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.
Filmed using the The Sims 2, and edited with Ulead VideoStudio 7, 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 eight in all. The episodes take between 4 and 12 weeks to make.
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. In September of 2008, she will enter 11th grade. The twins, who were infants when the show began, are now walking. 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!