Acquisition

By focusing on each stage of a film’s creation, Tentpolester is able to take the audience to never before-seen places on set and beyond.

Pre-Production:
  • From the Producer’s standpoint – Day in the life of getting the film ready to shoot
  • From the Director’s standpoint – Creative Challenges
  • From the Writer’s standpoint – Seeing his movie start to take shape
  • From the Cast standpoint – The anticipation of playing a role
  • Key personnel’s standpoint – Prod Designer, DP – The approach they are taking to making a great film and their inspirations and struggles in doing so.
  • The excitement and anxiety of all involved as they approach the start of principal photography
Principal Photography:
  • Behind-the-scenes – The Producer’s role and difficulties that come with the job.
  • Behind-the-scenes – The Director’s job and his/her thoughts on the film’s progress.
  • Behind-the-scenes – The cast and their preparation on the day’s scenes.
  • Behind-the-scenes – Footage of actual scenes being shot at different locations.
  • Behind-the-scenes – The Make-up department.
  • Behind-the-scenes – The costume department.
  • Behind-the-scenes – The armory and pyrotechnics department.
  • Behind-the-scenes – The stunt department.
  • General interest segments on what it takes to make a film. How all these pieces come together from a production stand-point to make a feature length motion picture.
Post Production:
  • Behind-the-scenes – The editor’s job.
  • Behind-the-scenes – The director’s role in post.
  • Behind-the-scenes – What it actually takes to piece a film together in post.
  • The announcement of the rough-cut.
  • The announcement of “picture lock.”
  • Sneak preview of selected scenes.
Exhibition:
  • Announcement of the film’s festival involvement.
  • Announcement of the film’s acquisition.
  • Announcement of the film’s release date.