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Intimacy Coordination: From the What and Why to the HowIn the #MeToo era, intimacy coordinators are becoming more commonplace on sets across the world. This panel examines how the job works and how intimacy coordinators can collaborate on set with directors, talent and other departments.
10 Key Panels at Focus 2019 Christopher Vourlias 2019
scarequotes commented on the word intimacy coordinator
http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/every-hbo-sex-scene-will-now-have-intimacy-coordinators.html
As first reported in Rolling Stone, HBO is requiring every “intimate” scene — be it foreplay, oral, or just the good ole’ fashioned bangin’ — in their programming slate to be “staffed by an intimacy coordinator,” effective immediately. This comes after the second season of The Deuce, about the porn industry in 1970s New York City, became the first series on the network to implement such a practice with Alicia Rodis, who has since gone on to be the intimacy coordinator for Crashing and the forthcoming Deadwood movie.
October 28, 2018
bilby commented on the word intimacy coordinator
And what does an intimacy coordinator do?
October 29, 2018
alexz commented on the word intimacy coordinator
it's a stunt coordinator for love scenes
October 29, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word intimacy coordinator
(The intimacy coordinator) will intervene in small but important ways, like giving a performer something to cover their private parts, knee pads, mouth spray or flavored lubricant, etc.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hbo-hires-intimacy-coordinator-sex-scenes_us_5bd35c64e4b0a8f17ef7690e
October 29, 2018
bilby commented on the word intimacy coordinator
I like alexz's definition better!
October 30, 2018
bilby commented on the word intimacy coordinator
I was thinking something along the lines of a lech with a modified Twister board calling out, "oookay, next up we got male right hand to ..." ahem.
October 30, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word intimacy coordinator
"...in an interview with The Times of London published last week, spoke about the job of intimacy coordinators, which have popped up on sets in the past few years to help actors navigate and feel safe while filming vulnerable scenes."
August 11, 2022