If you would like further information or would like to find out how you can become an investor in The EX-O please contact producer Sam Mitchell-Fin - [email protected] or our Executive Producer Katie Barget - [email protected]

Roziye Delaney: Angie Partridge
Roziye Delaney is a Sydney-based actor. She is a graduate of the renowned Jacques Lecoq International Theatre school in Paris, and since returning to Australia in 2012 she has worked with Clockfire Theatre Company. Her film credits include Six Characters (First Class Films), The Taste Of Cigarettes (Tropfest 2009), The Swimming Lesson (Bowen Ellames) and Red Wire Blue (Foulstone Pictures).

Annalisa Astarita: Sophia Ellis
Annalisa is an English/Italian actress who studied Method Techniques at The Lee Strasberg Institute, Los Angeles in 2010. Whilst in LA, she was cast in Bafta Honouree, Rita O’Sei’s short film, The Truce, before starring in Under the City by A Winters Road Productions. Upon her return to London she was cast in her first lead role as Hettie in Independent Feature, Strange Factories, with Foolish People, under John Harrigan’s direction (released in the UK in October 2013). Now based in Sydney, her credits include The Telling opposite Terry Serio, which went on to win awards at Palm Springs Short Film Festival.

Brendon McDonall: Thom Parker
A graduate of Theatre Nepean (Acting) and AFTRS (Directing and Screenwriting), Brendon’s acting credits include roles for the Bell Shakespeare Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Theatre South and Q Theatre. Most recently he toured nationally in the Helpmann Award winning production of Thursday’s Child for Sydney Theatre Company Ed/Monkey Baa. Brendon’s first short film The Law won a Jury Prize at Flickerfest 2012. All God’s Creatures was nominated for the Dendy Award for Best Australian Short Film and went on to win Best Film and Best Director at the 2014 Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival. Brendon won the 2012 AFTRS/Foxtel Award for Exceptional Talent and was Associate Director on the ABC series Janet King.  He is currently undertaking a Master of Screen Arts in Directing at AFTRS, and teaching acting and directing at NIDA.

We have secured the full cast of the Episode 1 and will be announcing members formally on our website shortly.
 

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our vision and our plan. We hope that you can dig as deep as you can and be a part of the creation of The EX-O - it is set to be a unique television experience for audiences the world over!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your generous pledge.

And remember - if you can’t pledge your ‘hard earned’ but still want to be a part of the action, of getting The EX-O out into the world you can help us by sharing this campaign with your friends and followers on your social networks!

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WRITING:
The first season's outline has been written. We have completed scripts for the first three episodes, the remaining episodes have been plotted and are with the writers as we speak.  We are also talking to some very well known writers, in order for them to assist Sam and Evan with this mammoth task - we just wish we could spill the beans! 

FILMING:
Pre-Production 
This is where the script is broken down into a finely tuned schedule. the production team, including production manager and 1st assistant director work together with the creative team to plan the schedule, plot the shots and plan every detail of the shooting schedule, gather the necessary equipment, props, wardrobe and finalise locations. This will take approximately one month.

Production/Shooting 
Lights! Camera! Action! This is where our amazing creative team along with the professional crew and cast unite in the filming of The EX-O. Our director, cinematographer, designers, the lighting, camera and sound crew and of course our actors spend long days of dedicated professionalism for an entire month as they create the vision laid out in the script. This is where the characters and the story of The EX-O comes to life.

Post Production 
This is where all the hard work comes together... with more hard work. Our director, editor, sound designer and the post production team weave the pictures, the dialogue, the MUSIC, into the beautiful thing that is THE EX-O. Editing sound design, colour grading, effects and titles. This will take approximately 4 - 5 weeks, as we are aiming to edit as we shoot.

SCREENING
We've pencilled Carriageworks, Sydney, for the Screening! Keep the end of February 2015 free ... For those who pledge and receive Screening tickets and Wrap Party tickets, you will be joining for the fantastic evening.

MARKETING
- Licensing the music;
- In-depth social media campaign to engage with and recruit fans through Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram and other appropriate platforms. 
- Creating the press kits and screening prints and engaging our sales agent so we can take the EX-O to international markets,  international production companies and distributors such as SXSW (South By South West) in Texas, USA, MIPCOM, Cannes, France, and our contacts at CBS, HBO, Netflix, et al.

Networks, distributors and audiences are always hungry for fresh, new, unique content and The EX-O is most definitely fresh, new and unique content.

Pre Production - 4 weeks, November - December 2014
Production/Filming - 3 weeks, January 2015
Post Production - 6 weeks, January through to February 2015

We have some exceptional partners lined up. Our lips have to be sealed until contracts are signed ... so watch this space!

By pledging to The EX-O Pozible Campaign, you help bring to life a show that is set to touch the lives of people the world over, through the story, through the music and through the exploration of the vulnerabilities and strengths of our characters and the great city of Sydney.

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Music is absolutely fundamental to almost every moment in our lives and is the switch that can change a moment in our day in any direction - always for the better. This is depicted throughout the show.

Scenes throughout each episode are enhanced by chosen songs. It is drama narrative meets music appreciation and with each episode having its own playlist we are able to link viewers directly to the music that can become part of the soundtrack to their own lives - a unique interactivity.

All episode playlists will be linked through to Spotify, to make downloading the music available and very user friendly!

After breaking up with a man she thought was ‘the one’, ANGIE is now back on the dating scene. She spends her days working as an event planner, headphones in, playing her favourite tunes and daydreaming of what her perfect man might look like, wondering - does he even exist? Throwing herself head-first into app dating and chance social encounters Angie acts first and thinks later. Her decisions in the world of love are often not the best and re-learning the dating ropes has proven to be a bumpy road.

Angie’s two best friends, THOM, (a budding actor, who sees himself as Angie’s protector) and SOPHIA, (a wealthy house wife and Angie’s voice of reason) are supportive of Angie getting back in the scene. But Angie’s decision to date PASCAL, a charming Frenchman & father of a young boy, is met with disapproval. However, she proceeds with her romantic plans, promising Sophia and Thom that she won’t sleep with Pascal on their first date.

Thom has a one night stand and the next morning decides that enough is enough, throwing out his ex, BRYCE, an underwear model who has been sleeping on his couch. Meanwhile, Sophia’s marriage to RYAN, a successful banker, begins to show signs of stress, despite it’s happy exterior. Is it really as perfect as she wants to believe?

Angie, with her passion for any modern playlist, goes on a dizzying first date with Pascal. The pre-1974 vinyl-record loving Sophia, meets an intriguing man at her favourite record store, and agrees to go for a drink. And Thom, with a passion for any music with a beat, receives a phone call which could change his career and his life, forever.

Could Pascal be the new love of Angie’s life? What is to unfold between Sophia and the man from the record store? And will Thom say yes to his new career direction despite it taking him away from his best friends?