Bespoke Film Studio Anatomik Media featured in Jon Ronson’s The Butterfly Effect
The bespoke or custom porn world, as featured in Jon Ronson’s fascinating new documentary podcast “The Butterfly Effect”, is a small community of adult performers and producers creating made-to-order custom videos for their beloved clients. The result is a library of content that runs a wide spectrum of interests; from a fully clothed female swatting flies to large industrial sized tubs of condiments being poured over the heads of beautiful women. These videos are better known as custom fetish videos.

One of the most prominent production companies working in the custom fetish video genre is Anatomik Media, a husband and wife owned studio focused on maintaining a high level of quality as well as a close relationship with their fans and clients. Something basically unheard of in the anonymous internet age of adult entertainment.

Anatomik produces custom ordered films from client-submitted scripts or ideas. Essentially, the client explains their video idea and Anatomik produces it exactly as written or with their own input, whatever is needed or wanted by the customer.
As discussed in “The Butterfly Effect”, their motto is “Nothing is too weird” and their videos prove it. The content ranges wildly between fetishes and includes many things you didn’t even realize had been fetishized. And perhaps they’re not. Eyelid flipping, shaving cream fights, balloon popping races, slow-motion facial distortion with a leaf blower; Is this porn or some weird production company that’s figured out how to earn a living making goofy videos?! Does it even matter?!

Dan and Rhiannon of Anatomik feel that their videos are more than just sexual or fetish in nature and that the videos help in some ways. Like in a progressive self-help sort of way. They say that many of their clients have expressed the same sentiments.
The videos have helped in ways even Anatomik hadn’t thought of:
“We had a wheelchair-bound client that requested several POV scenes. He wanted the perspective as if it were from someone in a wheelchair. So we rented one and had the male talent sit in it and filmed the videos from his pov. The client loved it!” — Dan of Anatomik Media
Even though much of what Anatomik produces is in fact porn or adult related, they’re not sure if they should consider themselves a porn studio. A look at their website might prove otherwise. The downloads area is filled with titles such as “Cock Possessed”, “Thirst for Cum”, “Messy Girls: Squirtacular” and “Anne de Ville Gangbang POV” — all hardcore porn titles.
Taking a look at their other site, however, one might find the treasure trove that is their custom videos. CustomFetishVideos.com seems to be where the “good stuff” is, according to them. “Inflatable Wonderland Massacre”, “Juliette March Skate or Die” and “Buttery Floor Buddies” are all recent scenes featuring fully clothed models and no sexual conduct whatsoever. In some of them the girls are playing obstacle games similar to what you might find on Saturday afternoon TV. Many of their other titles, however, do feature some sort of sexual element.
“We try to have a sense of humor about our videos even if it’s a sex scene. If we can add a little bit of our personality into it and the client enjoys it, we’ll go for it.” — Rhiannon of Anatomik Media
Is this the new way for porn? They’re not sure. The problem of piracy and rampant free porn still takes its toll and Anatomik suffers from it just as much as any other studio. Not to mention the fact that many of their videos are so obscure in their fetish that they aren’t exactly flying off the shelves.
So is it just another niche that’s just now going through its first popularity phase? Probably….
