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.

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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.