Danielle Gaynor is a filmmaker and media artist with hands-on experience in video editing, screenwriting, camera and audio equipment operation, on-set and live production, and animation and illustration.
She wrote and edited comedy shorts and a music video for Temple University’s sketch comedy production group, TEMPLE SMASH, with her work streaming on Roku TV via TUTV. She recently interned at WXPN, assisting in musician interviews and assembling playlists for the World Cafe radio show.
My Personal Statement!
Since I was a little kid, I’ve been fascinated with storytelling. Watching cartoons, movies, and reading comic books were frequent pasttimes of mine, and making stories of my own was always something I wanted to do – I’d daydream about my own characters and adventures, the wild humorous events that would take place, and lessons to be learnt. It was most definitely a form of escapism, but the older I got, the more it intertwined with my reality – characters reflected myself and people I knew, and themes and structure became a place for exploring ideas about the world and connecting with others. After all, that’s what stories are for: articulating thoughts and feelings, and achieving a stronger understanding of our fellow man… And, of course, being entertaining. It’s still escapism, try to have a little fun!
As I grew up, my interests in storytelling took me from one art medium to another – from doodling comics during class, to acting and doing stage crew for my high school theatre department, to majoring in film at Temple University (In the screenwriting concentration, specifically). While I’m well-versed in various areas of film production and art in general – an example being fast-paced video editing – I’m most at home in Final Draft, typing away bizarre, dark, comedic dramas. The way I see things, the funniest things in life are often a little sad, and the saddest things in life are often a little funny! I make weird, funny-but-sad scripts that appeal to the escapist desires of the dorky, awkward little art kid inside all of us.
My Resume!
1-Resume, 2-Editing, 3-Writing, 4-Animation, 5-Art, 6-Filmography