Some things can't be explained in sixty seconds.
Some processes can't be explained in sixty seconds, so buyers never see why you cost more. Documentaries, process films and docuseries, five to fifteen minutes.
- Runs
- Five to fifteen minutes or more
- Formats
- Documentaries, process films, docuseries
- Longest so far
- A sixteen minute featured documentary
- Based in
- Greensboro, NC
Time to connect.
A sixty second clip cannot show a complicated process, so buyers skim past the part that makes you worth more. Longer documentary style video gives them time to follow it and connect with your story. These projects usually run five to fifteen minutes or more and go deeper into your process, your team and your impact.
They suit a complicated process, a long history, or a story that needs more than one person to tell it.
Documentaries, process films and a series.
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1:55What we make long.
Explainer films. Five to fifteen minute breakdowns of your process or your service.
Client journey documentaries. One of your clients, from first call to final result.
Facility and process tours. A long walk through your plant, warehouse, auction floor or properties. More on plant tour video.
Event coverage. Full length recaps of open houses, auctions, galas and grand openings.
Series. Several episodes for an ongoing project, a property portfolio or an auction calendar.
Training and onboarding. Lessons for your team or your customers, so nobody explains the same thing twice.
Built to be found.
A long video only works if the right people find it and keep watching. We help map the topics, structure the episodes, and write the titles, descriptions and page text so your long form video ranks in search and turns viewers into qualified leads.
Short cuts from long films.
A fifteen minute documentary is also a library. The same footage produces the short pieces for social, email and sales, cut from the moments that carried the long version. More on short form video, and on capturing what only one person knows.
Short version.
- Long form is for stories that need more than sixty seconds.
- Five to fifteen minutes or more: documentaries, process films, docuseries.
- Titles, descriptions and page text planned so it gets found.
- The same footage feeds the short cuts.
Companies like yours, in their own words.
Questions we get asked.
How long is a long form video?
Usually five to fifteen minutes, sometimes more. Our longest featured documentary runs about sixteen minutes.
Will anyone watch fifteen minutes?
The right people will. A buyer weighing a large project, a donor, a recruit. Long form is for the people already leaning in.
Can a long video be cut into short ones?
Yes, and it should be. The same footage gives you the short pieces for social, email and sales.
How long does a long form project take?
It depends on how many shoot days and episodes there are. We plan the schedule on the first call.
Plain answers, before you call.
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Dylan Smith is the owner of With A Twist Media in Greensboro, NC. He has been making documentary style video for manufacturers and construction companies across the Triad since 2019.