

True story: I went to high school with Brooke, and you cannot believe how happy it makes me knowing she hit the big time. My buddy actually went to a homecoming dance with her.

True questions: Is she doing alright? I think she's out of the industry now, right? If you still have contact with her, can you let her know that I'm sorry for killing her off? Unless you don't know her well enough to contact her, in which case, leave her alone and let her live her life. :)

What is a genera of porn that's petty popular but you would never do personally?

I have to do what I'm told, so I've had to edit porn with Transsexual people, and gay porn, even though I'm straight and that's not my thing.

There's lots of fetish stuff, like vore and balloons—I don't really get the appeal, but I'd edit it as long as I'm getting paid. ;)

what porn company's and sites have you worked for

Most notably, porn.com. Soon, Wankz (which is currently getting a facelift).