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Is this a trick question?
On 9/8/06, Casey McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Wow Adam, how old are you again?
>
> C.
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>
> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Adam Quirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > A talent agency creates a show around a bad actress, fools a
> community into
> > thinking it is an actual girl at home in her room, builds trust
> among her
> > viewers, then pulls the rug out. Haha!! Gotcha!!
> >
> > Man on web video discussion group points out certain negative aspects of
> > said ruse.
> >
> > Who is the jerk?
> >
> > On 9/8/06, Casey McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Wow, Adam, you're being a real jerk about this. Don't you realize
> > > that behind this persona probably lies a really nice girl? Hell,
> > > perhaps even beyond your current jerky persona there also lies a
> > > really nice guy... I hope I get to meet him someday.
> > >
> > >
> > > Casey
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Casey McKinnon
> > > Producer, Galacticast
> > > http://www.galacticast.com/
> > >
> > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>
> <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>,
>
> > > "Adam Quirk" <bullemhead@> 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 <steve@> 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 <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>
> <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>,
>
> > > "Mark" <mark@> 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
> > > > > >>
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> > > > > --
> > > > > 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/
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