Comments | creepyguywas: lonelygirl15 is epic.

creepyguywas

lonelygirl15 is epic.

Feb 11, 2007 03:48

Comments 8

whimsical_dream February 11 2007, 11:12:32 UTC

That is pretty cool. I'm not really into the whole vlogging thing, but that's kinda neat.

creepyguywas February 11 2007, 21:53:42 UTC

Yeah, the series pretty much hasn't been "vlog-like" until they ran away from home. Now it's more like a road trip/blair witch project.

creepyguywas February 11 2007, 21:54:05 UTC

Er "since" they ran away, not "until"

mushroom_maiden February 11 2007, 13:33:22 UTC

That is cool.

But you'd think if they were making millions of dollars they could afford better camera and sound.

creepyguywas February 11 2007, 21:42:48 UTC

Well, "they" aren't making it, Bree is. The videos are supposed to look like they are being shot and edited by the characters.

mushroom_maiden February 12 2007, 05:52:09 UTC

Ah. I get it now. *is a n00b*

guntar February 11 2007, 14:50:58 UTC

I'm curious, how do they make money? Merchandising? What's the source for millions of dollars?

creepyguywas February 11 2007, 21:46:19 UTC

It's the number 1 most subscribed channel on YouTube, but the official website has their videos embedded with Revver, which generates revenue for each view. There are also google ads on the main site, and a donation button. There's pretty much no cost of production other than paying the actors, who were working for free until the site started making money.

It's suspected that they also do cross promotions. Every video with music in it has a link to that bands myspace, and one episode had a celebrity guest star.

The real genius of it all is that it's so fucking confusing anyone who watches it would have to periodically check the forums on the official website and skim them to figure out what's going on, as certain details can only be found by combing through the videos carefully. So if you watch the show, you're basically obligated to go to their site constantly.