The Lonelygirl15 YouTube Project: Conniving Creators Come Clean

An internet venture and incredible mystery that went on for months has finally come to an end. Or at least reached a new stage in its development. Three savvy young men from southern California managed to dupe thousands of lonely men around the world with their “Lonelygirl15” YouTube creation.

The creators behind the Internet video mystery teen Lonelygirl15 want their fans to know they are not a front for a big Hollywood studio marketing some upcoming film.
Instead, the three friends began the adventures of the doe-eyed, 16-year-old home-schooled Bree as an experiment in storytelling that they intend to continue on their own Web site that was launched Tuesday.
Bree's inventors went public after fans of the two- to three-minute videos began questioning her existence and expressing disappointment that the seemingly genuine video diaries were a hoax.

The cunning creators identified themselves to The Associated Press as Miles Beckett, 28, of Woodland Hills, Calif.; Mesh Flinders, 26, of Petaluma, Calif., and Greg Goodfried, 27, of Los Angeles. The three figured that they could exploit the publics creepy desires by giving birth to a show that incorporated elements of mega hit “Lost”, voyeurism, Nancy Drew levels of mystery, and the unending desire to watch young women do anything. No matter how mundane. Though, after having watched a couple episodes it seems that many people were thankfully peering into the faux life of this young lady for the sake of entertainment.

"We're fans of this medium," Goodfried said. "It represents a shift from the content being in control of the big corporations to power being in the hands of the little guy who has a Webcam."
"We are the little guys," Beckett said.
The revelation that Bree was fake initially angered fans on YouTube, who suspected Lonelygirl15 was a slick Hollywood attempt to advertise some upcoming movie or TV show.
But since the creators revealed its fictitious nature last week, the number of people subscribing to the Lonelygirl15 channel on YouTube has skyrocketed.


The savvy Sean picked up on this story a while back and I really do wish the creators had pulled off something hilariously shocking before being exposed. They mention that the number of people subscribing to their show has skyrocketed but I really can’t see those numbers sustaining themselves after the newly curious fans have left. Here’s hoping to some explosive cliffhanger ending to this season involving the “Lonelygirl15” and her forbidden love “Danielbeast” rebelling against their overly religious parents…in a hail of gunfire!

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