Tentpole

Plan your whole film
on one infinite canvas.

A creative whiteboard that actually understands film. Characters, locations, and research aren't just cards — they're real, linked elements that recur across your story. For documentary and narrative.

Free to start · iPhone, iPad, Mac & web · Made by Artifact Video

Not sticky notes. Real production data.

The market splits into spatial-but-dumb whiteboards and form-driven production managers. Tentpole is the overlap: an infinite canvas backed by a real film data model.

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A canvas that understands film

Lay out your story on a zoomable, infinite canvas. Drop a card into a sequence and it's assigned there — position carries meaning.

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First-class, linked entities

Characters, locations, crew, camera, and research are reusable elements. Link them to any beat and see where they recur.

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Structure when you want it

Organize by acts, sequences, and beats — or work freeform, then clean up. Templates like the documentary spine and the 8-point story arc.

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Connect the story

Draw connectors between beats — flow, cause-and-effect, intercut, visual rhyme — right on the board.

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Durations & pacing

Per-beat durations roll up into reel runtimes and total running time, with pacing targets to keep you honest.

Draft from your research with AI

Turn treatments, notes, transcripts, PDFs, and reference images into a first-draft structure — then shape it by hand.

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Export your work

Text outline, two-column A/V script (including Word .docx), and full-board image export.

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Plan together

Invite a collaborator by email and work the same project across your devices, synced to your account.

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Apple-native + web

Built for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with a web app for easy collaboration with partners.

Documentary-led. Narrative from day one.

Built and validated on a real documentary workflow, with a neutral core that fits narrative projects too — the vocabulary adapts to your project.