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Cytat:Natalie Portman has launched a new internet community aiming to give fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse at what it takes to make a movie.

The actress, along with co-founder Christine Aylward, created MakingOf.com after realising several of her friends were intrigued and wanted to learn more about the film-making process.

Portman has recruited several big names - including directors Marc Foster and Michel Gondry, and actor Jason Bateman - to share their experiences and give moviegoers an all-access pass to the world of cinema.

And her website, unveiled during a press conference at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, even explores the work of casting directors, make-up artists, and cinematographers.

She says, "Christine and I have been friends for a few years now and we were just talking one night and I was like, 'I wonder why there isn't a website that sort of encapsulates the experience of visiting a friend on a film set'. Every time a friend of mine came to visit (on set) I was sort of reminded of how exciting a place it is to work and I was reminded how little we all know when you're just a moviegoer about all the different aspects that go into making a film.

"So the site is supposed to encapsulate that experience and give it to people who don't have a friend they can visit on a film set so they can say, 'How do they do that? What are those jobs that exist that people don't even know about on film sets?'

"(It's also an) experience for the serious, burgeoning filmmaker - there's this whole generation now of people who are making their own movies with YouTube and similar sites and I'm sure they want expert advice and the opportunity to see how it looks up close. That's the goal - to extend that access to everyone."