Mrs Smith’s Method (2017) was a magnificent piece of historical spanking cinema featuring four stars of the UK spanking scene (Pandora Blake, Molly Malone, Adele Haze and Amelia Jane Rutherford). Based, somewhat loosely, on accounts of a real-life Victorian schoolma'am who was over-fond of birching her unruly charges, it tells the tale of ungovernable, intractable Millicent, whose ineffectual mama hands her over to Mrs Smith to be taught a thorough lesson. Now you can get a closer look at what went on during the making of that film – along with a clear demonstration of both the levels of negotiation and consent that are central to the Dreams of Spanking ethos, and the amount of fun all the participants have on set.

As Mrs Smith’s Method involves some pretty heavy corporal punishment, with an emphasis on pain rather than pleasure, seeing the cast and crew laughing and chattering together and taking great care of one another between whacks makes it obvious that everyone’s there to have a good time as well as to make a great film. Lovers of hard domestic discipline and severe femdom will undoubtedly have enjoyed the original, but there’s something reassuring about such clear proof that it was ethically made, and due consideration was given to all concerned.

There’s a lovely little section about just how they achieved the frankly scary climactic birching of Amelia Jane without doing her beautiful bottom unnecessary damage – especially given that Amelia Jane still has a tawsing coming from her mama. Molly Malone’s creepy religious-nut persona (when she’s in role) is nicely offset by seeing her giggle over her lines and hug her co-stars in between takes.

The accompanying set of still photos also provides an enjoyable juxtaposition of strict Victorian corporal punishment and anachronistic mugs of coffee, along with a glimpse or two of out-of-character underwear. If you want to know more about how to produce great historical spanking porn, this is an excellent place to start.