To be amongst some really awesome shows (if you haven’t, you MUST check out Zach Galifianakis’ show ‘Between Two Ferns’ - he was the re-tard in The Hangover - http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d14fdef4f2/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis?rel=by_user&rel_pos=2) is, well - awesome!

So I’d like to thank not only the Academy but everyone involved in the production as well as everyone watched it over this past year. It’s been a fun ride and the Streamys is a great way to conclude the OzGirl chapter! I look forward to (hopefully) walking the red carpet with you all in Los Angeles in April!

Congratulations, also, to all the other nominees! May the best series win!

So I’m trying to update this blog as much as I can but I’m terribly bad at it! It’s a habit which requires such discipline, discipline which I clearly lack. We wrapped shooting on Matchbreaker, the pilot I co-created with Lucas Crandles and Tim Nash (Dark Heart Productions - http://darkheartproductions.com) and directed, last month in late Jan. We’re heavily into post-production at the moment, with the offline edit locked off. VFX, music, grading, mixing and ADR fun to come! We’re hoping to get the entire pilot complete by mid-March, about 3 weeks over our initial deadline (we were clearly ambitious in our scheduling).

I’m very pleased with the outcome and we’ve been getting a great response from the small amount of people we’ve tested the pilot on. We were shooting 15 hour days, over the course of 3 days, with a cast of 12, a lot of location changes - it was a hectic shoot and we managed to pull it off with some very nice production value! We shot on the infamous RED camera, I think we shot about 32 shots a day, most of them on a dolly or jib arm (I liked to make things complicated). It was certainly a logistical challenge.

Now that we’re in post-production, we’ve a couple more challenges, namely figuring out the RED post-production workflow. So fingers crossed that we’ll complete the pilot soon and we will have a premiere screening shortly! For now, I’ll leave you with some nice set pictures, courtesy of Alysa. Main credits at the bottom.

Created by Lucas Crandles, Nicholas Carlton and Timothy Nash

Directed by Nicholas Carlton

Written by Lucas Crandles & Timothy Nash

Executive Produced by Timothy Nash, Lucas Crandles and Nicholas Carlton

Produced by Keith J Knee

Director of Photography - Mark Inducil

Starring Sophie Tilson, Robin Brown and Nicholas Gunn

Making of OzGirl - Best Foreign Series/ Drama Series/ Ensemble Cast / New Web Series

Best Directing in a Dramatic Web Series - Nicholas Carlton

Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series - Sophie Tilson (Sadie)

Best Female Actress in a Dramatic Web Series - Shanrah Wakefield (Megan)

Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series - Richard Askin (George)

Best Guest Star in a Web Series - Joel Famularo (Tony)

Best Cinematography - Nicholas Carlton

And… another fun episode!

Watch the full series

First up is I’m scrambling to organise a shoot for next week - all I can say at the moment is that it’s a pilot romantic comedy written by the talented guys at Dark Heart Productions (http://darkheartproductions.com) - Crandles and Nash. I will be directing and producing and it also stars Sophie Tilson of OzGirl.

We’ll be shooting over three days next week if things go as planned - which let’s face it, they never do! That’s all for now, I’m sure there will be another update with more info soon.

If you’re in NY don’t miss the screening at New World Stages – 340 West 50th Street (b/w 8th and 9th Aves.) For more info visit http://nytvf.com

OzGirl will be screening on Digital Day at NYTVF. I will be there to answer your questions after!

See you then!

We’ve had a crazy time in LA these past 10 days. We’d like to thank everyone for their support over this past year. It’s been a lot of fun. During this trip we’ve had the opportunity to meet with a multitude of people including agents, studios and networks. It’s been an amazing journey and we couldn’t have done it without you: the fans.

What’s Next for OzGirl?
- Read the latest press coverage of OzGirl on NewTeeVee - http://tinyurl.com/m6hrg5 as well as in last Saturday’s A2 section from The Age (8th of August)

- Creator Nicholas Carlton will appear on a panel about digital distribution at the SPAA Fringe Festival on the 17th of October 2009. Come and hear him talk!

I’m very excited to announce the Season 1 DVD is on sale now! The DVD can be purchased at http://ozgirl.tv and is only AU$19.95

In addition to the 23 episodes (120 minutes) there is 6 hours of bonus features including:
- 2 commentaries
- Cast and Crew Interviews
- Bloopers
- Deleted Scenes
- Behind the Scenes

We need YOUR help. OzGirl has been selected as part of the official selection for the Independent Television Festival in LA (http://itvfest.org). Help us raise funds to attend the festival so that we can be one step closer to bringing you Season 2! We want to sell 200 DVDs!! Follow our progress at http://ozgirl.tv - where you can also donate.

I apologise about the delay we experienced with the broadcast - unfortunetly our website is subject to our host’s (Ning) maintenance schedule which exceeded it’s scheduled maintenance time by an hour. This unfortunately caused a great deal of confusion.

Thanks for a great season of OzGirl, we’ve loved having you as fans. It’s been a pleasure!

Since then it has been a crazy ride, we never envisioned how intense shooting 24 x 4 minute episodes would be. We shot a feature film with a skeleton crew. Being as disorganized as I am I don’t have an exact number of shooting days but it is somewhere between 30 - 40 days of shooting.

The shoot days were intense - some of the days up to 12 hours + of shooting. One of the great things that I love as a filmmaker are the friendships that are formed on set. I have had the privilege of working with the most talented, dedicated and passionate cast and crew. We became a family… it’s going to be weird now that the show has concluded.

I first approached Sophie (Producer, Writer, “Sadie”) in September about the project. Back then it was a vlog style show about a hairdresser. We evolved the concept into what is now OzGirl through a process of trial and error. In October when we started to shoot, it was me and the cast. I was operating the camera, sound equipment, etc myself with the cast running around the city without permission shooting in true guerrilla style. One crew member - Three cast members. To date a bit over 20 people have now worked on OzGirl in some capacity.

In writing this I want to publicly thank those who have helped bring OzGirl to the screen. First and foremost I want to thank Sophie. Without her OzGirl could never be. She is the most talented, enthusiastic and intelligent actress I have ever met. The past 6 months have seen OzGirl take over a large part of her life - she was in the trenches fighting as hard as I was to get this made. Sophie has brought something special to OzGirl. I’m not surprised the world has fallen in love with her Sadie.

Shanrah - without whom the world would never have met the uber-bitch, Megan. Her counsel and help has always been invaluable. In the latter months Shanrah virtually took on Production Managing responsibilities. For that I am truly grateful! It certainly gave me one less headache.

Shaun - his awesome camerawork has given the show a new edge. His counsel too has been greatly appreciated. Shaun is a giant Scotsman.

Neil - for his advice and running ALL the auditions. You’ve been awesome! (even though you’re from Tasmania)

Lisa - for your writing and creative ideas.

My family, particularly my Dad and sisters who have put up with the shoot around the house - running around like crazy. You’ve all been awesome.

To the rest of the cast and crew - this is the most fun I’ve ever had shooting something! You’ve been the best cast and crew I could have possibly asked for. This is just the beginning of awesome things to come…

Thanks to everyone involved:-

• Sophie Tilson
• Shanrah Wakefield
• Lisa Bedwell
• Richard Askin
• Bradley Williams
• Joel Famularo
• Nicola Collie
• Janet Watson Kruse
• Lucy Emmerichs
• Jimmy O’Halloran
• Valerie Duthill
• Shaun Crawford
• Dmitri Golovko
• Regan Wood
• Kirsten
• Dad
• Olga
• My Sisters
• Julian Costanzo
• Stu Heppel
• Andrew Gaul
• Warrick Smythe
• Dylan Watson
• Jacob Brown
• Ben Holmes
• Neil Triffet
• Isaac Longbon
• Eira Joy Aringay
• Alli Parker
• Shaun Herbertson
• Andrew O’Keefe