{"id":1822,"date":"2020-05-28T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T09:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2024-09-18T15:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:05:05","slug":"nudity-and-intimacy-on-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/the-industry\/nudity-and-intimacy-on-set\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need to Know About Nudity and Intimacy on Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Advice from intimacy coordinators Ita O&#8217;Brien and Marci Liroff for actors considering roles that require nudity or intimate scenes.<\/h3>\n<p>More than ever before, roles may ask actors to expose themselves and perform intimate scenes so it\u2019s important you\u2019re aware of your rights and set your boundaries. We\u00a0hosted a seminar with Ita O&#8217;Brien and Marci Liroff, moderated by casting director Nancy Bishop, to get their advice on how you can make an informed decision about taking on these types of roles and how you can protect yourself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">In that moment of consent, be it regarding nudity, simulated sex or touch, we invite your no. Think of your no as a gift, as a positive no so that your yes can be trusted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Ita O&#8217;Brien<\/div>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorDescription\">Intimacy Coordinator and Founder of Intimacy On Set<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>What do intimacy coordinators do?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Marci Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019re there to make people understand that intimate scenes are sacred to a certain degree, they demand respect and a closed set. Part of our job is to educate the crew as language is very important. We don\u2019t call it \u2018the sex scene\u2019 or \u2018they\u2019re having sex\u2019, we say they\u2019re having simulated sex so it really changes the dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>I like the notion that an intimacy coordinator interrupts the power dynamic on set. Imagine you\u2019re an actor and you\u2019re trying to advocate for yourself but you\u2019re doing it to the person who has the hiring and firing power? It doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0Intimacy is a body dance, there are two bodies moving together in a rhythm of the intercourse and there are techniques, choreography and body awareness that tells that story. Intimacy coordinators use the skill of choreographing two bodies with an awareness of how they move together and what the rhythm is.<\/p>\n<h4>Making an informed decision about going for roles that ask for nudity or intimacy<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Marci Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0This is the time to have the conversation, not only with yourself but with your reps to let them know what you\u2019re looking for and what you will and won\u2019t do. It\u2019s to do with your threshold and what you\u2019re interested in doing. Every project will be different in terms of what they&#8217;re looking for, what the story is they\u2019re trying to tell and what your involvement will be.\u00a0There\u2019s always a discussion to be had and an intimacy coordinator can really help you with that. When I&#8217;m working on something I find that actors can\u2019t find the words for what they\u2019re trying to say so we help you verbalise that and examine what your comfort level is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0Before you go to the audition, make sure you equip yourself by reading the script. If there\u2019s intimacy or nudity required then this should be made clear to your agent and communicated to you. It\u2019s your responsibility to question if you like the writing and to find out about the director and their reputation. Consider all of that and decide if you want to go for the job.\u00a0If you do go for the job, have a conversation with the production team and ask if they\u2019ll be working in conjunction with an intimacy coordinator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marci\u00a0Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0Look at what the director and producers have done before, look at the tone of their work. They could shoot something and then turn it into something completely different for a different market that they\u2019re trying to titillate. You really need to do your research about who these people are and if it fits within your comfort zone.<\/p>\n<h4>Considerations when accepting roles that demand nudity<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0Question if the role is right for you and if so, what\u2019s your agreement and consent.\u00a0Perhaps there\u2019s a degree of sexual content or nudity that\u2019s going to be required and that might make you a bit nervous and it might be challenging but it\u2019s not going to compromise you. Overstepping your boundaries can cause long-term damage psychologically and emotionally so really consider what is right for you. Your career is sculptured more by what you say no to than what you say yes to.<\/p>\n<p>Be honest and state what your boundaries are.\u00a0If this is the right role for you then in the conversation with the director and your agent really consider &#8216;<em>What am I ok with? What am I not ok with?&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0Advocate for yourself and say &#8216;<em>this is the degree of nudity I\u2019m happy with or I can offer to you&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0and if that job is not right for you then happily say,\u00a0<em>&#8216;no this isn\u2019t right for me&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0and walk away.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from\u00a0<em>Normal People<\/em>\u00a0when an actor can work really freely with intimate content you can create something of real beauty. But you can only do that if your personal, private and intimate body is taken care of and that you feel empowered and autonomous. In that moment of consent, be it regarding nudity, simulated sex or touch, we invite your no.\u00a0Think of your no as a gift, as a positive no so that your yes can be trusted.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a shift in the industry to give confidence to actors to freely say their no so that we can all work professionally and create better work that\u2019s within that agreement and consent.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all had different journeys in our lives, we all have different relationships with our bodies and what&#8217;s happened to us so it might mean a certain degree of nudity or sexual content is out of bounds for you but that does not mean you\u2019re not a brilliant actor. By stating your boundaries you also don\u2019t compromise your producers so they can make an informed decision casting you in a role you\u2019re comfortable with.<\/p>\n<h4>Knowing when nude and intimate scenes are the best way to tell a story, and when they are not.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0Writers can write the content that is right for that storytelling. With the industry calling out that we need to do better, having a code of conduct means that we don\u2019t have that sense of gratuitous intimacy or nudity content and makes sure the work is done with best practice.<\/p>\n<p>For me, there are three tenants of intimacy coordination:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Open communication and transparency.\u00a0<\/strong>Right from the start when an actor is invited to read a script, they should consider:\u00a0What is that content?\u00a0Does it serve the storytelling?\u00a0Is it something that they feel as an actor they can get behind?\u00a0Are they happy to give that nudity or sexual content in service of that storytelling?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agreement and consent.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Clear choreography.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We\u2019re inviting open communication so that interrogation continues throughout and we continue to look at what the scene is and how it serves the storytelling. Within those conversations, it\u2019ll become very clear when it&#8217;s gratuitous and not needed. For me, that\u2019s a big part of an actor saying\u00a0<em>\u2018yes, I\u2019m happy to honour this\u2019<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>\u2018no, it doesn\u2019t feel right to me\u2019<\/em>. There can be the same content that feels like it&#8217;s just added on top yet there can be another storytelling where it\u2019s so inherent within the piece that you feel you can say\u00a0<em>\u2018yes, as an actor, I can fill myself up with intention, character, storytelling, so that this will be suitable\u2019<\/em>. The intimacy coordinator can allow for those conversations to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Storyboards are brilliant and I always say, whenever possible, please can\u00a0they be created &#8211; although sometimes directors don\u2019t like working with them. Dialogue is clear but with intimate content, which is a body dance, the same content can feel gratuitous and exposing as opposed to tasteful depending on where the camera is and how it\u2019s shot. Even if they don\u2019t have someone who can draw, draw stickmen just to have a visual image that everyone can look at to understand and decide if they\u2019re happy or not happy with it.<\/p>\n<h4>What are nudity riders and how can they protect us?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Marci Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0[In the US]\u00a0A nudity rider is part of your contract and it should be negotiated before you step foot on set. Your rep should negotiate specific language about what you\u2019ve agreed to do and what you have not agreed to do. For example, if you\u2019re ok showing a breast but no nipple or the camera can only be on your naked body for four seconds etc.<\/p>\n<p>Be as specific as you can and make sure you understand the language. Ask a lot of questions and have it all down in writing as it has to be adhered to on set. They might spring something on you on set but remember you have a nudity rider that states what you will do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0With British actors, they will sign what they\u2019re comfortable to do nudity and simulated sex-wise in their basic contract. There\u2019s not a separate rider drawn up for each intimate scene whereas when I work with SAG-AFTRA actors, we create a separate nudity rider for every intimate scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marc Liroffi:<\/strong>\u00a0It depends on the production. Some have one blanket nudity rider but it is better to have one for each scene\u00a0because every one has different needs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">actors have to remember that your consent can, will and should be different on every project because it\u2019s different depending on the material and it can be different for you on that day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Marci Liroff<\/div>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorDescription\">Intimacy Coordinator<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>What if I want to change my mind and revoke my consent?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Marci Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0Directors or filmmakers might say &#8216;<em>well, you did it in that movie, why won\u2019t you do it in my movie?&#8217;,<\/em>\u00a0actors have to remember that your consent can, will and should be different on every project because it\u2019s different depending on the material and it can be different for you on that day. [As Intimacy coordinators] we check in with the actor each day to see how they&#8217;re feeling on the day about a scene.<\/p>\n<p>You can revoke your consent, even though you previously agreed to it.\u00a0You can agree beforehand, have signed the nudity rider, be shooting the scene, have done a few takes and then you may be triggered by something or suddenly something doesn\u2019t feel right and you literally cannot go on with the scene. You have the right to pull your consent.<\/p>\n<p>The production has the right to use the takes that have already been shot. We can then hopefully come to a compromise for the rest of the day to get that scene done or the production has the right to hire a body double. That\u2019s why it\u2019s great to have an intimacy coordinator there, to help you with that negotiation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0Ideas shift and change as filming progresses so an intimacy coordinator will check in with you ahead of each scene to see if you\u2019re still comfortable with it. Your limits can dictate if scenes can be tweaked e.g. if an actor wakes up and decides they won\u2019t want to show themselves, the intimate coordinator works with the director and crew to find a compromise and choreograph it. It could be down to being creative with wardrobe, looking at camera angles etc.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">You\u2019ve spent hours on your training and skill to develop your craft as an actor. It\u2019s precious and you need to make sure the person who you give your craft to is someone who\u2019s going to take care of it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Ita O&#8217;Brien<\/div>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorDescription\">Intimacy Coordinator and Founder of Intimacy On Set<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>What can performers do to protect themselves when there\u2019s no intimacy coordinator on a project?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0Equip yourself with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intimacyonset.com\/intimacy-on-set-guidelines.html\">Intimacy On Set Guidelines<\/a>.\u00a0If you\u2019re meeting the director, producer etc. in person then print the guidelines out and hand them over so they have something concrete in their hands to read through. Their response will let you know if they\u2019re someone who will work with you in a respectful way in order to create the best work possible.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re a professional, the director is a professional, before signing the contract, you or your agent can invite that conversation with the director to speak about the intimate content, find out how they\u2019re going to work and if they\u2019re not going to work with the intimacy guidelines or an intimacy coordinator then you can offer this structure. It\u2019s for you as an actor to say\u00a0\u2018<em>I want to give you the best intimacy scenes that I can give you, and the way I can do that is to work with a professional structure that allows me to bring all of my skill as an actor to the intimate content\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve spent hours on your training and skill to develop your craft as an actor. It\u2019s precious and you need to make sure the person who you give your craft to is someone who\u2019s going to take care of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marci Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0Actors are very hardwired to say yes to everything. You have to remember that things have shifted for the better. Try and find your voice to advocate for yourself if there isn\u2019t an intimacy coordinator involved or if you get surprised with something on set. Beforehand, your job is to be as specific as possible about what you\u2019ll do, and pick their brain about what exactly is going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be different on every set but if you want to bring an ally or peer at an audition or on set when you\u2019re filming an intimate scene, have it approved ahead of time. Once an intimacy coordinator\u2019s work is done and we\u2019re shooting that day, we\u2019ll sit by the monitor and make sure everything on screen is exactly what you agreed to do. Your ally can be there, looking at the monitor so they can keep an eye on if there\u2019s a boob slip, or if your butt isn\u2019t showing in a way you agreed to on your nudity rider.<\/p>\n<h4>Planning for the best and most artistically fulfilling experience possible<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Marci Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0A closed set means only necessary personnel are on set (perhaps 5-6 people) and all the monitors are flagged or tented for privacy. Only people on the closed set list can look at those monitors. If you don\u2019t have an intimacy coordinator on your set, you can ask for these measures to be taken in your contract.<\/p>\n<p>Genital on genital contact is never allowed. To make sure that never happens there are modesty garments or modesty patches, genital pouches and nipple patches that can be used. This will be discussed with wardrobe ahead of time to make sure that they\u2019re on board as they\u2019ll often be the ones furnishing the garments.\u00a0There\u2019s also a thing called a barrier with more padding that can be taped on or put in between you so you don\u2019t feel the pressure between bodies.<\/p>\n<p>We can work with props to create a prosthetic penis because maybe the scene calls for an erect penis. There are many departments involved in all of this but intimacy coordinators oversee the whole thing. It\u2019s not necessarily your genitals that are on display although it\u2019s our goal to make it look authentic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ita O&#8217;Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s really important that we have all the detail [of simulated intercourse] correct and it&#8217;s choreographed and of course it\u2019s all simulated and a lot of that is depicted by breath. If all of that detail is correct then the audience can invest in the truth of the situation and stay with character as invariably the scene is there because it\u2019s telling us something about those characters and their relationship with each other.<\/p>\n<h4>How can an actor protect themselves on student or indie films with smaller budgets?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Marci Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0As wonderful as the guidelines are, they aren\u2019t union rules yet. They\u2019re certainly best practice but [productions] don\u2019t have to apply them. We invite filmmakers, if you\u2019re doing an indie or student film, there are some intimacy coordinators that will help you out because they may be in training or starting out and need the experience. I have done many free projects as I was starting out so don\u2019t be afraid to reach out to someone like Ita or myself and you\u2019ll probably be able to get somebody to work on your set.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019ve got intimacy coordinators all over the UK and Europe, Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand and I&#8217;m constantly looking for opportunities for intimacy coordinators in training to have experience. It\u2019s a win-win situation, those in training are being mentored and need opportunities to gain experience and you get our expertise on set.<\/p>\n<h4>What\u2019s going to happen to intimacy post-COVID-19?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Marci Liroff:<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s too early to speculate what COVID-19 means for intimate scenes but we\u2019ll follow guidelines from unions and guilds when they\u2019re available. We\u2019ll have to pay attention to all the different health and safety measures that different states and countries are putting together.<\/p>\n<p>Intimacy coordinators will figure out a workaround so the scene still looks great but maybe it\u2019s different positions, maybe it\u2019s not deep kissing, maybe it\u2019s a look or breath. There\u2019s going to be a huge change in the way we shoot things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ita O\u2019Brien:<\/strong>\u00a0What concerns me is that we don\u2019t go back to that place of it being at the actor\u2019s discretion and therefore the actor is open to coercion.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got to be responsive, each production will bring its own processes and protocol to make sure the health of everybody is taken care of. It\u2019s important that can be backed up with each production being insured. It shouldn\u2019t be left to the actor&#8217;s discretion and therefore if something goes wrong and they get ill and it impacts their life that they suddenly find they\u2019re vulnerable because they\u2019re not insured or covered in any way &#8211; that\u2019s what we\u2019re mitigating against.<\/p>\n<p>Actors, as with the guidelines, we\u2019re inviting a positive no and your no is a no, your yes is a yes, and a maybe is a no. If you feel at all concerned or compromised that you&#8217;ve been made to feel you should go for something because another actor said\u00a0<em>\u2018oh I don\u2019t mind\u2019<\/em>, do not allow this situation to go back to this sense of coercion and that your power is taken away. You\u2019ve got to make sure processes\u00a0are put in place so you can do the job in a safe way and you\u2019re not compromising your health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Useful Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intimacyonset.com\/intimacy-on-set-guidelines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intimacy On Set Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intimacyonset.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IntimacyOnSet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intimacyprofessionalsassociation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IntimacyProfessionalAssociation.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"ICDN_Intimacy Guidelines_27.07.2020.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/spotlight-cmsmedia.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/2505\/icdn_intimacy-guidelines_27072020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"4127\">The ICDN&#8217;s Intimacy Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Further Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Best-Practice-Guide-Sex-Storytelling-ebook\/dp\/B07H4W21L3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Practice Guide to Sex and Storytelling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About the panellists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itaobrien.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ita O&#8217;Brien<\/a>\u00a0is an intimacy coordinator and movement director for film, television, and theatre. For the last six years Ita has been developing best practice when working with intimacy, scenes with sexual content, and nudity in film, TV, and theatre &#8211; the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intimacyonset.com\/intimacy-on-set-guidelines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Intimacy On Set<\/em>\u00a0guidelines<\/a>. Ita pioneered the role of Intimacy Coordinator, which is gaining adoption in leading production houses, including HBO, Netflix, and the BBC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marciliroffic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marci Liroff<\/a>\u00a0has worked as a casting director, producer, and acting coach for the last 40 years.\u00a0Marci was recently certified by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intimacyprofessionalsassociation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intimacy Professionals Association (IPA)<\/a>\u00a0and trained by the premier intimacy coordinator, Amanda Blumenthal, in Los Angeles. Credits include two indie features, a short film, web series, and she will start the tv series The Morning Show for Apple TV + once we all get back to work!<\/p>\n<p><em>Image by Kristaps Grundst via Unsplash.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advice from intimacy coordinators Ita O&#8217;Brien and Marci Liroff for actors considering roles that require nudity or intimate scenes. More than ever before, roles may ask actors to expose themselves and perform intimate scenes so it\u2019s important you\u2019re aware of your rights and set your boundaries. 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