Hamedori
Hamedori (ハメ撮り) is a Japanese term describing filming or photography of sexual activity from a first-person point of view. It also refers to a genre of Japanese pornography in which a male adult video (AV) actor/director serves as the camera operator while also performing.
According to the Japanese magazine SPA!, about one-third of Japanese women say they don't mind being filmed while having sex as long as it's with a camera phone, with the women saying that it can increase sexual stimulation. Most of the footage is dumped but some keep them to enjoy as personal sex home movies or to study them to improve their sexual technique.
The pornographic genre of hamedori is a type of gonzo videography where the viewer witnesses the sex act from the man's perspective to perhaps experience the act vicariously. Much of Japanese porn takes a documentary-style approach and hamedori type videos were produced from the beginnings of Japanese AV in the early 1980s. The term hamedori came into use about 1988-1989 but was only a small niche area until it was popularized at V&R Planning by director Company Matsuo.
Matsuo starting working in the genre in 1991 saying that this intimate technique was a natural way for him to shoot in order to show his feelings for the girl and to "get her to open up about herself, to show her true emotions". Matsuo used amateur actresses in his videos and he usually traveled to their hometowns for the filming. He talks to them extensively on camera so that he and the viewer can come to know them before any sex scenes. A large part of the popularity of these videos is seeing how regular and ordinary the girls are who appear in them. As amateurs in a single segment of a multi-part video, the actresses are typically paid only about 50,000 yen (about $500).
Because the performer is attempting to engage in sex acts while holding the camera, the resulting footage can exhibit a large amount of "camera shake". Also, this approach inherently limits the repertoire of video techniques that the camera operator can employ.
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