Since 1998, Lucas Kazan Productions has been creating some of gay porn’s most popular and critically acclaimed gay porn films.
Since 1998, Lucas Kazan Productions has been creating some of gay porn’s most popular and critically acclaimed gay porn films. Although headquartered in Hollywood, most of the studio’s films are produced in various countries throughout the Mediterranean. Since day one, Lucas Kazan Productions has distinguished itself by focusing on high production values, beautiful shooting locations, stunning models, and a photographic style that is elegant and inventive. Furthermore, the sex in Kazan’s films is known for being honest and intense. On a Lucas Kazan set, you won’t ever find cookie-cutter models going through an obligatory series of scripted sex acts. Many other directors envision their films first and then wrap their actors and production teams around that vision. In contrast, Lucas Kazan has a gift for creating a basic scenario and then crafting his films around the spontaneous sexual interactions that happen between his performers. It’s a subtle distinction, but one that can have a huge impact on a film. Thanks to his unique style, Lucas Kazan’s photography has graced magazine covers around the world and has even been the subject of two hardcover art books. With his eye for beauty, deep understanding of desire, and tireless attention to detail, Lucas Kazan continues to make films that blur the line between art and erotica.
When Lucas Kazan decided to expand his well-known brand with an online membership site, he approached the web- site’s design just as he approaches his films. The result was a refined, feature-rich member experience that has raised the bar for porn studio member sites. The first clue to betray the quality of the Lucas Kazan site is its free tour. Since early this year, it has offered free sample clips from every weekly update. When a site offers this level of transparency, it really shows confidence in its material. “Euro-porn” can sometimes be an imprecise term, but Lucas Kazan does a good job of representing European diversity with beefy hunks from Greece, Italy, France, Spain, and other countries. The site is updated weekly and now features more than 300 video clips (comprised of short films, full-length features, and reality clips.) The videos are available in sizes as large as 640×480 and the compression quality is excellent. The clips are crisp, richly colored, and free of digital artifacts. Broken down by scene, the films are supplemented with extras such as photo shoots, interviews, behind-the-scenes featurettes, trailers, and bonus scenes. By creating an online video experience that surpasses the feature-set of physical DVDs, Lucas Kazan has really raised the bar for online porn. Alongside the videos, the site offers over 170 photo galleries that can be downloaded or viewed as slideshows.
Just about the only complaint we have with the Lucas Kazan site is the fact that the short films and full-length features can’t be downloaded for offline viewing. We live in an iPod-centric world, so we expect a site of this caliber to let us choose how and where we want to view the member content. As it stands, the folks who illegally pirate Lucas Kazan content have more flexible viewing options than the paying customers. As a concession, members can at least download DRM-free clips of the reality-based content, which includes Private Sex Files and the XXX Castings. The Private Sex Files are mostly one-night stands and impromptu auditions. The XXX Castings are clips that put model hopefuls through their paces.
The Lucas Kazan website utilizes an elegantly understated brown and gold design scheme that features highly read- able text, intelligent hyper-linking, and intuitively organized content. Alongside the membership site, there’s an online DVD store that sells physical discs as well as VOD access to both individual scenes and entire films.
Bucking the recent trend in the online porn industry, Lucas Kazan doesn’t try to entice prospective members with free access to a dozen mediocre bonus sites – and that’s fine by us. Because we’d rather have access to one good site (some might say the best) rather than a dozen lackluster ones. After all – when the content is this good, who needs filler?