creators post re opaphid et al.

[milowent]

terry linked to this in the Miss Me thread, but it seems important enough to be reposted here in its entirety:

lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5955

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:43 pm
Hey Everyone,

As I'm sure you noticed, we move the OpAphid videos to the left side of the video page. This is one of a few things we will be doing to make the viewing experience easier for a broader audience. Here are some things to bear in mind:

1) Although OpAphid and Tachyon videos are canon and part of the story, they are only required viewing if they are in the main video stream. That's why we moved OpAphid.

2) The OpAphid ARG is NOT REQUIRED. You do not need to play the game to understand the story. We will continue to hide clues and puzzles throughout the OpAphid, Tachyon, and LG15 videos... these all comprise the OpAphid ARG. You are welcome to play. We think you'll enjoy it!

3) Look for other videos being added to the left side in the future.

4) In the upcoming weeks we will be migrating all YouTube videos to the LG15 account on YouTube. YouTube will no longer be "part of the Breeniverse" from a suspension of disbelief standpoint. Meaning, post times etc. are not relevant to the story. ALL plot relevance will be found on our website (who posts, when they post, etc.).

5) In addition to posting all the YouTube videos on the LG15 account, we will be inserting single frames to act as thumbnails for the videos. These will include Bree and the LG15 logo. After observing view numbers over the past few months it is clear to us that having an identifiable thumbnail and posting to the LG15 account is important to bringing in a larger viewership. This is important for the ongoing success of the show.

6) We are working hard to build a much nicer version of the website with character profiles similar to YouTube. Additionally we will be adding functionality that makes it easier for you to upload your own stories that live within the Breeniverse (like lordgreystoke, marbella, itscassie, iris2009, etc.). We think you will really like it.

Thanks!

The Creators

- i think its wise to start posting all videos on youtube to the lg15 account, it makes it much easier for casual fans to keep up with the story.

- i love miles deft way of describing the increased importance of opaphid: we moved them to the left side of your screen. that sounds so minor, but it really cements the importance of opaphid as canon.

- the fact that the creators cite iris2009 as part of the breeniverse. that is really the money quote of the year. IRIS RULES!

[hyemew]

Yeah, I bet a lot of other people who live "inside" the Breeniverse feel slighted right about now. I mean if iris gets mentioned but not you? That's pretty bad. They must feel pretty stupid right now! ;-)

[Terryfic]

Boooo! The loss of an in-character video delivery system to make room for an out-of-character video delivery system is a poor choice in my book. As I have said before, why not do both? It is not like these are mutually exclusive choices. YouTube has only ever been the place to find out who uploaded which video. At the official site they all get tossed in the same video trough at the side of the page. If anything I think this is a move backwards.

I always figured they had the MySpace pages for the characters because they planned to reveal useless bits of trivia about the characters or something through them. I now see they have less and less interest in creating a believable world for the characters which the fans can explore.

I have to give props to OA over LG for at least using and updating their YT profile to reflect what is going on in the OA world. LG never did this and it is a real shame. They don’t seem to want to use any of the tools offered by the medium they chose to tell their story in.

Before people point out how much easier it will be for viewers to watch, I already know that and think it makes sense for that reason, I am pro an out-of-character easy to follow video delivery system, but I can see no reason at all why they should not also maintain an in-character presence on YouTube.

My thoughts on OpAphid no longer being a separate entity to LG? How well do I think the different philosophies of filmmaking (flashy for the sake of flashy vs minimalist mock-vlog) will mix? Well, I defer, as Smashing first did, to the genius of Lester Bangs “they will ruin [LG] and strangle everything we love about it… And then it just becomes an industry of cool.”

[hyemew]

If you have any random facts you'd like to reveal about danielbeast via myspace, let me know. I think such a thing might still be able to be arranged... ;-)