Money shot
A money shot (also called a "money-making" shot[1]) is a provocative, sensational, or memorable sequence in a film, on which the film's commercial performance is perceived to depend.[2]
In pornography
A money shot has also been used as another name for a cum shot in pornographic films. The shot was so named because if a male actor could not provide this shot he would not be paid.[citation needed] It has also been argued that this is the filmed moment the audience has paid to see.[3] According to Stephen Zitlow, 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."[4]
The degree of acceptance that the term has acquired in pop culture is problematic to estimate.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Extract of The Money Shot by Jane Mills.
- ^ Jane Mills, The Money Shot: Cinema, Sin and Censorship. Pluto Press, Annandale 2001. ISBN 1 86403 142 5.