ABOUT THE CREATOR/S:
Meet Paul Danhauser, a Michigan native whose passion for filmmaking and storytelling began at a young age. He has always been drawn to the art of film and its ability to transport and inspire audiences. Paul's professional journey started in 2002 when he graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design with a BFA in Animation. He premiered his first short animated film, "I'm Just a Tree," at multiple festivals and was exhilarated to see his vision on the big screen. Years later, Paul exp
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WORK/ PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Rethink Compliance empowers their clients with tailor-made compliance training. They approached me with a project idea called “Start From Where You Are” for their diversity, equity, and inclusion library. They were looking for something special and unique, different from their usual video edits using stock footage. I encouraged them to use simple shapes to represent people of all types and an abstract visual style that would blend well with the flowing poetry of Catherine Willoughby's script. The end result was a mesmerizing journey that followed the shapes, building into iconography that enhanced the script without overpowering it. "Start From Where You Are" remains one of the strongest pieces in Rethink Compliance's library.
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S5 - Empowering Diversity
MO7 - Motion Graphics
Start From Where You Are