[Fade to alternating shots of Arabelle Raphael and James talking on a couch]

Arabelle: …really glad you came to meet me here.
James: I know, I’m really glad you’re gonna help me with my french class. I’ve really been struggling.
Arabelle: Yeah, well, we can start with like, basic… sentences.
James: Okay.
Arabelle: Umm, so, let’s start with like, I’d like to have dinner right now. Is that—
James: Yeah, that’d be good. Okay.
Arabelle: J’aimerais… [I would like…]
James (heavily accented): J’aimerais…
Arabelle: …lécher… […to lick…]
James: …lécher…
Arabelle: …votre chatte. […your pussy.]
James: …votre chatte.
Arabelle: There we go. Yeah!
James: Okay…
Arabelle: You wanna do it one more time? Je voudrais… [I would like…]
James (heavily accented and mispronounced): Je voudra…
Arabelle: …lécher…
James: …lécher…
Arabelle: …votre…
James: …votre…
Arabelle: …chatte.
James: …chatte.
Arabelle: Yup.
James: Okay.
Arabelle: And… I’d like to have a drink.
James: I’d like to have a drink… alright.
Arabelle: Okay?
James: Yeah.
Arabelle: Je voudrais… [I would like…]
James: Je voutais…
Arabelle: …que vous pisser… […you to piss…]
James: …que vous pisser…
Arabelle: …dans ma bouche. […in my mouth.]
James: …dans my bouche.
Arabelle: Yeah. It’s a bit longer, but, umm—
James: Okay.
Arabelle: And then we can go, umm… how ‘bout… I wanna lick your ass?
James: I wanna lick your ass?
Arabelle: Uhh…
James: That, that seems a little inappropriate Arabelle… (laughs)
Shine Louise Houston (out of frame): Okay, let’s hold…
(everyone laughs)
Shine (out of frame): Awesome!
Arabelle: Was that ok? Was that, like, alright? I was just, like, trying to come up with sentences and all of a sudden my mind went blank…
James: You were like “Okay…”
Shine (out of frame): What was the first one?
(out of frame): Something about…
Arabelle: Like to, uh, lick your pussy… another was “I..” umm, “I wanna be your slave”…
(everyone laughs)

[Fade to alternating shots of Arabelle and James talking]
Arabelle: How’d you like the shoot today?
James: I really liked the shoot today, I had a lot of fun with you, umm, I… yeah, it’s been, it’s been a minute since I’ve been topped by, like, girl a little bit during a shoot and I like that we had, like, switch-y energy and stuff, uh, I thought that was really fun, and of course I always enjoy fucking you. It was nice to be able to do that in front of a camera. How’d you like the shoot?
Arabelle: I had a lot of fun, umm, it was like, I don’t know, it was fun to be able to, umm… I guess, fuck somebody on camera that I’m dating? I’d never done that before, and so it, it’s, it was exciting! (laughs)
James: So what did you find challenging about our shoot today?
Arabelle: Uh, actually (laughs) the thing that made me excited is still like, I guess, it was a big (inaudible) someone you’re dating on camera and just kind of, like, you know, it’s not the same… I don’t, I don’t know, it’s just different.
James: Mmhmm…
Arabelle: …and so it was just like getting used to that…
James: What was that like for you, to be, umm, fucking somebody that you’re seeing in real life on camera?
Arabelle: Umm, it was, it was interesting, it’s, it’s kinda… I don’t even know, I don’t, I’m still like… in sex mode (laughs) but (laughs) brain…
James: Yeah…
Arabelle: But, um, yeah no, I definitely, um, it’s definitely different. Like, a lot different than, like, um, doing scenes with people that you aren’t, um, feels, uh, also I feel like a lot more intimate.
James: Uhuh. Do you find it harder or easier than someone that you haven’t fucked before on camera?
Arabelle: I, I don’t know, I think it’s different, I don’t know if it’s harder or easier, it’s just a different kind of thing, I mean there are challenges with people that you haven’t slept before ‘cause you don’t know their bodies at all, and what they like, what they don’t, so… there’s, just different.
James: Yeah, it’s, it’s, I’ve only done one other shoot with somebody that I’d been, like, seeing, and had sex with before, usually it’s with people who I’ve never fucked before, which is exciting but, it’s also, it’s still new territory, uh with someone that you’ve fucked before, but it’s still nice to have someone who knows your body a little bit more, so you know what you, what we like, at least a little bit, so that’s nice. Um, I did find the, like, handful of Germ-X, uh, a good pro– problem to be avoided, that was a… a challenge that we managed—
Arabelle: A challenge?! (laughs)
James: (laughs) That was exciting.

[Cut to James and Arabelle in scene on a bed]
James: (moaning)
(out of frame, whispering): No, NO!
(out of frame): No, no…
(out of frame): That’s not lube!
Arabelle (out of frame): What?
(out of frame): That’s not lube!
Arabelle (out of frame): Oh!
(everyone laughs)
Arabelle (out of frame): I was like, I was like, this is really weird!
James: (laughs) I was like, ‘Noooo…. nooooo….” (everyone laughs)
(out of frame): I knew someone was gonna do that… at some point…
Arabelle: It’s right next to condoms!
(out of frame): I know, I know…
Arabelle: Give me a break! (laughs)
James: (laughs) Nooo… It was like slow motion…
(out of frame): Is this ok?
(out of frame): Oh, there’s that, there’s this one, there’s—
James: Yeah that’s great.
(out of frame): Let’s… get rid of that.
(lots of inaudible laughter and discussion)
(out of frame): I saw that, I was like, “Wait, wait, stop!”
(out of frame): (laughs) Ooh, that could have ended poorly.

[Cut to alternating shots of Arabelle and James talking]
Arabelle: Why do you continue to do porn?
James: I continue to do porn ‘cause, I mean, I dunno, it’s been really amazing, like, I haven’t done Crash Pad for like, a year and a half or so, and um, like when I started doing it’s just something that I really wanted to do for a long time, and I wasn’t seeing trans men in porn and over this past year there’s been like this explosion of trans men in porn, especially queer porn, uhh it’s been a really exciting, like, revolution to be a part of, and I want to continue to do porn ‘cause I want people to see the wide range of bodies and identities and ways of enjoying sex for trans men, umm… I’m only one example of that, you know, like not every trans man’s a top, not every trans man’s a bottom, and what I really liked about our shoot in particular today is, like, being able to show that switch energy, um, that versatility of a trans male body, um, so that’s… that’s one reason why I continue to do porn. And, I also really get off on people watching me fuck. (laughs) Yeah. But what about you? Why do you continue to do porn?
Arabelle: Uh, I kinda like the, I just like being able to express myself sexually, I definitely get off on, like, other people, like, watching me get off too, umm…
James: Mmhmm…
Arabelle: I do want to continue to, like, I don’t know, just kinda try, experience different things, I’ve been able to experience a lot of things through, like, pornography, and also it’s kind of, I feel like there isn’t a lot of very… diverse pornography out there, mostly, or… and, umm, I just wanna continue to do that and to… make somethign that other people don’t get to see, or… that kind of thing…
James: Do you feel like you have to do different stuff in queer porn than you get to do with, like, the alt porn that you do in LA and that kind of thing?
Arabelle: Definitely, I mean like there’s very, like, formula (laughs) like when you’re doing, um, that kind of stuff, and honestly it’s like a little less, like, exciting, and it feels, like, very routine and just kind of, like, same, same scenario, kinda same, uh, interaction, and um, I do like that in queer porn, like, I can… first of all I’m also fucking people that I’m actually interested in! (laughs) Ah, which is really nice, you know, it’s like I get, and I get to actually have more say in, like, what I’m gonna do, and like, how, you know, I’m gonna go about everything, and just, kind of, it’s a lot more, umm… there’s a lot more freedom to do, and to, like, to express what you want to, so… I really enjoy that.

[Fade to Arabelle and James in scene, standing up]
(out of frame): (inaudible)
Shine (out of frame): You’re right.
James: (moans) Mmhmm.
Shine (out of frame): Hold on you guys, if you guys are gonna be right there, I realize…
Arabelle: Oops…
Shine (out of frame): …if you’re gonna be on the bed like that I need to raise up. —
James: Okay.
Shine (out of frame): —It’s totally cool for you guys to do that, I just—
Arabelle: Okay.
Shine (out of frame): —need to adjust for a second.
James: Cool.

[Cut to James and Arabelle in scene on a bed]
Arabelle: (moans)
Shine (out of frame): Sorry, can I have you guys hold for a second…
Arabelle: Okay…
James: Mmhmm?
Shine (out of frame): You’re diagonal like this, can I have you turn on the diagonal—
James: Yep.
Shine (out of frame): —so your face is—
James: Sure!
Shine (out of frame): — that way?
Arabelle: Ow.
(out of frame): Uh oh.
James: Oh yeah, don’t forget about that.
(out of frame): (laughs)
Shine (out of frame): So, and if it’s comfortable, like, turn your head more towards—
Arabelle: Yeah!
Shine (out of frame): —Tristan, ‘cause I think he’ll have more space to get a face.
(out of frame): Yeah.
Shine (out of frame): …than me.
(out of frame): I’m ready.
(out of frame): Ok. Wait. Yeah.
Arabelle: (laughs)
(everyone laughs)
(out of frame): What happened?

[Fade to Arabelle and James in scene on a bed]
Arabelle: (moans)

[Fade to alternating shots of Arabelle and James talking]
Arabelle: …it was a good shoot, I’m still in my little, like, zone, so I’m a little (laughs) not completely present… you? (laughs)
James: Yeah. No, I’m definitely still, off in la-la land right now, a little, fisting… other universe… um, etcetera. But, I am really excited that, you know, like, the first shoot I ever did for porn of any kind was for Crash Pad, and to be able to come back and do it again, um, I didn’t take off, like, most of my clothes during that shoot, this time I was like completely naked, you know, which was really nice just to see that I’ve come to, like, that level of acceptance and, like, you know, feeling, like, at home in my body enough to, like, really enjoy doing that. So that’s been really fun for me, um, being able to like document, like, my transition that way through porn, it’s a really rare opportunity, it’s really, it’s been really amazing to be able to see that happen… and I’m really glad that you’re able to be a part of that.
(out of frame): Awesome…
(out of frame): (quietly) That was so sweet!
Arabelle: (laughs quitely) …you are so articulate! (laughs) How are you doing this?!
(everyone laughs)
Arabelle: I’m like, “I… I like getting naaaakedddd…”
James: “I like sex!”
Arabelle: “…annnnnd… I like porrrrrrnnn…”
(everyone laughs)
(out of frame): Oh geez…

[Fade to Arabelle and James in scene on a bed]
James: (moans) I guess there’s a lot of things I’m better at than French, huh? Yeah?
Arabelle: I agree. I’ve never been a really good teacher, either…
(both laugh)

(Transcribed by Nic Bravo)