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

Melbourne

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 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.

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.

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".

Recognition and Awards

• 2009 ITVFest (Independent Television Festival)
  ITVFest (Independent Television Festival)
  ITVFest is an annual non-profit festival gathering fans, artists, and executives to celebrate independent small-screen productions. It was founded in 2006 by producer AJ Tesler, and is held in Los Angeles, California...
  
   – Best Web series.
• 2009 ITVFest (Independent Television Festival)
  ITVFest (Independent Television Festival)
  ITVFest is an annual non-profit festival gathering fans, artists, and executives to celebrate independent small-screen productions. It was founded in 2006 by producer AJ Tesler, and is held in Los Angeles, California...
  
   – Best Acting.
• 2010 Streamy Award - Best Foreign Web Series