In case you're upset that next month's "How to Shoot Your Own Live Adult Video" at the Learning Annex in New York has been cancelled, here's one tip to keep in mind the next time you fire up your camcorder: "The thing that screams 'amateur' is poorly lit genitalia ... Amber filters work the best for all skin colors, pink just looks too fake. Remember that when you are shooting." Now if only they'd tell us what to use for unsightly butt pimples and stubble burn.

"Adult education: porn attracts serious pupils" (azcentral.com, via Amorous Propensities)
"How to Shoot Your Own Live Adult Video" (NYC course description @ learningannex.com)
"Learn How to Shoot Your Own Live Adult Video - For Fun or Profit" (LA course description @ learningannex.com)
See also: "Adult Education" (3/2002 article by Amy Sohn @ newyorkmetro.com)
The Naked Chic (Erika Cole's website at thenakedchic.com)
"Adult Video Business: How You Can Find Attractive Women to Star in Your Own Adult Films, Make Money, and Quit Work in 7 Weeks" (believe us, if it were that easy we'd be rich by now), "How to Become a Porn Director: Making Amateur Adult Films", and "Digital Filmmaking 101: An Essential Guide to Producing Low Budget Movies (Amazon)
See also: Enter Porn (lukeford.com)
How to Make a Porno: A Beginner's Guide (spectator.net - thanks Christian)
Previously: Black Mirror Productions (instructor Joe Gallant's production company)

Update The San Francisco Chronicle sends John Koopman to one of Gallant's DYy porn classes and hilarity ensues ... along with several astute observations about the porn industry, HIV, and shooting from the hip.
"Porn 101- A beginner's class sheds light on a low-budget, down-and-dirty industry thriving behind closed doors" (sfgate.com - thanks Steev)

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