Making great camp marketing videos is so important!

Birch Trail Camp for Girls just released their new 2015 marketing video and it is AWESOME.

[We're totally biased, of course, because we were involved in the production of the video but even if we weren't we'd still LOVE it.]

BTC's director, Gabe Chernov, came to me this past winter and said that he'd like to be the one to create the video that I've been talking about in so many of my presentations. (such as 10 Things Every Camp Should Do On YouTube)

I've been so inspired by how photographer Sue Bryce's promo video so clearly talked to her ideal client. It was focussed on the life of a woman who would love to have her portrait shot by Sue - it wasn't a video about Sue at all. Because her client could see herself in the video she would be much more likely to purchase a session from Sue than another photographer who's video is all : ME, ME, ME, BUY FROM ME.

The elements that make this video a success:

It's narrative (it has a story) so people will watch longer that 60-90 seconds. I don't know how to say this any plainer: your camp video is too damn long!
The music pulls you through the story with a great melody and a wonderful message.
It's high end. Yes, you absolutely can create great camp marketing videos on an iPhone (so long as they are SHORT). This video, however, shows what you get when you're ready to invest in video as a marketing tool.
It's emotional. Yet another camp video of sailboats, kids swimming and your oh-so-clever-grouping of multi-ethnic kids hugging... not emotional. Boring.
It surprises you. The camera work includes some great angles to really immerse us in the story (I loved being there to see the UAV camera work!).
It plainly shows the ways that Birch Trail Camp transforms the lives of the girls and young women that go there.

Check it out: