Drone Videography for Builders and Trades
From the air, a build shows its scale and its site: the slab poured, the frame up, the roof going on. Production Retainers from $1,500 NZD a month.
For builders and trades
Billie flies progress shots from the same positions on each visit, so the build can be shown changing over months.
What Billie makes
- Repeated aerial progress shots
- Finished build aerial reveal
- Site and section overview
- Aerial stills for tenders
On the shoot
Filming over months
A build can run for months, so progress footage is planned as a series of short visits at key stages: foundations, framing, roof on, fit-out and handover.
Clients’ homes and privacy
Finished homes belong to clients, so their agreement comes first, and addresses, family photos and personal details are kept out of frame.
The service
An aerial shot can do in three seconds what a paragraph cannot: show where a place is, how big a project is, or how a road unwinds along a coast. Billie plans aerial work as part of the whole film rather than as a bolt-on, so it cuts in naturally.
What’s included
- Aerial shot planning
- Flight planning around airspace rules
- Aerial and ground footage together
- Edit and colour matched to the film
- Stills from the air
Which retainer suits
Essential at $1,500 NZD a month suits a trade business that wants one session a month on site to keep social and the website current. Creative at $3,000 NZD a month suits a builder with several projects underway, or one that wants to document builds as they progress, and Studio Partner, on enquiry, suits a larger construction company with ongoing marketing and recruitment needs. A single showcase film for a finished project can be quoted as Bespoke Production.
Production Retainers
Visuals with intention. Stories with impact.
Ongoing film production and creative services for brands and businesses. Built around consistent output, considered creative direction and quality visual storytelling.
Essential
For those building their visual identity.
$1,500
NZD a month
- 1 production session per month
- 3 edited video pieces
- 5 short-form edits
- Professional editing and colour grading
- Monthly content planning
Creative
For those ready to expand their visual presence.
$3,000
NZD a month
- 2 production sessions per month
- 6 edited video pieces
- 8-10 short-form edits
- Creative direction and concept development
- Professional editing, colour grading and sound design
- Monthly production planning
Studio Partner
For those seeking an ongoing creative partnership.
On enquiry
- Weekly production sessions
- Original film and campaign production
- Short-form and long-form content
- Creative direction and visual development
- Advanced post-production
- Priority production scheduling
- Ongoing creative consultation
Bespoke Production
For projects beyond our retainer services, Billie offers tailored production for music videos, visual campaigns, branded films and original creative projects.
Our work
Aerial footage is graded and cut alongside the ground footage, so it matches the rest of the film instead of looking like stock.


Questions
Is this a paid service?
Yes. Billie is a paid production company. Production Retainers are $1,500 NZD a month for Essential and $3,000 NZD a month for Creative, and Studio Partner is priced on enquiry. Projects outside a retainer are quoted per project as Bespoke Production.
Can you document a build from start to finish?
Yes. Progress filming is planned as a series of short visits at the key stages of the build, then cut together into a finished film, with social content along the way.
What is included?
Aerial shot planning, flight planning around airspace rules, aerial and ground footage together, edit and colour matched to the film, stills from the air. The exact scope depends on the brief, and every quote is put together for the project.
Work with Billie
Every vision begins somewhere.
Tell Billie about the project, the timeline and which retainer suits, or ask for a Bespoke Production quote.
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