Videography Services
Experienced in outdoor lifestyle with a background in specialty retail, Scott crafts video strategies for businesses, and produces videos that bring your story to life. His latest work includes brand story video, commercial video, product sales videos, how-to videos, story driven video series, documentary short film, and more.
Video Production Services and Portfolio
- Outdoor Lifestyle
- Commercial
- Documentary Film
- Promotional
- Architecture, Real Estate, Interior Design
- Event
- Aerial Drone
- Time Lapse
- Cinema Graph
- 2.5-D Parallax
- Closed Captioning
- Strategy
Why Use Video Marketing
Videos can guide your customer through the entire sales cycle that promote your brand, sell your product or service, teach them how to use it, and show them what others are doing with it.
Video can be used as a sales and training tool, while increasing revenue and reducing labor cost simultaneously.
Internet users want and expect more video, and search engines and social networks boost video on their platforms. YouTube is one of the most used websites in the world, and every video you publish creates an opportunity to drive users to your site, keep them engaged, and boost conversions when considering a purchase.
- Improved Engagement
- Boost Conversion Rates
- Search Engine Optimization
- Increased Traffic
- Solve Problems and Save Time
Client Testimonial Video - The El Dorado Solar Dude
Client testimonials build trust for your brand and create higher conversion rates for sales.
This video production is a client testimonial for Patrick McIntosh, The El Dorado Solar Dude. Shot on location in El Dorado Hills over a 1/2 day shoot.
Shot and edited by: Scott Blankenfeld
For: The El Dorado Solar Dude
Brand Story Video - Revived on the River
This video production is an incredible story of high school teacher and river guide, Joe Ellis. As he returned to start a new whitewater rafting season, he experienced cardiac arrest while on the river and was revived with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). This video Project tells this story and speaks to the need for improved outdoor access to AEDs in public spaces.
Shot and edited by: Scott Blankenfeld
With: Joe Ellis
For: AED TEAM
More information about AEDs:
AEDoutdoors.com
Strategic Video Production
This video delivers information that a customer needs when they first arrive for their river rafting day trip. Without this video, the employees repeat this information dozens of times throughout any given day. This saves time, improves consistency in messaging, and enhances the customers' experience.
Savvy business owners understand the value of photography and video production when used to guide customers through the many stages of the customer experience.
This is one piece of an overall video strategy that a company could use to effectively guide their customers through the sales and customer service processes.
Outdoor Lifestyle & Adventure Video Production
An intrepid group of international whitewater kayakers open up The South Fork of Silver Creek for the 2024 season. There is plenty of adventure as these river runners make their way into and navigate down the Legendary South Silver Creek with high water levels. This video includes some of the most epic footage to ever come out of this California kayaking classic.
Shot and edited by: Scott Blankenfeld
Kayakers:
Issac Martinez
Noah Harley
Gubas Gonzalez
Pablo Piedra
Landis Kafsky
Commercial Video Production
"Hwy 50 Brewery - Tap Into Adventure " was skillfully shot over the span of five days, traversing multiple seasons throughout the year.
This dynamic project celebrates adventure along Highway 50, from Echo Summit to the Hwy 50 Brewery in Camino, El Dorado County, CA. The carefully crafted narrative captures skiing, mountain biking, whitewater kayaking, and wake boarding against California's scenic backdrop.
Filmed and produced by Nick Warren and Scott Blankenfeld with the help of many amazing local athletes and friends. Edited by Nick Warren. Narration by David Piper.
Short Documentary Film
It was late in the 1990's. Whitewater Kayaking was on the rise and most California rivers and creeks had already been found and paddled by the pioneers of CA Whitewater. A Local group of kayakers from the American River grab the first descent of a true diamond in the rough... The South Fork Silver Creek, aka South Silver.
Accepted to the Paddling Film Festival and made the Short List in 2022.
Promotional Video Production
Tell me how to wax my Snowboard without telling me how to wax my snowboard. This short promotional video shows snowboard tech, Anthony, going through all the steps to unpackage and wax a brand new Jones Storm Chaser.
Thanks to Bluezone Sports in Roseville, CA for helping with this fun little project.
Product Sales Video
This Astral Green Jacket PFD product sales video production is a speculative piece created by Tsunami Sales and Marketing, and Scott Blankenfeld Creative.
This Green Jacket sales video combines in-studio voice over complimented with incredibly detailed images of product features fun images of the PFD in use.
Product Sales Video
This Werner Shogun product video is a speculative piece created by Tsunami Sales and Marketing, and Scott Blankenfeld Creative.
Voice over narration explains who the paddle is for, and the features and benefits of the design and materials used. Detailed in-studio images combined with real world paddling answers any questions that a potential buyer may have.
Athlete Stories
The following video productions were created in collaboration with Duncan Mine Productions and give an inside look into the incredible lives of these highly talented athletes.
Product Videos - Aquaglide
Poduct Videos are the work horse for any manufacturer. They cover all the uses, features and benefits of the product that your sales rep would want to communicate in a short as possible format. These scripted videos are shot in studio to keep a fast paced production that is affordable to produce.
These single subject videos perform extremely well as they are distributed throughout the dealer network with video embed links to the products' landing page.
Product sales videos produced by Scott Blankenfeld with Tsunami Sales and Marketing for Aquaglide. Created for the end users, these videos give an overview of the product, and cover all the benefits to the design features.
How-To Videos - Aquaglide
How To Videos are the underrated powerhouse video solution. While they are designed to assist your customer service department to solve customer issues, they also perform extremely well in search engine optimization, or SEO and improve brand awareness.
The best part is that these videos can be kept simple and to the point, which allows them to move quickly through the production process making them affordable.
Produced by Scott Blankenfeld with Tsunami Sales and Marketing for Aquaglide, these short and sweet videos cover the frequently asked questions to the manufacturer.