You just *had* to mention Dr. Pepper, didn't you, Art? Now, I'm going to have to go get one (and I'm dead serious; I'll even work the Dr. into my video post for today)...
Harold On 9/8/06, Art Smash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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! 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