A NEW home-grown soap is about to hit the screens – and it's scripted by a city schoolgirl.
Show On The Exe begins its run online on May 4, and has been written, directed and performed by drama students at West Exe Technology College.
Destined for YouTube, the soap is a series of six episodes.
If the first series is well received, a second has been written and is ready to be filmed.
Behind the soap is 16-year-old Elle Morris. She said: "The series was written by myself across about 10 months, but I didn't believe that we would actually attempt it.
"It had been designed as a soap opera, but very focused on a few characters in a simple location.
"Then, as soon as I took the scripts into school, many members of my drama class insisted on giving it a go, which was when I suggested we turn it into a YouTube soap opera."
Elle is also the soap's director and the rest of the crew consists of co-director Nadine Ousley, producer Bethany Clark and cinematographer Poppy Levers.
Elle added: "We held auditions in January, open to all Key Stage Four West Exe students.
"These were advertised within the school, and also through a publicity video on our Show OnTheExe Facebook page."
The cast consists of Samantha Commins, Hannah Winchester, Molly Hallett, Brandon Baxter-Phillips, Ryan Hine and Olivia D'Mello-Browning.
Elle said: "We began with a photoshoot in early February, and then went straight on to filming.
"Although the West Exe drama studio is our main location, no teachers/staff have been involved in the filming. It is entirely student-led.
"Besides the drama studio, we also film in various locations around Exeter.
"We are currently filming episode five, so are due to finish the whole series in about three weeks.
"It has been highly demanding for the cast and crew, especially in the build-up to exams. We have been meeting for around three filming sessions per week.
"The editing for each episode takes around 20 hours, split between myself and Nadine.
"Our aim with this series was for it to be fun for us to do, but also to get a high number of viewers on YouTube.
"If this does happen, then we are considering moving on to series two which has already been written."
Watch a trailer of the new soap below.
