Ella, More Or Less is a web series about a teenage girl named Ella Bradley. Ella's life is usually pretty crazy. In 2007, Ella's family grew bigger with the arrival of twin baby siblings, Caitlin and Oliver. A few months later, Ella's parents uprooted the family for the fifth time, finally settling them in a house in a nice neighborhood... right next door to a cute guy named Gray (who Ella developed an instant crush on) and his geeky younger brother, Gus, who soon became Ella's best friend. Over time, Ella and Gus became more than just friends!
Other characters on the show include:
*Bethany, Ella's younger and sometimes-annoying cousin (see episodes 3, 5, and 7)
*Kacey, a classmate whom Ella befriended in episode 8 (first introduced in episode 4)
*Burk, the school jerk (see episodes 2, 4, 8, and 9)
Filmed using the The Sims 2, and edited with Ulead VideoStudio 7 and Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate, Ella was one of the first Sims series to use voiceovers instead of subtitles. The episodes are between six and ten minutes long, and there are currently 13 in all, plus 7 Vlogs (mini-episodes told from Ella's perspective.)
Unlike many "animated" TV series, the characters on Ella age in real-time. When the series began, Ella was at the tail end of her 9th grade year. She and Gus are off to college in 2010! The twins, who were infants when the show began, are talking. And in late 2007, Gus finally outgrew his squeaky-boy voice.
Ella is enjoyed by hundreds of people on YouTube, especially teenage girls (not surprising, eh?) As its audience continues to grow, I will do my best to continue to make new episodes!