On the Scientific Study of Filmed Pornography: Introduction

Hello.

This is your course on the Scientific Study of Filmed Pornography.

Here, we will be analyzing:

What makes filmed pornography an effective arousal tool and what aspects need to be involved to make it effective;

How certain practices and techniques used in filmed pornography can actually be detrimental to its purpose;

How filmed pornography compares to films not specifically created for sexual arousal purposes;

What basic storytelling techniques are used and how they are implemented;

How the films balance plot and storytelling with the sexual pornography itself.

The first two films to be analyzed will be "Alice in Wonderland: An X-rated Musical Fantasy" and "Batman-XXX: A Porn Parody". Each discussion will be broken up into several sections (with a separate post for each section). More films will be added as the semester progresses.

This will be a 15-week course. Each week (or more frequently), there will be a new lesson and new assignment. Please stay on top of your work. There will be a Mid-term in Week 8 and a Final in Week 15.

Grading is as follows:

Reading Assignments: 20%

Watching Assignments: 20%

Discussions: 20%

Mid-term: 20%

Final: 20%
　
Thank you for participating and I hope you will enjoy this course. Stay posted for your first lesson.