OzGirl

OzGirl
File:OzGirl-Logo.jpg
Genre	Drama, Comedy
Created by	Nicholas Carlton
Directed by	Nicholas Carlton
Starring	Sophie Tilson Shanrah Wakefield Richard Askin
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producer(s)	Darryl Carlton
Producer(s)	Nicholas Carlton Sophie Tilson
Editor(s)	Nicholas Carlton
Location(s)	Melbourne, Australia
Camera setup	Nicholas Carlton Shaun Crawford
Running time	Varies
Broadcast
Original channel	YouTube Bebo KoldCast TV
Picture format	HD
Original run	8 February 2009 – 25 June 2009
External links
Website

OzGirl is a web series that aired originally online in February 2009. It tells the story of Sadie Brown, small-town, country girl who moves to Melbourne to live with her cousin Megan and to pursue her dream of becoming a photographer. The show explores Sadie's efforts to make friends, get a job, pursue her passion for photography, meet "Mr. Right", fall in love, and find her long-lost mother.^[1]

The first season consisted of 24 episodes, running between five and seven minutes each. Episodes were released twice weekly. The first season concluded in July 2009 with a live on-air finale. Starting in November, OzGirl will be shown on all V Australia flights.^[2]

Episode list

1. "A New Life"
2. "Party Girls"
3. "Job Hunting"
4. "City Days"
5. "The New Sadie"
6. "The Cafe"
7. "House Party"
8. "Wicked"
9. "Dragging Sex Into It"
10. "The Return of Sadie"
11. "City Girl, Country Girl"
12. "The Bathrobe Showdown"
13. "The Best Friend"
14. "Three's a Party"
15. "Girl Power"
16. "Boys and Toys"
17. "The Incredible George"
18. "First Date"
19. "Even Animals Have Rights"
20. "The Bitch is Back"
21. "Family Ties"
22. "The Brown Family"
23. "Season Finale"
24. "Q&A Live Broadcast"

Cast and crew

Crew

Created and Directed by Nicholas Carlton
Produced by Sophie Tilson and Nicholas Carlton
Associate Produced by Shanrah Wakefield and Julian Costanzo
Executive Produced by Darryl Carlton
Written by Nicholas Carlton, Sophie Tilson and Lisa Bedwell
Music by The Violet Flames and The Motifs

Main Cast

Sadie Brown - Sophie Tilson
Megan Brown - Shanrah Wakefield
George Sullivan - Richard Askin

Guest Cast

Lisa - Nicola Collie
Tony - Joel Famularo
Patrick - James O'Halloran
Robyn Brown - Janet Watson Kruse
Hot Guy - Bradley Williams

Audience

OzGirl started out as an experiment in the use of social networking as a medium of building a community. During its airing OzGirl has earned a following of more than 25,000 registered viewers on the Bebo network, on its own channel (ozgirl.tv) and through distribution agreements with Koldkast.TV in the USA where OzGirl was also streamed to Apple's iTunes. Total views exceeded 200,000.

In an interview with Ozemag Nick described OzGirl as "OzGirl is Australia's first social web show in which the characters exist within the audience's existing social networks and interact with them as they would if they were real people. This is a very exciting aspect of the show which separates it from traditional media. In terms of web series it is also one of the few, in my opinion, professional grade shows out there. The show was shot on HD. It looks good - it's been put together professionally. I think this separates it from other series out there and is an important step along the path of pushing professionally made web content into the mainstream".^[3]

Recognition and Awards

• 2009 ITVFest (Independent Television Festival) – Best Web series.
• 2009 ITVFest (Independent Television Festival) – Best Acting.
• 2010 Streamy Award - Best Foreign Web Series ^[4]

See also

List of Web television series

References

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1. ^ McNaughton, Mathieas. "OzGirl - The Story So Far". http://webseriestoday.com/2009/06/oz-girl-story-so-far.html. 
2. ^ Firecloud, Johnny (12 October 2009). "Web Series 'OzGirl' Takes Flight With Virgin Australia". Crave Online. http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/tv/article/web-series-ozgirl-takes-flight-with-virgin-australia-87661. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ^ Henderson, Evette (17 April 2008). "Emerging Artists". Ozemag. http://www.ozemag.com/Editions/12/pages/10.html. 
4. ^ McNaughton, Mathieas. "2010 Craft Award Winners". Web Series Today. http://www.webseriestoday.com/2010/04/2010-craft-award-winners.html. 
5. ^ http://us.imdb.com/news/ni0859782/
6. ^ http://tubefilter.tv
7. ^ http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm