Fair Phyllis
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
An amusing film celebrating the resiliency and resourcefulness of the female sex.
Fair Phyllis is a shepherdess who lives in the 18th century, but her struggles in a chaotic world aren't far from the stresses of a busy multi-tasking woman of today! Her days are full, what with shearing, milking and looking after the occasional sick lamb.
When a handsome suitor tries to woo her, poor Phyllis has to interrupt a romantic picnic to tend her herd of woolly creatures. Courtship is compromised by a drowning sheep who needs saving. Capturing a marauding wolf leaves a once-lovely dress covered in mud.
Will she find balance or crack under the "shear" stress of it all? Fair Phyllis affirms to all women "You're not alone!" in the craziness of busy lives- be it career, the kids or just trying to get a moment alone with your man.
Fair Phyllis is a shepherdess who lives in the 18th century, but her struggles in a chaotic world aren't far from the stresses of a busy multi-tasking woman of today! Her days are full, what with shearing, milking and looking after the occasional sick lamb.
When a handsome suitor tries to woo her, poor Phyllis has to interrupt a romantic picnic to tend her herd of woolly creatures. Courtship is compromised by a drowning sheep who needs saving. Capturing a marauding wolf leaves a once-lovely dress covered in mud.
Will she find balance or crack under the "shear" stress of it all? Fair Phyllis affirms to all women "You're not alone!" in the craziness of busy lives- be it career, the kids or just trying to get a moment alone with your man.
Characters
Phyllis, Suitor, Lambs, Wolf
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Beth Portman
Producing
- Producer
- Jennifer Torrance, Jerry D. Krepakevich
- Executive Producers
- Svend-Erik Eriksen, Graydon McCrea
- Associate Producer
- Bonnie Thompson
Writing
- Writer
- Beth Portman
Animation
- Animator
- Beth Portman
Voices
- Voice
- Beth Portman, Colin DeBourcier
Music
- Music
- Jamie Musselwhite, John Dowland
- "Fair Phyllis is a Beauty" Composed By
- Jamie Musselwhite
- Lyrics
- Beth Portman
- Theme Song Performed By
- Lark Clark, Kelly Collins, William Damur, Colin DeBourcier, Scott Rollans
- "Lute Fantasy" Composed By
- Jamie Musselwhite
- Performed By
- William Damur, William Damur, Colin DeBourcier
- "Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite" Composed By
- John Dowland
- Arrangement By
- Jamie Musselwhite
- Additional Music Performed By
- Jamie Musselwhite
Editing
- Editor
- Justin Pasula
Crew
- Backgrounds
- Beth Portman
- Digital Paint
- Beth Portman
- Computer and Digital Paint Assistant
- Kevin Maynes
- Inbetween Assistant
- Mark Tromans
- Cleanup Assistants
- Ryan Brown, Ronda Chalifoux, Kevin Maynes, Sandra L. Popowich, Lynn Scatcherd
- Fantasy Paintings
- Sharon Crawford
- Online Editing
- Denis Pilon
- Sound Editor
- Downy Karvonen
- Sound
- Downy Karvonen, Jean Paul Vialard, Shelley Craig
- Sound Mix
- Jean Paul Vialard, Shelley Craig
- Production Supervisor
- Kelly Isaac
- Program Administrators
- Margaret Smith, Darin Clausen
Production notes
Drawings on paper with computer rendering.
To research the film, director-animator Beth Portman played a real-life shepherdess on a sheep farm and assisted in numerous lamb births.
Portman spent 10 years performing with the South African-inspired vocal group Juba. Some of Juba's members participated in "Fair Phyllis" as the voices of the baa-ing sheep choir.
To research the film, director-animator Beth Portman played a real-life shepherdess on a sheep farm and assisted in numerous lamb births.
Portman spent 10 years performing with the South African-inspired vocal group Juba. Some of Juba's members participated in "Fair Phyllis" as the voices of the baa-ing sheep choir.
Awards
ZeD's People's Choice Award, Edmonton International Film Festival, 2002-2003.
Nominee, Gemini Award, Best Animated Program or Series, Jennifer Torrance and Jerry D. Krepakevich, 2004
Nominee, Gemini Award, Best Animated Program or Series, Jennifer Torrance and Jerry D. Krepakevich, 2004