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Create x Wonder produced tourism video and website photography for Montrose Estate, a private alpine-valley retreat in the Canterbury high country on New Zealand’s South Island. The estate is near Methven (Piwakawaka) and Mt Hutt (Opuke), about an hour from Christchurch, with Rakaia River frontage and a private lake. It spans about 260 hectares and offers three self-contained lodges: Paewaka Homestead, Te Ata Cottage and Hoturoa Owners Retreat.

The brief

Montrose Estate wanted a tourism video that showed the kind of stay a guest could have across any of the three lodges, not a single room tour. They also needed fresh photography to update accommodation and lifestyle images on their website, covering interiors, landscape and the feel of being on the property.

Our approach

We spent two days on location. Strong weather on the first day helped us capture exterior and activity footage. A lean one-person video crew used a mix of static and moving shots to keep the video cinematic without a large footprint on a private estate. Friends and family helped as talent. Long days covered sunrise and evening light so the story included the quiet moments guests actually book for, not only midday views.

Photography ran alongside the video so lodge interiors, decks, lake and mountain frames matched the video. That single-trip approach is how Create x Wonder usually delivers tourism packages when a property needs both moving and still assets.

Deliverables

  • A tourism experience video for Montrose Estate
  • Website photography for lodge interiors, lifestyle and landscape

Destination and lodge brands that need video and stills from one visit can see the process on our tourism video production page.

Result

The finished video and photography set were made for Montrose Estate’s marketing and website refresh. Gina Paladini’s testimonial linked on this page remains approved: she has worked with Grant over several years and notes superior creative guidance, with videos that performed beyond initial expectations.

Planning lodge or destination content in New Zealand? Get in touch.

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Photography

Alpine lake and snow-capped mountains at Montrose Estate
Father and child on the deck of a timber lodge at Montrose Estate
Mountains reflected in a still lake at Montrose Estate
Woman sitting on a jetty at sunrise on the lake
Grandfather and child fishing by tussock at golden hour
Snowy mountains above golden tussock
Timber-lined lodge interior with a rug and stone fireplace
Lodge bedroom with large windows framing the mountains
Cosy lodge library and lounge with a view
Lodge living room with leather sofas and a stone fireplace
Snow-capped peaks behind tussock and pines
Lake and pine forest below rocky mountains
Typewriter with a welcome note in the lodge
Lounge with stone fireplace and open-plan dining
Reading chair beside floor-to-ceiling bookshelves
Father and child looking out over the lake
Family walking beside a pond under blue sky
Timber cabin on the lawn at Montrose Estate
Couple walking through sunlit pine forest
Sunlight through pine needles
Armchair by a window looking out to the mountains
Driveway through trees to the lodge
Dark timber entrance hall of the lodge
Living room with stone fireplace and vaulted timber ceiling
Leather sofas beside a tall stone chimney
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Client Testimonial

We couldn't recommend Create x Wonder more highly. We have worked with Grant over the past 6 years. He provided superior creative guidance and the resulting videos performed beyond our initial expectations.

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Gina Paladini

Tomahawk

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