Film Studies

Film Studies

Beryl Character Designs Beryl in her underwear, original Beryl design 1984 and sketches trying to find Beryls look.

Beryl in her underwear, original Beryl design 1984 and sketches trying to find Beryls look.


Story-board Original comic strip and rough story-boarding.

Original comic strip and rough story-boarding.


Roughs and research

Camera angle studies, movement studies, lighting & notes for living, sketches from the pub, use of home shopping catalogues and pan down the tower block.


Portfolio

Films

Girls Night Out

Raucous comedy following a quiet Welsh housewife Beryl, on a birthday treat to a ‘ladies only’ night at a local pub, where she encounters the evening’s entertainment…a male stripper.

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MAIN CREDITS:
Direction/Animation: Joanna Quinn
Concept: Joanna Quinn/Les Mills
Sound: Les Mills
Voices: Myfanwy Talog, Gillan Elisa, Catrin Llwyd, Siwan Jones, Stephen Lyons.
Date: 1987
Length: 6mins
Funded by: Middlesex Polytechnic/Channel 4/S4C

© Beryl Productions International Ltd.

AWARDS
1987 Annecy Animation Festival – Special Jury Prize
1987 Annecy Animation Festival – Ufoleis Prize
1987 Annecy Animation Festival – Mellow Manor Award
1988 Krakow Film Festival – Silver Dragon Award
2010 ASIFA 50 best animated films – GIRLS NIGHT OUT at 33