GayDemon's review of Making Gay Porn

Have you ever wanted to watch what goes on at the set of a real gay porn shoot? If so, you're not alone, and there's a site that focuses on exactly that. It's called Making Gay Porn, and not only does this site show all the action - bareback fucking, fisting, sucking, jacking off - but it also lets you see and hear the director and camera man working with the performers. The site promises weekly updates, downloadable DRM-free videos and features stars like Will West, Steve Hurley, Steve Parker and Jeff Palmer.

The member area of Making Gay Porn is very easy to use. There are navigation links across the tops of all the pages, and the member home page gets us right to the latest video and pic updates. It also lists all the network updates, recent site updates - each with a thumb and the date it was added - plus the most popular shoots. There are advertising banners, but most are at the bottom of the page so I didn't find it to be intrusive. The site has been updating once a week lately, although it used to update less regularly - from every 5 days to 9 days, still averaging once a week.

There are currently 120 videos, each offered in several options. The best quality are the downloadable WMVs, which are shown at 640x480 with a bitrate of 1.5 Mbps. These look good and enlarge pretty well, although they're not as sharp as they could be. The Flash vids are similar in quality and are a little smaller, shown at 550x350. For those who prefer to watch their videos in their Quicktime player or their iPod, there are also MP4 versions of each video. These are smaller than the other videos, shown at 320x240 with bitrates that vary from 271k to over 500k, and quality is average. And last are the streaming WMVs, which are just a pinch bigger than the MP4s but are generally lower in quality. All the videos are full scenes and no DRM is used, so whatever you download will play even after your membership has expired.

One thing worth mentioning here is that a few of the videos aren't exactly videos - they're sort of like slideshows that have been turned into videos. These show still pics to music and sometimes on an animated background. While the pics are interesting, the quality tended to be a lower quality and smaller than the regular pics.

And that leads us to the photos. Making Gay Porn currently offers 37 photo sets, some of which are digital stills and some of which are sets of vidcaps. All the pics have a width of 650 pixels, but height varies. The vertical pics are shown at 650x975 while the the horizontal pics are shown at around 650x430. Most of the digital stills are pretty good quality, although a couple of the oldest sets were on the grainy side. The vidcaps are actually pleasing for vidcaps, without the normal blurring and other issues so common to vidcaps.

The thing that stands out about Making Gay Porn is that at all times, it's takes you behind the scenes at real porn shoots. You can see and hear the director - usually Hot Desert Knights star Ray Butler - as he tells the performers what to do, how to pose, how to act. There are also articles on how to make porn movies - things like how to make a dick look bigger and how to film a cumshot. If you thought that most porn was just guys fucking in front of a camera, think again.

Making Gay Porn is part of a network, and members get full access to all the sites - HDK Raw, HDK Fisting, HDK Men and HDK Central. These are sites from the studio that created Making Gay Porn, and if you're into Hot Desert Knights, rough masculine men or fisting, this is a great collection. Members also get access to 9 mixed gay feeds.

Making Gay Porn is one of the few sites around that takes you backstage at real gay porn shoots. It offers 120 downloadable videos, many of which show not only the performers in action but also the director telling them what to do and other behind the scenes stuff. The site updates weekly and there's plenty of barebackin, pornstars and tips on how to make a porn video. The site also offers access to several exclusive bareback bonus sites and a collection of feeds. My only issues with the site are the quality of the streaming WMVs could be higher and some of the movies are basically lower quality slideshows, but for the most part I really enjoyed the site. The bottom line - Making Gay Porn is definitely worth checking out!

Things we liked:

• Interesting and fun porn from behind the scenes
• Videos are downloadable
• No DRM used
• Can do 4 simultaneous downloads
• All content listings include date added
• Site is searchable
  

Things we didn't like:

• Some videos are picture slideshows
• MP4s and streaming WMVs could be bigger
• Streaming WMVs are so-so quality
• Photos section could use some growth

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