Variety: Johnson expanded on that in an interview with Variety, explaining that on a project that hires an intimacy coordinator, scenarios like what Sevigny described are far less likely to happen.
“That’s challenging, talking about mutable contracts. But I will say, in my experience as an intimacy coordinator, we don’t have that happen on the day.
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Intimacy is a difficult subject because we are dealing with consent which is something that can always be given and taken away regardless of what is happening. This is not always fully understood by the participants or the director if you do not have an intimacy coordinator. As they say in the article, we are talking about “mutable contracts” and everyone needs to be involved in the conversation. Actors often have very strong feelings about intimacy and there is often a lot of anxiety about it because you open yourself up to an uncomfortable moment that feels like it could go very wrong. Sevigny’s story about taking her top off and having to advocate for herself is a sad reality, and in theatre we hope the stage manager is good enough to do that for them, but that does not always happen in TV and film, and certainly not in a photoshoot. All of these things are very sensitive and deserve a closer look with an intimacy coordinator or advocate.
Intimacy coordination is such an important field, and I’m a bit surprised that it’s still fairly new and undeveloped. There are so many instances in which an intimacy coordinator is necessary and I think we're still getting to a place where directors recognize that necessity. There’s so much stinginess in the entertainment and modeling industries. By that I mean. Directors and producers want to complete projects by spending the least money possible. While this mentality is understandable, it ends up being to the detriment of the crew and the talent. I never knew that this line of work stems from porn and kink culture, but it makes sense when I think about it. The conversations they have about consent and comfort on porn sets are the same kind of conversations that should be happening on movie sets, theatre spaces, and photoshoots. At the end of the day, the comfort of the actor takes priority.
Intimacy coordination and consent on set for such scenes is a very important role and process for any shoot or production that requires intimacy. Reading this article, I was actually a bit surprised when it mentioned intimacy coordination, consent, and boundaries on the sets of porn shoots. I feel like any time I hear anything about the atmosphere of such explicit shoots, it is always talking about how its nto safe, people are taken advantage of, and that its just a very unhealthy working environment in general. Perhaps this is old information, and living in a changing world, porn shoots are much safer now, or maybe it is just some, but in any case, it is very refreshing to learn this. It is especially interesting to learn that it is seemingly more common and casual on an explicit shoot such as porn compared to a film that has a nude scene or something along those lines – granted, that is what porn simply is, whereas it is a minor part of films, but still very interesting to learn about.
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