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Cinematic aerials for ‘Reel Time’ docu made possible by Tempest Films


The recent documentary by “Reel Time” entitled “Mananakbo” presents a different look on documentaries as it veers away from topics that are usually tackled in this type of television genre. It featured Kenyan and Filipino runners in the Philippines who dream of making their names known by joining and winning running competitions.



But its seemingly different choice of topic is not the only thing that makes “Mananakbo” different from other documentaries. This is because aside from the program’s staff and crew, additional help was given by production company Tempest Films in shooting some of the scenes in the documentary.

“Every producer knows what aerial shots add to the look of a film or video,” said executive producer Ely Del Rosario. “It increases the production value of the documentary.”



Tempest Films made the aerial shots for the “Mananakbo” documentary possible. Neena De Leon, one of the founders of Tempest, believes that with the help of their heli-cameras, the episode was given a different look since aerial shots are not commonly seen in documentaries

“[When it comes to aerial], our mission is to help filmmakers upgrade their storytelling with cinematic aerials,” she said.

Since its birth in the business in 2009, Tempest Films has been giving support to passionate people in producing videos with cinematic quality.

“Tagline namin is ‘media provider for passionate people,’” said De Leon. “We gathered people to form a skilled team to help others with passion or advocacy for anything.”

And by anything, Neena means anything, as long as clients have the passion for it. They have helped produce various films whose topics range from cosplays, anime, or even advocacies like preventing climate change. They also cover events and various gatherings.

Accessible support


Behind-the-scenes photo of “Mananakbo”. Photo by Tempest Films.

One of the reasons why aerial shots are not that patronized yet is because service to provide for it is expensive. But for Tempest films—still holding on to their tagline—passion is more important than giving expensive support.

“Kasi we want to give access to the filmmakers especially kasi hindi pa ganoon kalaki ‘yung market for aerial shots,” De Leon said.

Aerial shots are mostly used in television for giving traffic updates. But as these kinds of shots make their way through documentary and filmmaking, Tempest Films hopes that by giving accessible and inexpensive support to passionate filmmakers, an upgraded version of storytelling will also be achieved.

Aside from providing support in filmmaking and events coverage, Tempest also produces their own independent films.

One of their notable works is entitled “Matchsticks: Change Climate Change” which brought home the People’s Choice Award at the Copenhagen 60 Second Film Fest.

Other successful independent film production are “The Break Up,” “Tekken: Storm of Fists,” “Flowers Over Boys,” “BLAB!” web series,” and “Tunay Na Lalake.” — Isabelle P. Laureta/CM, GMA News

Learn more about Tempest Films and their work on their website.

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