Drone Videography for Tourism Operators

For tourism operators

Billie plans flights around the airspace rules, Department of Conservation requirements and the activity itself, so the aerial shots sit naturally with the ground footage.

What Billie makes

Aerial landscape openers
The activity tracked from the air
Location reveals for booking pages
Aerial stills for trade and agents

On the shoot

Shooting a season ahead

Campaign content is usually needed before the season it sells, so summer content may be shot the summer before and winter content planned a year out.

Conservation land permits

Commercial filming on public conservation land needs authorisation from the Department of Conservation, so locations on DOC land are checked and permitted before the shoot.

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 small operator that needs one session a month to keep social and booking pages current. Creative at $3,000 NZD a month suits an operator running several experiences or seasonal campaigns, and Studio Partner, on enquiry, suits a larger tourism business with international and trade audiences. A single hero film for a new experience 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.

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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 our footage work for international markets?

Yes. Billie can deliver versions without voiceover, with subtitles, or with on-screen text that is easy to translate, so one shoot can serve several markets.

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.