Miss Elsa Svenson
A conversation – the film-maker’s viewpoint
It is always a pleasure to see you, Miss Svenson, and I am really looking forward to chatting with you today about the world of strict adult spanking. So a very good morning to you, and thanks in advance for offering to have this conversation. I am sure the blog readers and spanking enthusiasts out there are going to be very interested to hear what you have to say.
Good morning to you, Ian. I am often asked all sorts of things by spanking aficionados. It will be fun to draw lots of thoughts together in an extended conversation like this, especially when we are talking about a subject we both love.
Obviously it’s going to be good to hear your thoughts about the many aspects of adult discipline but I’d also love the opportunity to talk about your creative work with Girl Next Door Productions. And you have also personally selected some photos that I think are particular favourites of yours.
I’m very happy to talk about Girl Next Door and I hope blog readers enjoy the photo examples.
Like me, I sense that you have had a fascination with spanking and discipline for a long time. Where did it all begin for you?
I am really glad you asked that and after all, it seems a good way to begin. I think, like you, this fascination goes back a long way with me. I suppose it was really in my late teen years that I first started thinking about spanking and discipline. Unlike perhaps a number of other people it did not start with films. I know some of the old mainstream films or B movies as they were called sometimes included a mild spanking scene, but for me it was magazines. In one Danish magazine – I forget the name – there was an amazing picture of a woman draped over a lap being spanked with a hairbrush. I have a very visual memory and that image still sticks in my mind today. After that I found myself thinking about spanking and firm discipline more and more.
It was a fantastic book called “The Art of Spanking” that I found as a young man that really got me thinking about spanking more deeply, so I can relate to what you say. I can’t think that there has ever been any suggestion that you have ever been anything but a giver of discipline rather than a receiver. So it’s a bit of a cheeky question but is that the case?
Mr London, you are known for cheeky questions and comments so I am not surprised. Since you ask, as a young woman I certainly did experience being spanked. This was within private relationships and was I think almost always just over the knee hand spanking. But I did enjoy receiving, although I knew even then that I really had a great desire to actually administer punishments myself. It was a desire that grew and grew. (Smiles)
Thank you for your candour. You certainly have developed that side of yourself very significantly!
Tell me a little bit about your creative background. I know from other conversations with you that you love the arts and the films you make almost all have some cultured classical music to accompany them. What have you done in the past creatively that has brought you to being a film-maker?
Well, I went to art school, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I learnt the fundamental principles of composition in visual media, be it paintings, photographs or films. I like to think I have a natural eye for colour and art school helped me to develop it further. It helps me to create things which I feel are eye-catching and visually attractive. I like the idea of creating visual stories. I am not sure exactly where that comes from but it can be interesting and I think it is a medium that allows the viewer more freedom to imagine and fill in a story than say a film. If you like, a visual story adds a different dimension brings in a different dimension to the story telling of a film, which its rather more direct.
Having said that, of course, I do love creating films that present a storyline and which relay situations and interactions between people.
I like what you are saying about creating an attractive visual experience. I certainly feel that in spanking films good presentation of colours and visual textures is a very important part of a high quality production. So why spanking films in particular? Is it something about the situation that you find appealing?
Blog readers will have seen my little piece on the story of Girl Next Door Productions. I had begun to work as a disciplinarian some years back. At one point sometime after that an opportunity just arose to make a film. It just seemed so natural to actually make a film involving spanking and other corporal punishment. I really do find the situation appealing. There is a beautiful tension in a spanking scene, which builds and builds between the participants as the time for a punishment to begin draws ever closer. I love it!
Indeed. And of course you know I absolutely love the Girl Next Door spanking films. I have been enthralled by spanking for a very long time and when I came across the wellsmackedseat.com website it really attracted me. In terms of storylines I guess there are only so many one can have involving spanking and discipline fantasies. But you seem to come up with quite a few interesting variations? How do you think of the story lines? Where did the fictitious Bellington Academy of the 1950s come from?
As I’ve described elsewhere, in the story of Girl Next Door, the first Bellington film was in fact a commissioned piece of work. I’m not quite sure where the storylines come from to be honest. Ideas just pop into my head and I then think around the idea until it develops into something a little more concrete. I have quite liked the idea of building up the Bellington Academy fantasy world of the 50s.
I think it enables many possibilities for storylines with its air of old-fashionedness, strictness, values and culture. Of course all of them involve naughty young ladies being spanked, strapped and caned in some way or other but it’s important for me to have a good little story around that action.
I’m glad you’ve mentioned the young actresses who work with you. You have some really lovely women who offer to get spanked, strapped and caned in the films. And they are all quite different. Are there things that you think mark out Girl Next Door films as different from some of the other spanking film producers’ films? I think what I am asking is, how do you try to be distinctive amongst the other producers?
The young ladies who work with me are really great and I enjoy making the films with them enormously.
As far trying to be distinctive from other producers, that is a bit difficult to answer. I don’t really watch other producers’ films, although obviously I do see the odd clip sample on sites like spankingtube.
In terms of the site, I think I have aimed to develop Girl Nextdoor Productions into a bit of a brand. I wanted also to create a distinctive visual look. I created the logo myself and advised on the design and look of the clips site as it was built. The graphic designer in me wanted to play a big part in achieving the right look. I am really pleased with it. It’s essentially a personal decision because I don’t really want to be influenced by others. The ideas I have come from my heart and I just want to develop those ideas in my films. So I can’t tell what the distinctive features are personally. Like a number of other quality producers, I essentially want to create films that are as high quality as I can make them. It’s important to think about the experience of the film viewer. Of course they want to see really good bare-bottom spanking and caning etc but if you are presenting this with good sharp imaging, varied angles and a good story around the spanking situation then that can enhance the experience significantly.
I agree wholeheartedly. It’s those quality considerations that are so important to me, and I’m sure to many other enthusiasts. Can you say a little about the music that features?
I love classical music and I have a big collection. I am especially fond of piano. The pieces used with the films I choose because they help to create a tension. The piano I tend to use is soft and calm and often quite introspective. It contrasts really well the spanking, which is hard and sharp. The music is one of the emotional stimuli that go into creating a good film.
What I like is bringing together these stimuli: the music, the visual and the situational to create what I hope will be a good experience for those watching the clips. Obviously, I make the films as a way of making a living for myself, but more than that I make them because of the creative enjoyment they bring me. I don’t think I would do this if I didn’t get that enjoyment.
Thank you very much so far, Miss Svenson. I found that a fascinating discussion. I am happy to take a break here if you are for a cup of tea!
Blog readers, please look out for Part Two of this conversation, which will be coming very soon.
With kind regards and best spanking wishes.
Ian London – in conversation with Miss Elsa Svenson.