Earlier this year I was approached by DAN CROSS of All Worlds Video to do camerawork for their big event movie 20/20, which was to celebrate All Worlds' twenty years in the adult industry. It was to be shot at the estate in Palm Springs where WILL CLARK held his Bad Boys Pool Parties, which has truly fabulous grounds. The premise was to get as many porn stars as possible for one big orgy and afterward, there would be a drawing where the winner would receive $20,000 in cash (cameramen were not eligible, darn it!). I agreed, and the shoot was scheduled for May.

In the weeks leading up to it, I discovered more about who wasn't going than who was. JASON RIDGE, NICK CAPRA, TROY PUNK and RAPHAEL SHAWN told me they couldn't make it, and JOHNNY MORELLI hadn't heard anything about it. JACOB SLADER was going to go, but his car broke down halfway there, and he never arrived.

I showed up at the designated call time, parked and camera in hand, entered the gated area where a small booth was set up. Dan Cross was there, and he told me that EVERYONE had to sign a model release form, in case they got caught on camera. Now, I hate seeing myself on film or video, and wasn't thrilled about this, but I'd already agreed to participate, and I wasn't going to leave them one camera short. I signed the form and asked who the other cameramen were. I was told ED MAXXX and ROSS CANNON. I found my co-horts in videography, and we chatted a bit. The subject of the release forms came up, and since none of us really wanted to be seen, we all decided to try to shoot around each other as much as possible.

I made my way over to a small tent, where AW box cover artist extraordinaire TODD ALAN was helping models put their belongings in white trash sacks and writing their names on them in black marker. He also dispensed sunscreen, which I availed myself of. I have sensitive skin and burn easily, so I picked a high-numbered lotion and coated my nose, arms and the back of my neck. Then I washed my hands so the camera wouldn't get gunky and wandered around to see who was here.

I immediately saw several people I knew: ANDREW ADDAMS, MICHAEL KNIGHT, DILLON PRESS, JACK SANDERS, TY HUDSON, ULIZES CARPELLI, JASON HAWKE, JEREMY JORDAN, ANDY HUNTER, BEN DAMON and GINO ROTELLI, among others. This was going to be fun.



It was 10:30am, hot and getting hotter. The entire film was to be shot outdoors on the grounds. Director COCO LACHINE rounded up Ed, Ross and me for a quick meeting with DIRK YATES, who explained that first we would shoot the models entering the property, naked (the models, not us). Then, we'd do it again, letting each model stop in front of the center camera, so they could say their name, then move on. Then, CHI CHI LARUE would come out and play hostess, interviewing some of the guys. Then the orgy would start. At some point, Dirk wanted a daisy chain around the pool, then he wanted the movie to end with a circle jerk. Sounded good to me.

I had some questions, though.

1. Would the orgy be directed (after all, there were almost as many directors there as porn stars: myself, Ed and Ross were directors as well as cameramen, and so were CoCo, Dirk, Dan, Chi Chi and DOUG JEFFRIES, who arrived later), or would the models just roam free-range style and group naturally? Dirk said he wanted the video to have a "non-directed", natural feel to it, so he would let them congregate themselves.

2. Did he want any special footage, say, interviews of the cast? Dirk said if we could get them, fine.

3. What if someone gets close to orgasming? Should we make them wait until the circle jerk or have them go for it? Wait, if possible, if not, get it.

After the orgy, but before the drawing, there would be a BBQ of burgers and chicken, giving the guys a chance to wind down before the drawing. And then, we were off. We set up a 3-camera layout: Ross was to the left shooting right, Ed was in the center mounted on a tripod, and I was sitting on very hot asphalt, feeling the warmth getting hotter and hotter through my shorts. The guys marched past the cameras, then came back and did it again, one at a time, as Doug Jeffries selected who would be next.

Chi Chi had arrived, someone said, and was in an air-conditioned building getting made up. Lucky. When it was time for Ms. LaRue to come out and talk to the boys, we again set up a three-camera layout. This time, I was on the left shooting right getting medium 2-shots, Ed was again in the center mounted on a tripod, and Ross was on his right side getting close-ups on Chi Chi. She interviewed about 6-8 guys, urging CoCo to hurry up and select the next interviewee. "My sunglasses are sinking into my makeup!" he cried. "It's melting in this heat!" I was wearing shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt with a black bandana over my head, but Chi Chi had on very tight, layered clothing. If I was hot, he must have been BOILING.

Next we moved over to the pool where a portable cherry picker sat. Dirk wanted someone to go up in the contraption for a high angle shot of the proceedings. The guys setting it up had it sitting on the grass at first, before someone got the bright idea that it wouldn't be stable that way, so they put a piece of plywood underneath it. It seemed VERY unsteady to me, and as Dirk wanted it to go 15-20 feet in the air, I had my doubts about getting into it. When CoCo came to the three of us and asked, "Who wants to get the high angle shot?", Ed and I looked at each other and slowly shook our heads. Ross bravely (dejectedly?) agreed to go up in it. The thing worked very well. The shots in the finished video look great.

The boys gathered at one end while Chi Chi grabbed Kevin Brown, and the two of them took position on a high boulder at the opposite end. Chi Chi welcomed everyone to the All Worlds movie, pushed Kevin into the pool and jumped in after him. The guys jumped in at the other end and swam to the middle. A soggy but cooled Chi Chi climbed out of the pool, bade the boys good luck, and left to change clothes.

The guys started kissing in the water, which was very sexy, I thought, then slowly left the water for dry grass. They were scattered over the property, and luckily another cameraman, BUZZ, showed up to help shoot. Between the four of us, we covered it pretty well. At one point, I noticed Dillon Press was fucking Ulizes Carpelli, and Dillon was looking around for a cameraman, since no one was covering them. Just then, Doug Jeffries barked my name. I looked up and he was standing next to a small pile of guys sucking and fucking in a tight knot. There were already two cameramen on them. He motioned me over, pointing at an angle he wanted me to get. I thought it was completely unnecessary for me to be there, and then I heard Dillon say, "No one loves us." I waved my hand at Doug, said, "I love you, Dillon!" then jumped over there and began to shoot. Good thing, too. After only three minutes of footage, Ulizes came, howling madly. If I hadn't been there, no one would have caught it.



It was time for the daisy chain. The guys were standing at the end of the pool they had jumped in from, milling around unsure of what to do. I told CoCo that someone needed to direct them for this, and he got Chi Chi, who looked at them, looked at us three videographers and said, "You guys are all directors, too. Just take charge and tell them what to do." You don't need to tell me twice. I told the guys to stand in a line around the edge of the pool and space themselves out with a foot between their bodies, then to sit down. They did. I checked to see which angle got the best sunlight, then told everyone to start sucking the dick of the guy on their right. One model, who apparently doesn't suck dick, jumped up and moved to the far right side of the line where Jack Sanders was. I told Jack to fill the vacant space, which he did. The hoovering began. I did a slow pan of the guys while Ross got another high angle shot (one of the three shots in the film where you can see me). Then Ed got some closeups while Ross sat in an inner tube and had a p.a. push him across the water for a dolly shot. After it was done, I had them all give themselves a big hand. I don't know if we broke any records, but a 28-man semi-daisy chain must be a first somewhere!



We took a break, and even though I had been guzzling ice-cold water all day, I was feeling sick and light-headed from the heat. I really thought I was going to vomit, and I was looking for the nearest pile of indiscreet bushes to expell whatever was in my guts and hope that there weren't any guys there seeking privacy. Dan came over and asked if everything was going well, and I said yes, I thought I got some good footage, then asked him if we could have some soda brought to the set. He blinked at me in surprise, then asked, "There isn't any soda?" i replied no, there was only bottled water. Dan immediately corralled CoCo and asked him about soda. CoCo said there was only water, so Dan rounded up some p.a.s and sent them out for a quick beverage run. I told Dan that if at all possible, I would gleefully kill anyone he wanted if someone could bring back a slurpee from 7-11. When I get really hot, a slurpee can cool me off faster than anything, from the inside out. The p.a.s returned with cans of cola and diet cola, and the cast and crew alike attacked them voraciously, in several cases, gulping them down before the cans had a chance to chill in the ice buckets. No one had gotten a slurpee for me, so any enemy of Dan's was safe for a while longer. I dipped my bandana in the pool, putting it back on my head to lower my internal core, and Chi Chi, now dressed casually in jeans and a t-shirt, came over. He put a hand on my back and said, "How you holding up, honey?" I smiled weakly and said I'd be okay, thanks. "The heat's especially hard on us big girls, isn't it?" he sympathized.

We shot the circle jerk next, dividing the group into thirds and assigning ourselves a section to cover. Mine was the last to finish, but only when I realized that Ulizes had already cum once and couldn't do it again. So we quit, as he was the last.

Everyone ran for the BBQ, as the smell of grilling burgers had been wafting over the grounds for the last 30 minutes. Unfortunately for me, the smell was only aggravating my stomach-churning nausea, and as cast and crew disappeared, eating voraciously behind the cabana, I immersed myself in the pool, standing underneath the waterfall, desperately trying to cool down. Soon, I felt better. Thank god I'm a water sign.

About 20 minutes later, they held the drawing. Everyone gathered under a palm tree and danced to some tunes from a DJ that Dirk had provided. Then he appeared with a large glass bowl filled with paper ballots. "We're going to do this differently," Dirk said. "I'm going to reach in and pull out a name. That person will be eliminated. The last name drawn will be the winner of the cash." The guys ooh'd and aah'd in anticipation, and one-by-one, as Dirk called their names, they left the group. Soon, there were only two: CHAD SAVAGE and KEVIN BROWN. Dirk reached in and pulled out a paper: Chad Savage.

Kevin Brown had won. He slumped visibly as the realization hit him. Doug Jeffries ran up to him and hugged him. The crowd applauded as Dirk handed Kevin the twenty thousand dollars, all in cash, fanned out for dramatic emphasis. Kevin took the money and held it, his hands quivering. He was genuinely shocked. Kevin pulled out his cell phone and called Chi Chi, who congratulated him on winning. Kevin posed for a few pictures, then I jumped in, grabbed him and spirited him away to a quiet area to shoot an interview. I asked him what he was going to do with the money, and he said he was giving some of it to his mother and putting the rest away for school. He wanted to major in Spanish. I thought all of this was so cute that I dropped the rock i was going to knock him out with before grabbing the money and running for my car. Chi Chi's talks with the boys, the drawing and my interview are on the Special Features section of the dvd. When I heard myself interviewing Kevin, I was shocked at the sound of my voice. Weak, raspy and crackling, I sounded like a 70-year-old man. I had no idea how much the heat of the day had taken out of me until that moment, now months later.

The orgy itself turned out well, I think. ANDREW ROSEN edited it, and for reasons I don't know, the title was changed from 20/20 to WORLD SPLASH ORGY 2005. There's a nice mix of guys and sex, so check it out when you get a chance. Oh, and by the way, of the four cameramen who were there, I am the only one who managed to make it into the film...THREE times. In the high angle shot of the daisy chain, a long shot of the circle jerk from the right hand side (you can see the top of my bald head above some palm leaves) and when Dirk Yates walks over to Kevin Brown to give him the money, you can see me filming in the background. Maybe I should have asked to be listed as a cast member! That would have made me eligible for the drawing! lol.

JBK