Sex scenes

[JMather]

I always have trouble writing sex scenes. Afraid of describing too much, I end up describing too little. Can anyone recommend a script where it was handled properly in a standard drama?

[noh1]

Requiem For A Dream, though it's not a "sex scene" if you mean a romantic thing, but it's a good example of how to handle sex in your script. It's very short, late in the movie, but it's all there.

[dpaterso]

BASIC INSTINCT - the very first scene. The www.script-o-rama.com link takes you right to scifiscripts.name2host.co...stinct.txt

-Derek

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My Web Page - naked women, bestial sex, and whopping big lies.

[JMather]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm having the most trouble with PG-13 types rather than Rs.

Jim

[Hassanchop2]

Write it the way you see it and let some one else worry about how explicit it is.

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[dpaterso]

I'm having the most trouble with PG-13 types rather than Rs.

Oh, that's different. They're never seen naked, and they wear clothes to bed. They talk lots before they kiss and snuggle under the covers and she turns out the light. In the morning, as she makes breakfast, she smiles a lot. Her best friend drops by and notices something's different about her. She confesses she's in love, because sex without love is unthinkable.

Wait a minute, that's my life. Except for the talking and kissing and snuggling and smiling in the morning.

-Derek

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My Web Page - naked women, bestial sex, and whopping big lies.

[Deus Ex Machine]

Body Heat

[jimb11]

Basic Instinct is an excellent example...short, quick descriptions...a quick read....

[filmcarver]

The scene as all, should convey the tone of what the purpose of the scene is to begin with.....a murderous dominatrix, two desperate people hungry for intimacy, one horny guy and a don't know girl, two sex addicts....

Basic Instinct
Sea of Love
9 1/2 Weeks
Body Double
Blue Lagoon
Rob Roy
Behind the Green Door

All that must come into play, and it still has to be able to clearly answer the question..."Why is this scene important?".

[Biohazard EHW]

Afraid of describing too much, I end up describing too little.

All you have to include is what is important to the advancement of the story.

[Winter in New York]

I think the danger in over-writing sex scenes is that the stage direction will read like a tawdry romance novel or something.

My 2 cents on the subject is to remember that everybody knows what happens during sex...so just outline the action in broad brush strokes...and move on with the story!

Winter in New York

[rdwilliams99]

There's a Wordplay column that deals specifically with this subject:

www.wordplayer.com/column...cript.html

[filmcarver]

nice sig, there NOH1

would you like to come over for Christmas and meet grams and gramps and see my new bobsled? Maybe play "Enrich your Word Power?"

good grief, get a life