Are you an aspiring filmmaker? Or an aspiring exhibitionist? If you're over 18 and would love to add the term "erotic" to your resume, consider getting together with some sex-positive friends and entering Good Vibrations 3rd Annual Amateur Erotic Film Competition.
Good Vibrations, Brookline's friendly and well-stocked sex shop, is offering prizes to winners in three categories: Superior Filmmaking Qualities, Most Creative, and Best Use of a Sex Toy. Plus, all entries will premiere on the big screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on November, 7. The deadline for submitting your 3 to 10 minute film is Thursday, September 25.
Bostonist would like to point out that there’s more to the competition than setting up the camcorder and filming yourself doing the nasty. We talked to Good Vibrations' Camilla Lombard about what the judges will be looking for. Our interview with her is after the jump.
So, what does "erotic themed" encompass?
What is considered “erotic” is as broad and varied as the number of people considering it. Last year the entries included a 3 minute kissing scene, a stand-up comic, and straight up sex, but it is certainly not limited to hard-core, literal sex. Funny, serious, gay, straight, it's all good. The festival began three years ago to create a forum for Bay Area filmmakers to examine and present erotic film in a way that was personally and regionally representative. It has since expanded to two states in which Good Vibrations has stores. We are looking forward to seeing how a broader pool will expand the definition of "erotic."
What sort of entries have won/been popular in previous years?
Last year’s winners included “Fine Wine” by Bruce Smith, which was a clever story about phone sex, a film about an artist and her subject called “Drawn into a Fantasy”, by Angela Landin, and “Men,” by Travis Matthews, which was an arty social commentary on the Larry Craig scandal. They ranged in their explicitness, but they were all remarkably well done and entertaining. What is especially exciting is the access that ordinary people have to filmmaking tools, so the range of visions is enormous.
What advice do you have for potential erotic filmmakers and stars?
Make something that entertains you, and you’re likely to entertain someone else as well. Explore what works for you and don’t be daunted by mainstream standards. And if you’re really pressed for time, just edit your old film studies project into ten hot minutes!
How does one win "Most Creative"?
I would suggest thinking outside the box (no pun intended) and really just following your own vision.
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