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.
