Hotels by Design
Makepeace Island
Location filming at Makepeace Island, bringing the retreat’s setting and guest experience into a Hotels by Design story.
HOTEL FILMS · PHOTOGRAPHY · TELEVISION
Places with character.
Stories that stay.
From Hotels by Design location filming to a direct content partnership in Queenstown: hotel and resort storytelling shaped by broadcast experience.
Watch hotel stories ↓HOTELS BY DESIGN LOCATION WORK · BYDESIGN TV / MWC PRODUCTIONS
EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE HOTEL STORY
The room. The setting.
The sense of arrival.
Dave Dwyer’s hotel work spans island retreats, city hotels and remote accommodation. For multiple seasons of ByDesign television, he worked as a one-person field crew across Queensland and Western Australia.
That meant taking responsibility for camera operation, interviews, professional audio, lighting, overlay footage and B-roll. Often, it was simply Dave and the presenter working together to deliver a complete story within a tightly controlled schedule.
Those assignments developed a practical approach to working in operating properties: prepare the coverage, respond to changing light and put people at ease. Today, Dave brings that experience to films and photographs commissioned directly by accommodation partners.
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01Camera operation
02Location audio
03Interview direction
04Lighting
05B-roll and overlays
06Story coverage
HOTELS BY DESIGN · SELECTED LOCATION WORK
Distinctive stays.
Seen on television.
Location camera and field production by Dave Dwyer. Series produced by MWC Productions for ByDesign TV.
Hotels by Design
Bedarra Island
A remote island resort story filmed on location at Bedarra Island for an international television audience.
Hotels by Design
Reefsuites
A remote production above and below the water at Australia's first underwater accommodation on the Great Barrier Reef.
Hotels by Design
The Darling at The Star
A premium hotel story filmed on the Gold Coast with series producer Mike Chapman.
Hotels by Design
W Brisbane
A design-led hotel story filmed in the heart of Brisbane for an international television audience.
A HOTEL CONTENT PARTNERSHIP · QUEENSTOWN
A place to stay.
A story to share.
Platinum Luxury Villas
A hotel film and photography collection connecting the villas with Lake Wakatipu, winter light and The Remarkables.
Dave proposed and delivered a video and photography package in exchange for discounted accommodation. Working across several days allowed the production to follow the weather and capture the property in its alpine setting.
Film + photographyOne coordinated production
Property + destinationGround and aerial perspectives
Weather-led scheduleSeveral days, changing light
FOR HOTEL & RESORT PARTNERS
Let guests picture
being there.
A thoughtful film and photography collection can connect the rooms, the setting and the experience into one clear reason to visit.
The property
Rooms, architecture, shared spaces and the details that give your property its character.
The destination
Landscape, surroundings and a sense of arrival, with aerial coverage where permissions and conditions allow.
The content
A property film, edited photographs and social formats agreed around your website, listings and campaign needs.
A clear brief before the stay.
Dave welcomes conversations with hotels and resorts in the Philippines and other destinations about commissioned shoots and selected accommodation partnerships. Hosted or discounted stays can form part of an agreed production arrangement.
We agree the deliverables, property access, guest privacy, usage rights, travel arrangements and delivery dates before filming. The work is planned around your team, guest activity and the best available light.
MORE BROADCAST WORK
Architecture.
People. Place.
Additional location work for Australia by Design, produced by MWC Productions.
Australia by Design
Bradbury Park Playscape
A playful architectural story filmed with presenter Pete Colquhoun at an extraordinary Brisbane playscape.
Australia by Design
Peppermint Grove
A broadcast property story filmed in Perth, Western Australia.
Australia by Design
Forbes Residence
Architecture, interviews and visual storytelling captured on location in Perth.
BEHIND THE SCENES
The work behind
the finished story.
Remote locations, compressed schedules and a small crew demand a calm head and complete command of the production process.
Behind the scenes: Hotels by Design
Behind the scenes: Location production
Behind the scenes: Television field production
EXPERIENCE THAT CARRIES FORWARD
Broadcast discipline.
Everyday value.
Television taught Dave how to find the story quickly, put people at ease and deliver consistently when time is limited.
Working with series producer Mike Chapman and presenter Pete Colquhoun strengthened his interviewing, direction and location storytelling. Those lessons now support hotel and resort partners as well as builders, healthcare organisations and established businesses.
The production may be different, but the standard remains the same: thoughtful preparation, relaxed conversations, dependable technical execution and a story worth watching.
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