An artist or author’s sole mission, if they choose to accept it, is to give the people a unique alternate reality they can choose to use as an escape from the one we all share. The artist or author has used this world as an escape for a long time and now they invite the world to share in their love of it. No one knows a fictional world like its creator and that shines through in an author’s or artist’s often omniscient third-person narration and descriptions.
3DX and Erotica creators do the same thing with the invitations to their deepest fantasies. In fact, their mission is almost more difficult. The world they invite the reader into is one where physical intimacy is described in page-by-page detail with characters that may be vaguely familiar or even completely unfamiliar to the audience. The creator must create an immediate immersive story with emotional impact and, of course, the physical consequence. Because everything happens so quickly, but the scene itself is played out, settings and backgrounds can help establish things like mood and plot to even better showcase characters.
Submerging the Reader
The easiest way to do this is to create a general mood for the story and to let the setting do a lot of that immersive work. What’s the difference between the Mood and the Setting, you ask? It’s actually a simple difference. Mood is the overall feeling from the situation whereas Setting is just where you are. Mood can change when a main character decides to give in to the orgy in front of her or she suddenly recognizes someone. Daylight could switch to moonlight fog and we know the monsters and their large cocks have come out to play. The setting of her bedroom may never change.
The more caught up in details of a story or comic that people could be, the more real or believable the situation, no matter how unrealistic. Now, if there are too many details, that can be distracting from the story as well. There is a balance between too much detail and keeping it simple, but even simply having that setting can assist you.
If all you have are images or a description of a Troll and a Woman in a field, there’s not a lot to focus on. Mood can become vague, especially if it’s hard to see a character’s face. The reader might not be as submerged into the fiction as the creator might have desired.
However, if they’re in, say, a dungeon surrounded by people, there’s more to create. There’s the excitement or actions of the crowd, as well as the darkness of a dungeon, and the main characters themselves. You know that there’s some kind of spectacle on display and the reader becomes an active participant, eager to take cues from the audience.
Setting the Plot
Feelings of safety can be taken away and replaced easily with danger and excitement if the right mood can be translated through words or images. For example, imagine a woman walking down the street in a historical romance setting. She feels confident no one is following her and you describe her in images or words that convey her delight in having little to stress her out and a beautiful day to enjoy.
And then, she’s forced dramatically into a dark carriage where a sexy man awaits her and the only light comes from how white his predatory teeth are. Bam. As a writer, tension has been created by the details of her safe walk vs. the dark and terrifying carriage with the predator. This setting works for the creator with more than just establishing a change in Mood. You’ve now combined descriptive time with plot movement or as an artist, you’ve added additional details that cause the viewer curiosity over what happens next. And to top it all off, everyone likes a sex scene in a moving (bumpy 😉) vehicle.
Blending into the Background
More than in Erotica, still shots of fabulously detailed pinups are common to 3DX. Many showcase new characters or entice all kinds of thoughts from the viewer without much prompting. Setting is sometimes forgone here for the sake of more detail in the main characters, because it is thought to be less important in a single scene.
And you’d be wrong! Not to say that people’s eyes aren’t going exactly where they should, but my point is that settings can be useful here. While there’s no immersion to the scenario or plot to move forward, adding a setting can only assist a viewer’s enjoyment of the rendering. A warrior woman during or after battle might be more alluring than her just leaning or standing in front of a wall. An Elven woman in a fantasy forest or bed is more interesting than just her profile. There are more inferences to make and she becomes more desirable because we understand her better and we associate those understandings with personalities. While the creator knows her best, they have invited us to share. And in that sharing, the viewer can make the character their own to truly enjoy her.
You Never See the Stage Crew
Erotic descriptions are not Black Box theater shows. It’s not one actor, his monologue, and your imagination. Instead, it’s a look into the fantasies of a specific artist or writer and setting is one of the tools the reader will need to get there. The creator needs all the pieces established to properly spin their moment-by-moment sex play and the viewer needs to have plenty of places to wallpaper over what real life looks like. Set the stage properly and no one ever even needs to realize how hard it was to do. They can just enjoy it and the creator can just enjoy all the visitors their hard work has brought their fantasy.
[Feature Image credit: Jared999D]
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July 21, 2016Sorry…I mostly disagree.
Sure, setting is nice. But it hardly matters.
Look at the comments on ‘things’ sold on this site. Very few of them mention setting. And those that do, usually do not mention them prominently.
It’s about the sex and the story…the rest is extra.
For better or worse, animated sex scenes are about a beautiful gal(s) having sex with someone/thing…usually with a huge penis. All wrapped up with a story of some type.
Heck, look at what I still think is the best 3DX video creation I have seen…Girlfriends 4Ever. There is almost no background. It’s a darkish room, a tile floor and a couch. But it has incredible looking ladies, with wonderful quality graphics, great audio, a good story…and a huge penis.
IMO, a background is more for the ‘artsy types’ then for most people that actually buy the things.
My point is that I hope 3DX creators are not spending too much time on backgrounds…unless they simply want to. Because I think that time spend will not be as financially rewarding as devoting much of that time to the other aspects of their creations.
I. do appreciate a great background…but to me it is 5-10% of the reason I buy a 3DX product – at most.
Bianca Rose
July 21, 2016Well, I never said they should be saying, “OMG GUYS LOOK I MADE A CASTLE, and I guess there are some hot chicks too…”. I really wanted to empathize that a setting helps a story feel more complete and a setting can add to that.
You’re right, it’s about the sex and the story. But I think the setting can add to both of those things, especially if the setting literally adds to the positioning or plot. Like in Girlfriends 4Ever, I believe they fuck on and around that couch. It’s a pretty instrumental couch. Don’t underestimate the power of the couch. And thanks for commenting!! I really enjoy hearing other opinions 🙂
Dianaranda
July 20, 2016Definately agree with this article, setting, and so forth is very important.
A blank room is just boring, While for instance a dungeon, or even the steps of an old ruin can be great places.
Or even in a more, Mild? setting the bedroom, Though this bedroom setting can also quickly turn into a more Dungeon-esque setting, allowing for, for instance a bedroom equiped with all kind of more kinky tools? Like a stock? Or one of those horse things?