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According to @sagaftra a “producer is never permitted to request that performers engage in real sex acts.” To avoid this while achieving realism in the scenes, “a physical barrier is required of any action that may lead to genital contact. This barrier must prevent the exchange of fluids and prevent sexual stimulation.” Intimacy Check-Ins with actors during pre-production play a key role in my process as an intimacy coordinator. I use the time to gather important safety and artistic information. It also gives actors the chance to more freely ask questions and voice concerns about scenes of intimacy so they feel confident heading into rehearsals and production. Photo dump from working on @unconditionalthefilm Knowing exactly how to describe the intimate requirements for a character can be a little confusing sometimes. Let me help! Whether you are just looking for a consultation or are ready to hire an intimacy coordinator for your production, I can make sure you are following @sagaftra guidelines and using consent based practices for casting! ✅ I absolutely LOVE talking to filmmakers, actors, artists, and other intimacy professionals about intimacy coordinating and intimacy on screen. That’s why I provide FREE 15-Minute Consultations because I want to make access to information possible in an industry operating under capitalism. In the IPC Review, “Job Frequency was used as a metric for the level of involvement in the broader arts and entertainment industry as an intimacy professional, with those working on more than one project per month being considered more involved, those working on less than one project per month being less involved, and those working on approximately one project a month falling in between. Job frequency was then cross referenced with the demographic information that was collected, to get a picture of what qualities and characteristics tended to lend themselves to greater involvement within the field.“ Unfortunately there is so much collective trauma in the acting community from the way intimacy scenes used to be filmed that there is still a lot of fear around accepting roles that might require intimacy or nudity. But thanks to boundary and consent practices coupled with masking techniques that intimacy coordinators incorporate into rehearsals and shooting, actors can feel confident accepting any role knowing they are always in control of their body and image! “Feeling undervalued/misunderstood by the arts and entertainment industry at large was the most commonly cited barrier [but] the good thing about this […] is that misinformation and a lack of understanding can be corrected with help from unions, educational institutions, publishers, and other large organizations if they are properly informed about the duties and qualifications of IPs as well as the myriad of benefits they bring to a production.” Here’s what @sagaftra says about closed sets: