Indie P( )rn Biz 101: Conception to Production with Mahx Capacity

Tickets $10-30

Zoom link sent out morning-of / Class starts at 3pm EST

**Recording available for 7 days after the class**

Our industry is amazing, but it presents a set of unique and frustrating logistical challenges. Join award-winning indie pornographer Mahx Capacity to think through all the moving parts from your very first idea through calling "cut!"

Have you been thinking about shooting a porno? New to the industry and feeling a little overwhelmed on where to start? This workshop gives an introduction to the indie porn ecology, and an overview of everything you’ll need to consider as you step into creating explicit content, whether you're doing it as an art practice, business, or somewhere in the middle.

In this 1.5 hr workshop, we’ll go over the basics to give you a bit of support and guidance on the business side of content creation as you get started. We’ll talk through business models, startup costs, basic legal compliance, fundraising, finding/working with performers and collaborators, forming a studio or collective, safety and consent on set, and production. We’ll also leave plenty of time for questions and discussion! You’ll leave the workshop with a list of resources and a comprehensive overview of what you’ll want to consider as you begin to make content.

Please note: this workshop was previously presented as a 2-hr workshop, and has been split into a Part 1 (above) and Part 2 (which will be presented at a later date and cover festival submissions, distribution, membership/clip site models, and monetization.)

Open to all 18+

About your Presenter:

Mahx Capacity (they/them) is one of the original founders and the current owner and Creative Director of AORTA films. A queer, white, fat, trans/non-binary, taurean pleasure prince, they’re obsessed with wielding pornography to send cultural fault lines out into the world to disrupt it for the better. Working at the intersections of sextech and regenerative economics with a background in experimental performance, Mahx is drawn to queer porn’s capacity for destabilizing pleasure, fierce vulnerability, and complex humanity. Mahx’s work with AORTA films has won best film awards across Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, and the US. Through AORTA films, they champion queer indie porn to create a future of ethical fuckery. See for yourself at www.AORTAfilms.com.

About AORTA films:

AORTA films champions queer and trans indie p()rn to create a future of ethical fuckery. An internationally award-winning studio currently celebrating their tenth year, AORTA films has been making “lusty, opulent, ethical fuckery” since 2015. Centering queer performers across a wide range of bodies and identities, AORTA films offers inventive explicit programming including 90+ short & feature films, a queer clip library, a semi-annual film festival, a guest artist series, commercial work, workshops, and more. This year, to celebrate their 10th year AORTA films launched AORTAlive, a home for live digital adult programing featuring online events including workshops, artist talks, performances, panels, and more. In addition to their site membership, all members of AORTA films get $10 tickets to all AORTAlive events. Not a member yet? See for yourself at www.AORTAfilms.com.