Big Pictures
Big Pictures provides film production and location services in New Zealand to commercial, television and film production companies from around the world.Big Pictures was established in 1987. Since then we have filmed in every part of the country, from beyond the surf line at our sub tropical northern beaches to high above the snow line in the Southern Alps. Our New Zealand location experience is unmatched.
We have worked with some of the world's great film makers, producing award winning commercials, documentaries, music videos, feature films and large format films.
From casting and location scouting to post production we can take care of every aspect of your production - smoothly, efficiently and with minimum stress.
News
Posted on: 25, Friday June 2010"Big Pictures shot a new campaign for Canon EOS cameras with the Film Factory in June. Locations were Glenorchy and Queenstown in the South Island. The first serious snowfall of the winter season was a bonus.
Posted on: 16, Tuesday March 2010Chinese milk producer, Yili, shot its second commercial with Big Pictures near Queenstown in early March. 21 Plus Films from Shanghai was the production company with Willie Tang directing. John Ashenhurst was DP.
Posted on: 16, Tuesday March 2010In January Hong Kong supremo Louis Ng returned to shoot a commercial for property conglomerate SHK. Shot on location in Auckland with Australian model Camille Piazza.
Posted on: 15, Monday March 2010Shooting is completed on Dan Salmon's feature documentary, Bloody Hippies. The doco, which will take viewers on a hippy trip back to 1970's New Zealand, is expected to screen on TV ONE mid 2010.
Posted on: 8, Tuesday September 2009In July, Paris based production company Rabbit Content shot a new spot for French Sporting Goods company Decathlon, with Lieven Van Baelen directing. The location was the Cardrona ski area near Wanaka in the South Island.
Posted on: 01, Fri May 2009London's Blink Productions were back in March to shoot this extremely eye-catching spot for Coke and Mother London. Dougal Wilson directed. Shot on location in Auckland with a cast of local critters.
Posted on: 01, Fri May 2009In January Big Pictures shot a commercial for Platinum Guild with Chinese super star Zhang Ziyi. Directed by Hong Kong director Maisy Choi for Such Films the commercial was shot on location in the Southern Alps. LA photographer Robert Eardmann shot the print campaign.