Kaelah's shoot report: The Taxman Cometh
Kaelah has written an in-depth shoot report about filming for Dreams of Spanking with her partner Ludwig earlier this year. She gives the behind-the-scenes scoop on our F/F scene 'The Taxman Cometh', in which she played my long-suffering accountant who despairs of my poor organisation, and eventually takes me over the knee for a hairbrush spanking.
This was Kaelah's first ever appearance on video as a top, and she did an absolutely fantastic job. In the post she talks about her nerves beforehand, her character, and dealing with the unexpected.
Ludwig was behind the camera for the scene. Since we had only one camera, every break meant that he had to change the camera angle. So it was clear that there should be as few breaks as possible. Pandora and I had just started our conversation when a special guest turned up, though. Fatface, Pandora's cat, must have followed us. Where it had come in, I don't know.
But Fatface was obviously determined to become a porn star! Without hesitation the cat walked past Ludwig and into the scene. For a second Ludwig thought about grabbing the cat by its tail, but he decided against it because he didn't want to hurt Fatface. Pandora and I were a bit stunned for a second but then simply went on like the cat was supposed to be there. Obviously the tax accountant owned a cat...
Kaelah was immensely dedicated to her work, very professional in her attitude and I loved shooting with her. I knew she was a bit nervous about the improvisation in English, but I thought she did a great job with the script and made the scene very convincing. As for her first time dishing out an OTK spanking on camera:
I had never spanked anyone OTK before and was a bit scared at first that I might not be able to hold and support Pandora safely with my knees. But it worked perfectly and I have to say that it was a wonderful feeling when Pandora put her weight on me and trusted me to hold her.
It was lovely reading this from her perspective, as I remember feeling a similar sense of trust and relief when Kaelah got into her stride with the spanking. At first, as befitted her character, she started out somewhat careful, as if unsure how hard she could go. That moment when she realised she wasn't going to damage me and really started whaling on my bottom with the brush as hard and fast as she could - that was a wonderful moment from my point of view. Finally, my producer/director head turned off and I could just let go and experience the spanking.
Oh, and I have to give her props for her dexterity with that brush, too. It's a slippery little thing once your palms start sweating and while using it on previous occasions I have known it to fly out of my hand across the room. It eluded Kaelah's grip twice, but on both occasions she caught it one handed, flipped it back over and carried on without missing a beat. What a star!
I made a short trailer for this scene so that Kaelah could include a video preview with her post. Take a look - and then head over to Kaelah's blog and let her know what a good job she did!
Very niceee
By the way, I actually already gave everything during the hand spanking (as the picture of my completely bruised hand proves ;-) ). My hand simply didn't have any chance against your bottom, though! But after my hand spanking efforts had proved to be not as effective as I had hoped they would be, I have to admit that I felt challenged to make some bigger impression on you with that hairbrush. And so, once I realised that I wouldn't cause any long-lasting damage with it, I really didn't hold back. After all I like to provoke some reactions when I'm topping! :-)
Perhaps next time if we're shooting at the end of a day I should give you a wooden hairbrush instead - that would DEFINITELY provoke a reaction.
A wooden hairbrush would surely provoke more reactions, but as far as I know (Ludwig and I aren't too keen on wooden hairbrushes, so we rarely use them) these things can produce nasty long-lasting marks as well. I think the key is to find one that produces enough sting but is still light enough, so that it can be used vigorously without causing too much damage. Some marks are nice of course, but I have to admit that I'm not so keen on seeing bottoms that are completely black and blue after a hairbrush spanking.
As reactions go: I'm quite content with small, but real reactions. I'm perfectly happy with wincing, hissing, teeth-gritting, suppressed moans and the like, as long as I've got the impression that the reactions are natural and that the spankee feels the spanking. Other (and stronger) reactions are of course fine as well if the spankee is comfortable with them. I don't necessarily need them in order to enjoy a scene from a sadistic point of view, though. :-)