Good point Adam. It will be interesting how this plays out long term, as the corporate space gets into this style.
The formula is : Get cute girl. For a month, have her babble into the camera about how her boyfriend is mean, and how she wishes she lived in Borneo, and how her hobby is karaoke singing of New Wave songs. (Thus building "authenticity.") One day, she talks about how she's thirsty, and if she could only have an ice-cold Dr. Pepper, her life would be complete! If not Dr. Pepper, than replace with any product. Preparation H, that new movie with Oscar nominees, or have a scene where she is furiously trying to find the RAID to kill the household vermin. Rinse and repeat. -Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 9/8/06, Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A talent agency made this? That seems ironic, with "talent" being implied. > > "To enhance the community experience of Lonelygirl15, which you have already > helped to create, we are in the process of building a website centered > around video and interactivity. This website will allow everyone to enjoy > the full potential of this new medium. Unfortunately, we aren't programmers. > We are filmmakers. We are working furiously to complete the website, and > hope to have it up and running shortly." > > > Hooray! Interactivity is a main goal for me too! The new design will be > much more product reliability based, with an edge for consumer content and > industry news and analysis. I wonder how that plays out in this quarter? > > Is it just me, or are all of our bullshit detectors getting really really > good these days? > > On 9/8/06, Steve Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here's the most recent update on lonelygirl15 > > > > http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/09/07/lonelygirl15.html > > > > > > On Sep 8, 2006, at 1:25 PM, Casey McKinnon wrote: > > > > > Wow... I just found the girl in question, her YouTube profile/vlog is > > > located here: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lonelygirl15 > > > > > > If this is real, this girl has talent. Unfortunately, though, after > > > watching her most recent five videos, I don't believe it IS real. The > > > only reason I believe this is due to her great editing, great comedic > > > timing and this particular episode where someone takes tons of > > > well-framed video footage of her swimming: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q_y0HdJ4x8 > > > > > > A lot of the swimming parts are just too high quality/well-framed to > > > believe that the guy holding the camera isn't a well-seasoned > > > cameraman. > > > > > > I could be wrong... but one idea springs to mind: LonelyGirl15 is a > > > lot like Hope is Emo, but more realistic (capable of happiness > > > SOMEtimes!). > > > > > > Whether it's real or not, I like her... how can I not, she's adorable. > > > Casey > > > > > > --- > > > Casey McKinnon > > > Producer, Galacticast > > > http://www.galacticast.com/ > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Related to the YouTube discussion, is this story in today's LA > > >> Times, about the identity of LonelyGirl15. Since she started > > >> posting videos on YT in June, she consistently gets lots of views. > > >> Now her "identity" could be a part of a marketing campaign... > > >> possibly for a movie. > > >> > > >> Because LATimes.com requires registration, I've included the first 2 > > >> paragraphs to the story, in addition to the link: > > >> > > >> http://www.latimes.com/search/dispatcher.front? > > >> Query=lonelygirl15&target=blendedsearch&first-page-size=5 > > >> > > >> ------------ > > >> Lonelygirl15 appears to be an innocent, home-schooled 16-year-old, > > >> pouring her heart out for her video camera in the privacy of her > > >> bedroom. But since May, her brief posts on the video-sharing site > > >> YouTube and the social networking hub MySpace have launched a Web > > >> mystery eagerly followed by her million-plus viewers: Who is this > > >> sheltered ingenue who calls herself "Bree," and is she in some sort > > >> of danger — or, worse, the tool of some giant marketing machine? > > >> > > >> No one has publicly come forward to lay claim to her work, but she > > >> is starting to look as connected in Hollywood as any starlet. Three > > >> lonelygirl15-obsessed amateur Web sleuths set up a sting using > > >> tracking software that appears to show that e-mails sent from a > > >> lonelygirl15 account came from inside the offices of the Beverly > > >> Hills-based talent agency Creative Artists Agency. > > >> > > >> ---------------- > > >> Hmmm, the next Blair Witch-type campaign? > > >> > > >> Mark > > >> www.1trackmind.com > > >> www.TVQuake.com > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Steve Garfield > > http://SteveGarfield.com > > > > Learn Podcasting FREE at PodCamp Boston, Sept 9/10 > > http://www.PodCamp.org > > > > Watch Vlog Soup: A video tour of the vlogosphere > > http://stevegarfield.blogs.com/vlogsoup/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- Artsmash : Art is the Starting Line [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.artsmash.tv skype : sunoxen Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! 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