Is there a difference between erotic cinema, sexy reality TV or porn?

Before I was able to get funding to write, produce, and direct independent feature films, I started reality programming. I created the reality series America’s Wildest Bachelor Parties (AWBP). I enjoyed distribution success with it and was able to launch Slice of Americana Films. I consider myself a passionate screenwriter, producer and director. But I also like to create fun and sexy entertainment.

I’ve been working with the same editor, Tim Beachum, aka The SEO Bully, for almost 7 years. At that time, he and I are contacted from time to time by friends or friends of friends outside of the entertainment industry who want to get into the porn industry. The tone is usually the same. They have access to attractive talent, a nice location, and money to budget for the shoot.

I was in Virginia Beach at a bar with Tim over a few beers when the waitress kept giving me a little weird looks. A couple of rounds later she asked me, “If I were really a California porn producer?” Tim started to laugh. He knows I don’t like it when people get the wrong information. That’s why he kept laughing.

I asked him where he heard the owner of the place show him trailers for America’s Wildest Bachelor Parties and private fantasy strip shows I’d produced. She had recently won a thong contest battle on the beach and thought there was more money in adult entertainment. He got $500 for winning the contest and fully showing off to a rowdy crowd.

Like a scene from a bad movie, Tim introduces me to the owner and decides to laugh at my expense. The owner offers me to produce a pornographic film in a beach house he owns. I always try to be courteous in these situations with a “thanks but no thanks” type of response, especially when buckets of ice cold beer, premium shots and food are on the house. I told him I didn’t do adult entertainment, not out of any moral stance, it just wasn’t my thing.

I had seen the California and Las Vegas editions of America’s Wildest Bachelor Parties on VOD and Fantasy Striptease Private Shows on DVD. She told me that they were pornography in her eyes. Tim knew what my answer was going to be, he has heard me tell other people many times. AWBP and Fantasy Striptease are on Amazon.com, that company does not sell pornography. There are no sex scenes or simulated sex scenes depicted. AWBP is a fun reality series like Jersey Shore. There’s drinking, strippers, nudity, and tons of laughter. The famous “tequila booty shot” was invented on camera with AWBP:CA by us. Fantasy Striptease is what I like to call erotic cinema with good taste and high production value.

Private Fantasy Strip Shows – The sexy pin-up girls of your dreams come to life on screen. Six beautifully shot vignettes blur the line between reality and fantasy. The sexy Little Red Riding Hood, the naughty schoolgirl, the sexy CEO, the summer girl, the Latina model in a bikini and the fiery red devil want to give you a private point of view show that you won’t forget.

So tastefully shot that you can watch it alone or with that special someone. This DVD is a modern take on vintage pin-up beauties. Added a sizzling soundtrack to enhance the visual enjoyment. This is a romantic trip that you will see again and again. Hell, I know for a fact that the soundtrack is being played in cars from So Cal to New York because the artists on it are spreading the word.

Even my good friend Tim thinks those titles could fall under the category of porn.

I still don’t agree with that. When Playboy TV became interested in acquiring the rights to America’s Wildest Bachelor Parties, I had a meeting at their production offices in Los Angeles. The executive I met with liked the concept, he wanted to go ahead, BUT he needed me to include sex scenes and a cameo from a famous porn star in every episode.

Honestly, I don’t know if I made the right decision spending time working with Playboy TV, after all, money is money. The general points of the deal were discussed which included 3 episodes guaranteed in advance, if it worked out well they would produce 10 episodes each season on a fixed budget. He would act as a creative producer on a salary per episode. Your in-house production team and editing staff would do the rest. LA production offices are designed to be efficient and generate content. It is by no means flashy in this place.

I’m still going through offers to direct and produce adult entertainment for cash newcomers and a couple of big companies in Chatsworth. I also pass offers to direct mainstream independent films that I know aren’t going to work. I guess I haven’t become a full mercenary for hire yet. I won’t commit to working on another production company’s project unless I really like the script and the producers involved. That’s why I like to take ghostwriting and screenwriting jobs. My name only appears on the check.

It would be interesting to get feedback on what people think are the differences between erotic cinema, sexy reality TV, and porn. Or if there really is a difference as I think there is. I include nudity in independent films if it fits the story. My last two movies were about drug money, street power, and sex. So, it seemed natural to have a couple of risqué scenes between the characters. One of my movies, Consignment, has one of the longest and highest rated striptease scenes in movie history. This is indie filmmaker Sid Kali writing SMASH CUT: