Christchurch Video Production and Photography With a Marketing Mindset
Parallax Films is a Christchurch-based video production and photography company. The team brings together film direction, photography, production management and aerial operations under one roof, working with businesses and organisations across New Zealand. Credits include work for the BBC, Warner Bros, TVNZ, Tourism New Zealand and Government organisations, as well as corporate businesses and schools.
Two perspectives on every project
The name reflects the way the team works. Parallax is the apparent change in the position of an object resulting from the change in the direction or position from which it is viewed. For Parallax Films, it describes two perspectives at work on every project: the camera operator and the subject, the artistic result and the marketing purpose, and the relationship between the team and the clients they work for.
What makes the work stand out?
Parallax Films takes a dual approach to every project: marketing and artistic. Quality is the baseline, not a selling point. The team can't watch television without picking apart every shot, analysing it and thinking about how it could be done differently. That level of attention carries into every production.
Because the team thinks like marketers as well as filmmakers, imagery is planned and strategic. Video and photography is never created for its own sake. Every piece is built around what it needs to achieve and for whom.
Meet the team
Wayne Cook
Director of Photography and Film | Aerial Operations
Wayne started his professional imagery career in 2008 as a wedding and motorsport photographer. Three years later, he had developed an appetite for more, so Wayne learned how to film and produce video and started his previous company, COBi Digital Productions, specialising in aerial filming New Zealand wide.
Since then, Wayne has filmed for the BBC, Warner Bros, TVNZ, Tourism New Zealand, Government organisations, and small and large corporate businesses.
Wayne is creative in all senses of the word: a highly skilled director, filmmaker and storyteller. He loves meeting new people, creating imagery he can be proud of, and sharing the work he creates with his clients... and good coffee.
Liz Slade
Production Manager | Photographer | 3D Tours
Liz developed a love for imagery early on, working in a camera and photo store in her early twenties. She loved it so much she bought her first camera, became a wedding and corporate photographer, and then started her own marketing company in Christchurch, which now specialises in imagery.
In 2016 Liz joined Parallax Films and is now production manager and photographer. You will also find her behind a video camera on larger productions, managing live streams and capturing 3D virtual tours.
Liz brings a strategic marketing perspective to imagery and productions, which clients find particularly valuable during pre-production.
Common questions
Parallax is the apparent change in the position of an object resulting from the change in the direction or position from which it is viewed. For Parallax Films, it represents the dual perspective behind every project: the camera operator and the subject, the artistic vision and the marketing goal, and the relationship between the team and the people they work with.
The team has filmed for the BBC, Warner Bros, TVNZ and Tourism New Zealand, as well as Government organisations and corporate businesses of all sizes. The team also works with luxury architecture clients, aged care providers, agricultural businesses and commercial organisations across New Zealand.
Yes. The team covers video production, photography, drone and aerial work, 3D virtual tours and live stream management. All of this can be handled within a single brief, which makes it straightforward to manage a full imagery project without coordinating multiple suppliers.
Talk to Wayne and Liz about your project
From a single photo shoot to a full production covering scripting, filming, aerial work and post-production, the team can handle the whole imagery project under one brief.