Shane's World

Shane's World Studios is a pornographic film company started in 1996. It is one of the first companies to pioneer the reality style videos of adult entertainment. The company was originally started by Seymore Butts' ex-girlfriend Shane, who lent her name to the business. Shane sold the company in 1999 after she decided to get married and leave the adult industry.

History

Shane's World movies revolve around taking porn stars out of their elements on trips to exotic or interesting locations and filming everything that happens in a documentary style. The premise of the studio's movies can be summed up as "The Real World meets gonzo style pornography". Shane's World has given many stars their start which helps to increase their fan base because of the intimate look fans are allowed into their personality.

In 2003 Shane's World gained mainstream notoriety with the release of "Shane's World 32: Campus Invasion". The media frenzy that followed that trip to a college campus landed the company on Dateline NBC , The O'Reilly Factor , Inside Edition, USA Today, Time Magazine and MTV News. Rolling Stone Magazine gave Shane's World a four page spread in their "100 Greatest Guitarists" issue. Shane's World also became the first adult company to be featured in an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog.

The company has been criticized for exploiting drunken college students who will later regret their performance in a porn movie. (Hegan 2003)

Due to the success of "Shane's World 32", Shane's World decided that college campuses were an untapped market and so the "College Invasion" series began. "College Invasion" titles bring porn stars to college campuses to party with the students, and starting with volume 3, the college students often participate and have sex with the porn stars. The studio claims it gets hundreds of invitation letters a month from colleges across the country that wants them to come to their school. The series hit its 11th volume in March 2007.

On August 29 2007, Shane's World released it's first "College Invasion Male" title, a series that sees male pornstars visit gay college parties.

The company has won several awards within the Adult Entertainment industry including Best Couples Sex video and Best Couples Sex series, as well as Most Sex-Positive Adult Company by the Sexuality.org awards. The studio has also been nominated and won many times for various AVN Awards.

Shane's World Studios also markets a line of adult novelties through Cal Exotics. (www.calexotics.com).

Performers

Shane's World's first contract girl was Sky Lopez. Shane's World shot Eva Angelina, Sky Lopez, Lacie Heart and many other pornstars first scenes.

In 2006 Shane's World made Casey Parker their contract girl. Casey was a student in the midwest and had contacted the company. Casey was announced at the companies 10 year anniversary party.

For a period of time porn star Calli Cox served as the companies Public Relations Representative.

Shane's World currently has exclusive directing deals with Penny Flame and Devon. They have had Tim Von Swine and Devinn Lane as directors as well. Delilah Strong represents the company at College Invasion parties as "Ms. College Invasion".

References

* [http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0424,taormino,54296,24.html Pucker up: Porn on Campus] , "The Village Voice", by Tristan Taormino, June 11, 2004
* [http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/TheFeed/post/655893/Girl_On_Girl_With_Casey_Parker_Shanes_World.html Shane's World Contract Girl, Casey Parker Interview] , G4 TV
* [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499287/20050330/index.jhtml?headlines=true Fraternity House Porn Stars Suspended By University] March 30, 2005
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/03/29/life.porn.reut/ CNN: Fraternity suspended for porn film] , March 29, 2005
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938496/the_new_sex_ed Ken Hegan: The New Sex Ed] , "Rolling Stone", August 27, 2003
* [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/EDUCATION/11/22/dorm.porn.ap/ CNN: Indiana Univ. may sue over porn film shot on campus] , November 22, 2002

External links

* [http://www.shanesworld.com Shane's World Studios Web Site]
* [http://www.collegeinvasion.com College Invasion Web Site]
* [http://shanes-world-gallery.net Shanes World Gallery Blog]
* [http://www.xcritic.com/blogs/archives.php?ID=254 Megan's World/Shanes World Blog] at XCritic