Shield Security DoorsManufacturingWinston-Salem, NC20262:59Dir. Dylan Smith
01 · Manufacturing · Product story
Shield Security Doors put their product in front of a live SWAT breach test.
Documentary brand video · Greensboro, NC
I turn your best client relationships into videos that sell for you — before the first call.
For manufacturers and contractors across the Piedmont Triad. Real people, real proof, filmed the way trade publications wish they could shoot it.
30 minutes · Free · You leave with a story angle either way
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With A Twist MediaFounder's brand filmGreensboro, NC20251:07Dir. Dylan Smith
The short film I send prospects before every discovery call. If it sounds like your kind of thinking, the call will be easy.
Recent work
A SWAT team, a sheriff, and a dealer-only auction floor.
American Heart AssociationNonprofitWinston-Salem, NC20263:23Dir. Dylan Smith
02 · Nonprofit · Documentary
Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough told his open-heart survival story for the American Heart Association.
Greensboro Auto AuctionB2B servicesGreensboro, NC20253:23Dir. Dylan Smith
03 · B2B services · Brand story
Greensboro Auto Auction — the brand story behind a dealer-only auction floor.
What I do
Three ways I turn what your buyers won't find in a brochure into video that actually sells.
Brand Story Videos
Who you are. What you do. Why it matters.
A 2–4 minute documentary that captures the operators, the process, and the culture buyers can't see in a spec sheet. Anchors your homepage. Runs in your sales deck. Sits in your email signature.
Testimonial Videos
Your best clients, saying the thing you can't.
60–120 second conversational cuts. No stiff scripts. I sit down with the people who already trust you and let them handle the objections a first-time buyer walks in with.
Content Strategy
Strategy before cameras.
I'm a video strategist first, a production crew second. We map exactly where each piece lives — sales calls, cold outreach, RFP responses — before I ever plug in a light.
A partial list of clients
Manufacturers, contractors, and the people who build the Triad.
From plant floors and job sites to nonprofits and community events — a snapshot of the work.
Construction & Home Services
- AJ Builders
- Aspen Irrigation & Lighting
- Top Roofing LLC
- Winston-Salem Builders Association
- Eddbuilds
- Prism Paint
- Benjamin Moore
- Quality Workx
- Wolfe Homes
Manufacturing
- LT Apparel
- KPI Solutions
- Equigas
Nonprofits & Community
- American Heart Association
- Scouting America
- Go.Greensboro
- Launch Greensboro
Coaches & Speakers
- Elevated Success Coaching
- Coach DP
- Tara LaFon Gooch
Who I work with
Companies whose story doesn't fit on a spec sheet.
Manufacturers & industrial. Textile plants, robotics, custom fabrication, distribution — the kind of operation where a plant tour tells the whole story, if buyers could ever get one.
Construction & contractors. Custom home builders, commercial GCs, roofers, painters, specialty trades. Complex jobs where trust is the whole sale.
Service businesses & nonprofits. Coaches, mission-driven organizations, and Triad-based service businesses where the founder is the product.
A quick gut check
If a plant tour or a site walkthrough would close the sale — and you can't get buyers on-site — you probably need a documentary video.
Dylan Smith · Founder
The filmmaker
"Strategy matters more than cinematography."
I'm Dylan Smith. Raised in Greensboro. Eagle Scout, Photojournalism degree from Randolph Community College. I run With A Twist Media solo — one person from the first call to the final delivery.
I work small, move fast, and build the strategy before the crew arrives — because a beautiful video no one uses is the most expensive thing you can put on a homepage.
Meet Dylan →How it works
Four steps from first call to finished film.
- 01
Strategy call
30 minutes on the phone. Free. We figure out whether a video actually solves the problem you're trying to solve.
- 02
Discovery
A deep dive into your buyers, your sales process, and the story only your customers can tell.
- 03
Production
I show up with the crew you actually need — usually small — and shoot on your floor, your site, your terms.
- 04
Delivery
Final film in the format you'll actually use. Plus the cutdowns for social, sales, and email.
Ready when you are
The video that grows your business starts with a conversation.
30 minutes · Free · No pitch deck