The Role of an Intimacy Coordinator in Sex Scenes on Set with Ita O'Brien

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Ita O’Brien, an intimacy coordinator, founder of Intimacy on Set and the creator of the Intimacy on Set Guidelines. Her recent work includes Sex Education, Normal People, I May Destroy You, and Gentleman Jack. Ita discusses why she came up with the intimacy on set guidelines and why she felt they were necessary. She and Hannah talk about the risks of intimacy content work, and how Ita helps actors distinguish between their personal and professional bodies. Finally, Hannah and Ita discuss how to become an intimacy coordinator, and answer some listener questions.

MORE ABOUT ITA O'BRIEN
Ita O'Brien is an Intimacy Coordinator and Movement Director for film, television, and theatre. For the last six years Ita O'Brien has been developing best practice when working with intimacy, scenes with sexual content, and nudity in film, TV, and theatre - the 'Intimacy on Set' guidelines. Ita pioneered the role of Intimacy Coordinator, which is gaining adoption in leading production houses, including HBO, Netflix, and the BBC. Ita founded Intimacy on Set to provide trained professional Intimacy Coordinators to the industry.
- Website: https://www.itaobrien.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ItaOB

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0:00.0	Welcome to Spexsaver's Guide to the Perfect Kiss.
0:04.0	When you and your crush finally, lock lips, you don't want anything in the way.
0:09.0	Especially your specs, it happens.
0:12.0	We're passionate about making sure your moment of passion has no kiss clash and all the fireworks.
0:19.0	Which is why, even though we love glasses, some things are easier with contact lenses.
0:25.0	Book a free trial at Spexovers.com.com.
0:27.3	Tys and C supply?
0:28.5	Fireworks not included.
0:30.0	So often before we had this guideline that as an audience, watch an intimate scene and
0:35.7	feel really awkward.
0:37.2	Actually, what we were feeling was it actor's personal uncomfortableness around doing that
0:42.4	scene, whereas what we want is to be able to stay enjoying the character's journey through
0:47.9	that scene, be it that there's full-on romance, or be it that it's awkward or, you know,
0:52.3	but be able to stay enjoying that character's awkwardness,
0:55.5	not feeling the actor's personal and comfortfulness.
1:02.1	Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships, dating,
1:08.7	and our bodies.
1:12.9	Hi, everyone and our bodies. Hi everyone, welcome back to doing it.
1:16.2	I hope that you are all doing well.
1:18.4	My guest in this episode is someone who, when I learned about their profession, I was so
1:25.9	curious.
1:26.8	I dived into learning lots more about it. It was like a penny
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