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Meat! With Personality

From the styrofoam trays of your local supermarket and directly in front of a live studio audience, it's Meat! With Personality!

This film was made during the 2023 Quickdraw Animation Society Lockdown. Over 48 hours, participants were challenged to make a film incorporating the theme of "Whiplash" — going from one genre abruptly to another and using techniques such as whip panning.

Inspired by both the theme and the sitcoms of the 1980s and 90s, this animated short shows you the secret lives ... of meat! Get ready to see a chunk of steak battle a baby, a BDSM granny dungeon, a sausage torture chamber, and a few other surprises.

*please note that some edits were made after the lockdown challenge to add credits and to correct some sound issues.

  • Geneviève Marie Dale
    Director
  • Dean Mang-Wooley
    Director
  • Genevieve Marie Dale
    Key Cast
    "Various voiceover"
  • Dean Mang-Wooley
    Key Cast
    "Various voiceover"
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Dark comedy, satire, animation, stop-motion, experimental
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 22, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English, French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Quickdraw Animation Lockdown 2023 Screening
    Calgary
    Canada
    June 17, 2023
    First Screening
Director Biography - Geneviève Marie Dale, Dean Mang-Wooley

Geneviève Dale and Dean Mang-Wooley are independent animators based in Calgary, AB.

They first animated together during the 2022 48-Hour Animation Lockdown at the Quickdraw Animation Society in Calgary, Alberta. Combining their skills, aptitudes, and a shared sense of the bizarre, "Le jardin des délices" was born. The process was gruelling, but was enough fun that they decided to collaborate again in 2023 on "Meat! With Personality".

Geneviève Dale has a BFA in Theatre from UVic and an embarrassingly large collection of vintage magazines. Dean Mang-Wooley has been animating with the QuickDraw Animation Society for over five years and has a talent for drawing pretty much anything (it's true, they do).

Dean and Geneviève bring out the best in each other as artistic partners and are looking forward to more projects together.'

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Director Statement

In the spirit of our favourite childhood sitcoms, we wanted to create a world that is both ordinary and absurd, using the "whiplash" challenge theme to create sharp shifts in tone. From the harmless little granny to the goofy suburban dad, every character has something a little unsavoury going on under the surface.