Money shot
A money shot is a moving or stationary visual element of a
Cinema
Originally a broad term used generally in film-making, the "money shot" was simply the scene that cost the most money to produce.
More broadly, it can be any notably dramatic or emotional footage. Conversely, Rich Evans of Red Letter Media, offered up the term "coupon shot" for money shots that are anticlimactic or otherwise poorly executed on the channel's Best of the Worst series.[6]
Pornographic films
The term has become known in its narrower, genre specific context, namely meaning cum shot in pornography, both film and photo. Referring to the ejaculation scene as a 'money shot' has been attributed to producers paying the male actors extra for it. According to Steven Ziplow, author of The Film Maker's Guide to Pornography, "the cum shot, or, as some refer to it, 'the money shot', is the most important element in the movie and that everything else (if necessary) should be sacrificed at its expense."[2][7] It has also been argued that this is the filmed moment that the audience has paid to see.[2] In her book Hard Core, Linda Williams argues that the money shot is not simply desired in and of itself, but proves to the audience that the sex is real.[8]
References
- ^ Patches, Matt. "We're Living in the Age of the Movie Trailer Money Shot". Vulture. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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- ^ From the "Filmmaker's Dictionary" by Ralph S. Singleton and James A. Conrad, edited by Janna Wong Heatly, (2nd edition, 2000, Lone Eagle Publishing Co., Hollywood, California).
- ^ "Money Shot". Oxford English Dictionary Online.
- ^ "Approved for All Audiences: A Brief History of the Modern Movie Trailer". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Best of the Worst: Carnosaur 2, The Skateboard Kid 2, and Future Zone". YouTube. RedLetterMedia. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ISBN 978-0-520-06652-6.
- ISBN 0-520-06653-7.