GAYVN Hall of Fame director Jim Steel is on a roll. As producer/ director of Hustler Video's first gay line — a plum assignment — he is directing his second feature for the company, Hard Up. The first, The Devil Inside, has just been released and the initial buzz is validating Steel's post-shoot reports about having directed some of the finest scenes of his career. (The movies are the first original videos in nearly ten years to be released under the HIS Video brand, the highly regarded gay line of VCA Pictures that Hustler acquired a few years ago.)
Capitalizing on the visual technique he employed in Devil, Steel is creating sex scenes that don't necessarily follow the porn formula of kiss-kiss, suck-suck, rim-rim, fuck-fuck that leads to come-come. Since the action sequence and special visuals are largely determined in editing, Steel brought his editor to the set, sat him in front of the monitor, and confers with him constantly about getting the proper coverage so the magic can be worked.
When I arrive to see Justin Wells fuck Park Wiley, Steel is shooting an establishing sequence of Park rolling dice toward the camera in a cloud of fog. The fog effect, however, is not working to Steel's satisfaction, so after a few takes he abandons it and just concentrates on Park shaking, blowing on, and rolling the dice. Videographer Brad Austin films this from all angles — front, side, on the floor, kneeling — to get Steel enough edits for a real cinematic opening.
Steel brings Justin and Park together to begin the sex scene, but the two are so eager to get into it they practically devour each other. "Can you slow it down?" Steel asks, explaining, "it's a little Wash West — it's going so fast you don't know what to jerk off to." But before proceeding, Steel poses them for an opening shot. "I want that ninety-degree ABBA thing," he says, directing Justin to look at the lens while Park stares at Justin's face. Then he lets them at it.
With Justin sitting on the sofa arm, horny Park licks his naked torso, humping a leg as his tongue moves downward. "Using your teeth, undo his pants," Steel directs. Park does, growling like a dog. When Justin's dick pops out Park lunges at it hungrily.
After many minutes have passed, Steel calls out, "Okay, let's lose the clothes. This is gay porn, we don't have to know where they went." Finally, they're naked and Park is on his back on the sofa. As Justin crouches over him and thrusts cock down into his mouth, Steel observes, "If we could get some light between Justin's cheeks, we'd have a beautiful shot." Justin reaches back and spreads 'em. "Yes!" Steel exclaims. "You rim, right, Park?" "Yep" "Good, let's do that next."
Steel shows Justin how to position his ass so Park's tongue can get right in there. Justin's ass is spectacular, which inspires Park to tongue it intensely. After rimming, Justin and Park leave the set for make-up and hair freshening. When they return, Justin sweetly lubes Park's hole. With Park now in position for fucking, Justin slides right in and starts thrusting immediately. Park goes wild.
After several positions and more than an hour of anal sex, Park says, "We're going to come now, Jim." Steel nods and Justin starts to thrust again. Park is stroking and suddenly shoots a huge load, and the cum spattering down onto the leather sofa can be heard throughout the hushed studio. Then, a break for stills and to clean up and to shoot facial reactions and to choose the setup for Justin's cum-shot and... but at this moment, Justin, weary from stop-and-go fucking and the current hubbub, needs a time-out to get the hydraulics working again. "I'm going to lie on the floor and when I get up, I'll be ready," he says.
As many sets as I've visited, there's always some point when I become totally aware of all the people on the set, how many it can take just to film two guys having sex. This is that point. Today there are eight or nine guys directly involved in the filming, eight or nine guys now standing around trying to be quiet and inconspicuous while Justin works his dick back to spunk-delivery level. And then, of course, there's me watching it all. (What a job, yes?)
And Justin, the pro, is soon up and in, and then out and spewing jizz on Park's right butt-cheek. And it's a wrap.
Justin Wells, Park Wiley photo courtesy of VCAPictures.com
