Real Spankings?

In the mid 1800's men began sawing women in half, they could pull rabbits from hats; and Houdini would prove no chains could hold him. All allusions. I often wonder how many modern day spanking videos are visual depictions of computer images? Saving the actresses hide?

Very interesting premise. Never really considered it, but with todays CGI and Photoshop I suppose it is possible, but as real as it looks, the editors would have to be top drawer Hollywood professionals. You know, the kind of guys that work for the big name directors making the $250M blockbusters.

I think it is possible that many slaps of a hand or a paddle could be 'pulled' so that it looks like one is hitting very hard while actually the impact is rather soft. We have all heard of the phrase 'pull your punches' which was done in many cowboy movies back in the 50's and 60's so the technology to show it is far from new. Perhaps the colour on the bum cheeks are changed to look redder or whatever but I think things could be faked if one really wanted, but then if one is a spanko why would one want it faked anyway?

CS

I believe both kinds are made by 'Spanko' video producers. Some are real, and others are 'fakes". I usually can tell. In my opinion LUPUS videos are real. They pull no punches. And they know how to act as well. Then there is the 'Hollywood' type spanking video, just made for the bucks, that are DREADFULL, and worth absolutely nothing. Of course this is just my opinion, but some people like them.

I think it likely that some "spanks", especially close-ups, are "repeats" (i.e. the same shot repeated several times). Obviously, there's a limit to that because of the change in appearance of increasingly smacked buttocks over time, but a lot of these movies don't seem to really result in more than just pink, not red or even deeper colored cheeks. That's with hand spankings of course, canes, straps, paddles, etc., applied vigorously will leave marks or welts. If there were CGI or Photoshop artists (I think some of the stills may be more easily altered), this might be the place to do it. It depends on the producers; some of them seem to pride themselves on really severe punishments (especially canings) and some are more about the participants acting as though they're really punishing/being punished but no real tissue damage is being done. I frankly am a little squeamish on really severe punishments, for a variety of reason, not the least of which is that I hate to see a really attractive female bottom suffering any real damage.

If you've seen a mainstream movie with spanking in it, odds are you've seen a cheat. Yes, sometimes those spankings can be felt (usually those with a powerful director who insists on realism) but the bulk of them involve padding and instruments designed to look real, but aren't. If you buy the DVD the commentary track often explains how the spanking effect was achieved.

One of the commentaries that I remember involved a "leather" belt, which wasn't leather. It was as soft as velvet, but treated in a way that it would look like a leather belt due to the cut shots. As far as that director was concerned, the "spanking" was just another effect, like a punch being thrown or someone being shot, and he went from there.

I have heard that in the older films and magazine shots, that rouge was often applied to the models' bottoms to make it looked like they had been spanked.
Some of that may still go on at some sites, but not all. I am convinced that the spankings in RealSpankings and associated sites of it like SpankingBailey are the real thing.
As for mainstream spankings sure many times there is padding or something to mitigate the effects of the smacks.
On the other hand read that Maureen O'Hara claimed she has welts on her bottom for quite some time after the John Wayne spanking in McLintock. And that the spanking in Blue Hawaii required multiple takes and that the next shot after that one required that she ride horseback,and I believe said that it was not a pleasant experience!

I guess for me I enjoy the otk positioning far better than the spanking and getting in position is almost as important. Like BogiePhil1 I do not want to see a beautiful bottom overly bruised or marked although I do admit there have been some bottoms that did have the right amount of red and I enjoyed those very much. Mainstream spankings esp. the posed publicity stills are great to me as the positioning is better and I enjoy happy spankings (and many of the actresses are smiling at being otk and it does give the fan a way to see the actress that would not happen in her regular movies) For many the illusion of them being spanked was acceptable as long as they did not have to suffer for their art although some surely did. Otk spanking is my passion and I do look for several things (sometimes the sound is off and the spanking sounds like a board being hit and echoing or the crying is too real ( I do not want the spankee to actually be hurt just spanked) and the posed ones allow for better positioning of hand, bottom and better angles at being otk than was actually in the movie (For example TOO YOUNG TO KISS and PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART I thought the publicity still was far superior to the spanking in the movie itself as being too short or not really being positioned properly.) and the makeup and costumes were different as well. Great thread. Thank you and have a great day.
Jim

I have wondered about this. Many films, especially early ones, look very faked. When it comes to modern, severe ones like Mood and Lupus, the technology certainly exists to fake them entirely, but as someone close to those studios told me, it would cost vastly more than their budgets can bear. Why not just get girls by paying them? Evidently there are plenty of takers who are prepared to accept severe canings. So, I believe those films are genuine. I hate obvious fakes. A good clue is to see whether the tissues move at impact, which sometimes is obvious.
I wondered in another topic whether paying vanilla girls to beat them severely is acceptable. I don't like it - but it seems acceptable to the girls.

I believe the spanking in movie "Secretary" was real:
http://www.angelfire.com/film/james_spader/Press/Press17.htm

But that was an independent movie from ten years ago...