OAKLAND, Calif. – For some, BDSM is a fantasy; for others, it’s a lifestyle. Performers Elise Graves and Dixon Mason, together with director Cyd Black, to their best to make the difference clear in Double Blind Study, a feature presentation in three parts.

According to Black, the feature exposes the reality of lifestyle devotees who seek pleasure in pain and humiliation. All the footage was shot during a marathon 24-hour BDSM session broadcast live July 12-13 on RealTimeBondage.com.

“We don’t do this sort of thing with just any model,” Black said. “We have shot extensively with both Elise and Dixon, and they both work for the company full-time behind the scenes. We’re all part of the same ‘theater troupe.’ We trust and know each other — something that is necessary for this kind of experience. To be truthful, they asked to do this.”

The shoot took place at parent company Intersec Interactive’s farm in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York. A six-person crew including Black, PD, Hazel Hypnotic and Jack Hammer worked round the clock to film the performers inside the farm’s barn and outdoors, sometimes in front of a live audience.

“It was probably the most challenging thing I’ve done, just due to the duration, but it was an incredible experience — one that could not have been created anywhere else by any other crew,” said Mason.

Graves added, “After being in a cramped cage for more than four hours, the heartfelt begging to be released is an experience I will not soon forget. I loved the depleted nature of my will at that moment.”

Real Time Bondage offers live shows featuring extreme BDSM practices once a month. Shows usually run three to four hours in length, but the company sometimes allows “resident” performers to explore experimental practices during 24- to 48-hour live shows.

The first installment of Double Blind Study is live now. The second is expected to bow Aug. 31, followed by the third on Sept. 14.

Affiliates may promote all of Intersec’s properties through the Kinkster Cash program, which pays a 50- to 60-percent recurring revenue share.