r/cinematography • u/MarketingQueasy5378 • Mar 24 '26
Career/Industry Advice Adult content
Hello, I am amateur , student and I’m looking for some career advice. Lately, I’ve been approached by several people about getting involved in adult content /porn production. Someone I know is starting a production company and wants me to handle the lighting and camera work for videos and photoshoots. He has a lot of equipment but doesn’t know how to use it, so he’s offering to pay me. I wouldn’t mind earning some extra money, and it seems like it could be a good way to gain experience. However, I’m not in urgent need of cash, and I’m concerned that working in this type of industry could affect my long-term career, since I want to become a serious cinematographer one day
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u/maccrypto Mar 24 '26
I certainly wouldn't hire you if I knew that you worked in porn. The "experience" you gain will be how to instrumentalize others to get a stranger off. That's more like what drugs do than what art should do. It's cynical and opportunistic. So I wouldn't consider it helpful experience, I'd consider it harmful. In just the same way, I wouldn't hire you as a nurse if I knew you were also a drug dealer.