Week ONE Goodies

LonelyGirl15
Bree is a home-schooled 16 year old girl who has discovered the wonders of the YouTube diary, courtesy of her friend Daniel. Bree is an intelligent, odd, religious and entertaining young woman who has conflicts and identity issues as she deals with her first boyfriend, controlling parents and the increasing needs of her religion.

This would be the bumper sticker version of LonelyGirl15 I discovered over the three hours I spent watching the one to three minuet video blogs posted on YouTube beginning June 16, 2006. It only took people a couple of months to discover Bree was a character created by Ramesh Flinders and Miles Becket; according to Wiki.

Before this though, Bree seemed a relatable and interesting character, she even had her own Myspace. The interesting thing about her video blogs was watching the peaks of views on issue related to her “friend” Daniel and her religious upbringing. As I continued to read about the LonelyGirl15 phenomenon on Wiki, it seems she ended up self sacrificing herself. The thing that interested me in her video blogs was the slight changes, reality isn’t as interesting as Bree’s life became. I guess that’s how her fans figured that she was a fictional character.

The whole point of this is looking at narrative on an interactive web based scale. Bree was interactive by responding to fellow bloggers comments and videos posted around the place. This does however take a lot of time, the story developed at a realistic rate. Question is; can I create a narrative that is engaging, interactive and can be done within a different time constraint?

Ideas for Interactive narratives:
-Video Games (flash time)
-Comic Strips (also flash time)
-Chat Rooms (I have not a clue how to develop something like that)
-News Rooms (could be done)
-email forwards (as much as they annoy me)

Alright the way I see it, pretty much any narrative could be molded into one of these formats. One thing I’ve learnt about narratives and story telling is that you don’t have a chance when you’re young unless you go on about your own experiences… That’s where I’m stuck UNTIL NEXT WEEK!

(Yes I'm about to type my blog for next week, its your fault Jason!)