Using a GoPro and a drone, the video will show different perspectives.
"There's time lapse, aerial shots and point-of-view shots to see what a person sees, walking, swimming and surfing."
While more or less a one-man band, with Mr Sandoval planning, filming, editing and producing the video, it also featured several locals. Some were friends of his while others were people he had never met and had connected with after putting a call out on social media for anyone to get involved with the project.
Rookie film-maker and local Mark Sandoval has released a short film dedicated to Mount Maunganui. Photo/John Borren
The volunteers helped make it a special video, he said.
Self-taught in filming and editing, Mr Sandoval said he was not looking to "get anything out of it", rather it was a fun project and it was for the love of the area he grew up in.