I've noticed that in almost all WAM videos, the model gets pied from the left of the screen. This is presumably because most people are right-handed. A left-handed person would more naturally pie from the other side.


Are there any left-handed producers or just general Wammers out there? If so, has it caused any challenges for you?

Here's an interesting/boring observation - in The Man and The Wife's 'Tied, Tickled, Pied' videos where the model gets pies in the face and her feet tickled, I've noticed that both Tori and Courtney end up with quite a messy left foot while their right foot stays clean. I deduce from this that both The Wife and Lilly are right-handed, but because Lilly is pieing from the model's left, she has to use her left hand. That makes the process more awkward for her, so she resorts to smushing instead of throwing and gets pie mess on her hands, then tickles the model's left foot with her messy hands.

Call me Sherlock Pie Punk!

What an interesting post, and very thought-provoking.
I can see you've taken a lot of time, doing your analysis, no bad thing.

I'm a southpaw. I never really think too much about it,though.

Camcorder design could come into it for people using them as part of their kit. The screen flips out on the left side so if you want to glance at what the shot looks like you'll ideally want to set up on the left of the camera. Ultimately that also comes down to right hand preference as well though.

Surely you'd could throw with either hand on either side, just would be slightly different angles of impact.

Can imagine certain producers and studio setups just have habits they've fallen into of how the shoot goes.

Have you tried buying a scene from Ned Flanders' Leftorium?

Good observation! I definitely throw from the left of the screen because I am right handed. Andi is left handed and does the exact opposite.

-JD

Interesting point. As I'm usually both shooting and dishing it out I learned from my early shoots with a partner to put the cameras on tripods.

I'm right handed but I can throw a hard pie with either hand.

I actually believe I learned this from years of throwing split logs onto piles from 5-10 feet away which I had to be able do from either side. That muscle memory came in handy.

I went left hand when I pied Elmo, because it made sense for the angle I was at. Plus, I'm pretty ambidextrous at a lot of things.

I'm left handed and in all the time I've been doing this it's the first time I've ever paid attention to any of that. Guess that means it's not a problem

Hey there! Believe it or not, I've learned to be ambidextrous when it comes to pie hits and throws. I am definitely right handed, but in a video such as the recent 'Tied, Tickled, Pied: Courtney'...I simply threw a few from the left side, then went around the table to the other side and threw a few from the right.

Courtney's feet got some mess on them due to Wife and Lilly both doing a bit of pie clearing/smearing off of Courtney before they tickle. So the colored cool whip gets on their hands and subsequently transferred to Courtney's feet via tickling.

I've actually been trying to figure out a way to angle the camera/AimMe so I can pie her straight on instead of pies from the left slime from the right. I want her head to be completely covered in pie slop not just the one side!

Totally get this. I'm no pie throwing producer but my job involves a lot of dexterity and feel I can use either or when needed.