Notlith · Dunedin
Restaurant and bar video in Dunedin: the street, the plate and the stage
A Dunedin restaurant or bar is chosen partly for its food and partly for its street: the Octagon before a show, the Warehouse Precinct for a long lunch, the Esplanade at St Clair with the surf in view. Notlith makes restaurant and bar videos remotely from your photographs and menu, with direction, AI-assisted movement, editing and sound, never adding a dish you do not serve.
Remote production · From your photos
The street sets the expectation
Diners heading to Lower Stuart Street or around the Octagon may be fitting dinner around a show at the Regent Theatre or a gig. Someone at St Clair wants the sea and an unhurried breakfast. A venue near Vogel Street sits among murals and converted warehouses. The opening of your video should tell people which of these visits you are built for.
We use your own exterior and street photographs, plus licensed city imagery where needed, clearly captioned. If your terrace has no sea view, the film does not suggest one, and if the street art beside your door is someone else's work, we check before featuring it.
Southern dishes, served as they are
Cheese rolls, blue cod and produce bought at the Saturday farmers market are part of eating in the south. If they are on your menu, they can lead the film. If they are not, borrowing them for local colour misleads exactly the people most likely to notice.
Each dish is built from photographs of the plate as your kitchen sends it out. We may animate steam, a pour or a slow turn of the plate, but the portion, the garnish and the crockery stay the same. A seasonal menu gets a dated version so dishes you have retired do not linger online.
Live music without a fake crowd
The Dunedin sound gave the city a lasting association with guitar bands, and some bars still book live acts on a small stage. Music nights are a real reason to visit, so a bar video may want to show them. The difficulty is that most gig photographs are dark, blurred and full of people who never agreed to appear in an advertisement.
We work from photographs you have permission to use, often concentrating on the stage, the instruments and the room rather than faces. We do not generate an audience or a band. Artist names and recordings appear only with the rights you hold; otherwise the soundtrack is licensed music.
Term time and the summer break
Dunedin changes rhythm when the university year ends and students leave for the summer. Some venues lean into term-time specials; others build for summer visitors and lunches on cruise days. Two short edits from the same material can serve both periods without either one feeling out of season.
We help you decide which message runs when, but opening hours and offers come from you and appear only in the version where they apply. Anything likely to change within weeks stays on your website and booking page rather than in the video.
Fictional concept created with AI
In pictures
Catalog demonstration
See the production approach
English, adaptable to your language
Plan the details
Can we feature a supplier from the farmers market?
Yes, with the supplier's agreement and photographs they are happy to see used. We describe the relationship only as you confirm it.
Our bar is dark. Will the photographs work?
Often, with careful grading. Where an image is too dark or noisy, we suggest a few replacement shots taken before opening, with the lights up.
Can the video show alcohol?
Yes, within New Zealand's rules on alcohol advertising, which your team should check. We avoid scenes that suggest heavy drinking.
Can we put the menu on screen?
We can show selected dishes and their names. Full menus with prices are better kept on your website, so the video stays accurate longer.
Start with your images
Send photographs of your room, street frontage and signature dishes, your current menu and a note on the visit you most want to win.