Daniel

2006-10-16T01:25:12Z

68.225.57.112:

[[Image:Daniel.jpg|thumb|350px|Daniel talks to the camera in [[To Hell With Bree's Dad (yeah!)]].]]

'''Daniel, a.k.a. Danielbeast''', is [[Bree]]'s best friend and later love interest, and the co-star of the Lonelygirl15 [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|video series]]. He is played by [[Yousef Abu-Taleb]]. He graduated high school in June 2006 and had a graduation party which Bree was not allowed to attend. Daniel urged Bree to rebel against her strict parents and is concerned about whatever religion and the ceremony she was involved in. Like many of the fans, Daniel has also begun to investigate these mysterious things surrounding Bree and has taken to following her around and recording her actions, even after Bree has asked him not to do so via a video post. On both these occassions [[Lucy]] was taking Bree somewhere; once to a nearby park for what appeared to be a practice session for the upcoming ceremony and then a trip to a medical complex.

He is much more social than Bree, he has friends besides her and goes to parties, which he has coerced Bree into sneaking out to go to. Two of his other friends have been named, [[Paul]] and [[Andrea]].

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Seen characters]]

Cassieiswatching

2006-09-30T07:37:42Z

68.225.57.112: /* Alternate Reality Game */

Cassieiswatching is the name of a YouTube user who garnered notoriety for "herself" after posting two videos, featuring locations from the Lonelygirl15 videos "Swimming" and "In The Park". Because these locations in the Los Angeles area were believed to be known only to the LG15 production staff and cast, a great air of mystery still surrounds cassieiswatching as to how she came into possession of such knowledge.

The creators of the Lonelygirl15 project have disavowed any connection to cassieiswatching. [http://www.lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=718]

==Origin ==

Cassieiswatching posted her first video on September 12, 2006. The creation of cassieiswatching appears to be inspired by two events:

(1) The lonelygirl15 video [[Swimming!]] dated August 29, 2006 contains three scenes in which the characters refer to a girl named Cassie. In the video, Bree asks Daniel about the fate of a girl she knew from high school. Daniel says he doesn't remember this girl. Bree unsuccessfully tries to spark his memory, and then says she used to walk the track with her and that other kids were mean to Cassie. The last scene contained a somber tone that contrasts with the rest of the video, which was lighthearted and intimate.

(2) The unveiling of lonelygirl15 as an interactive multimedia production [http://lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36] and not a real video blog on September 7, 2006. The YouTube page for the first cassieiswatching video, [[This Is My Story Now]], contains the tags "bree" "tells" "lies" in reference to the news that lonelygirl15 is not real. The video ends with a voice saying "come and get it," commonly interpreted as an invitation to lonelygirl15 viewers to participate in an alternate reality game.

The game has leveraged the use of multimedia and interactive content to generate clues for the participants. Clues have been discovered in two videos, an altered Bible page, a voicemail message and several puzzles using morse code and anagrams.

==Alternate Reality Game ==

'''Clue #1''' - This Is My Story Now video posted on September 12, 2006

The video is shot entirely in first person perspective with no other people present. The video begins with a voice whispering "I was here," followed by still shots of a rural park. Then, the viewer is walking along a dirt trail. Next, the viewer has a stationary view of a stream (in the foreground) with a rock wall (in the background). A bag suddenly falls from outside the top of the frame into the water. This is followed by more still shots and a voice saying "come and get it". <Add info about still photo of bag in the street>

The location is Los Angeles National Park, the same location used for the lonelygirl15 Swimming video.

'''Clue #2''' - The bag in the This Is My Story Now video

This clue has been recovered in a video posted on youtube showing someone retrieving the bag with a box inside. inside the box was the Judgement Tarot card. after this cassieiswatching changed her "This Is My Story Now" video's title to "TOO SLOW I DON'T PLAY CARDS YOU ALL FAILED I HATE YOU", and so the clue is believed to have been stolen or tampered with.

'''Clue #3''' - When I Get to the Bottom Where I Stop video posted on September 17, 2006

Again, the video is shot in first person perspective. The video contains mostly color inversed images and reversed audio. It begins with two birds in slow motion with a person saying "I was here" in reverse. Next, several still images are shown which includes two pictures of Bree from the [[In The Park]] video, dated September 14, 2006, a crime scene photo of the bodies of Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring as committed by the Manson Family members, another Manson Family crime photo from the LaBianca murder scene with "Healter Skelter" misspelled in blood on the refrigerator door, and several pictures of the park where the [[In the Park]] video was filmed (including a picture of clue #4). A loud scream is included with the still images. Then, the camera moves through the park at high speed to the location where Bree was waiting for Daniel in the [[In The Park]] video. Simultaneously, it plays audio of the Beatles song "Helter Skelter" at high speed (which includes the 'loud scream' previously mentioned) and U2's Bono saying "Charles Manson stole this from the Beatles, now were taking it back." in reference to the same song.

The video is heavily edited like the [[This Is My Story Now]] video but contains an omnious overtone due to the inverted color images, reversed audio, Tate-LaBianca crime scene photos and the 'scream'.

'''Clue #4''' - Bible Page found on September 17, 2006

The location of the [[When I Get to the Bottom Where I Stop]] video was discovered by ARG veteran "Cu Roi" and fan "Scdgoofy." A page from the Bible was found attached to a playground slide. Certain words and numbers were cut out of the Bible page and when overlayed to a proper version of the page spelled out "Call 213 399 5274" (which has since been disconnected), which led to clue #5.

[http://youtube.com/watch?v=YWKqbZMb0NA video of the Bible page discovery]

[http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m259/Casketoftears/CassieInThePark.jpg scanned image of the Bible page - front]

[http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m259/Casketoftears/CassieInTheParkReverse.jpg scanned image of the Bible page - back]

'''Clue #5''' - Voicemail recorded on September 17, 2006

The voice message recorded from clue #4: [http://tinyurl.com/facjf]

The voice message says "<add>" in reverse.

'''Clue #6''' - Morse Code found on September 21, 2006

This clue was found on the page for cassieiswatching at YouTube.com:

.. .----. .-.. .-.. / -... . / .-. .. --. .... - / .... . .-. . / .- -... --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..- .-.-.- / -... . / .-. . .- -.. -.--

Translates into "I'll be right here above you. Be ready."

'''Clue #7''' - Morse Code found on September 25, 2006

This morse code and anagram clue was found on the page for cassieiswatching at YouTube.com.:

(Note: this clue included a morse code translation for "codes into serapis", which was revealed to be an anagram for "Cassies does not RIP". This Rosetta Stone-like item allowed participants to decipher the clue below.)

.-. . ...- . -. --. . / .- -... .- - . -.. / .-- .. -. / - .... . / -... . ... - / .... .. -. -
.. -- .--. --- ...- . .-. .. ... .... . -.. / -- . - . .-. / ... - . .- .-.. ... --..--
..-. --- --- .-.. / -.. .. ... .-.. .. -.- . ... / .-- .... .. - . / .... --- - / .-- .- .-. -- - ....
. --. --- / .- -- .--. .-.. .. ..-. .. -.-. .- - .. --- -. / - .- .-.. .-.. --- .-- / .... . . .-.. .-.-.-

.-- . .-.. .-.. / .- -. / ..- -. . ...- . -. / ... . ...- . .-. . ... - / -.- . . -.
--- -. / .- ...- . -. --. . .-. ... / -.. . .- ..-. . -. . -.. / -... .-. --- .-- -. .-.-.-
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.- .-. - .. ... - ... / .. -. - .-. --- ...- . .-. - / ... . .-.. ..-. / .... .- - . --..--
.-- --- --- -.. . -. .-.. -.-- / --- .-. / - .- .-- -.. .-. .. .-.. -.-- / .- ... / - --- .-. - ..- --- ..- ... .-.-.-
.... .- / .-- --- .-. - .... .. -. . ... ... / --- -- .. - ... / .- --. --- .-.-.-
.-- --- .-. - .... -.-- / -. .- ..- ... . --- ..- ... / - .... . / -.- .. -. --. / -.. . .- - .... / -- .- ... -.- ---...

-.. .. ... - .- ... - . ..-. ..- .-.. .-.. -.-- / .... . / -.. . -.-. .- -.-- . -.. / .... . / -.-. --- -- . / .... . / .--. --- . .-.-.-
... ..- -... ... - .- -. - .. .- - .. --- -. ... / ... . . .--. . -.. / -.-. --- . .-. -.-. . .-.-.-

Translates into:

Between the virgin and the beast
moses armed the evil priest,
To kill me with his sword of hate
if help again will come too late.

Warns Luke Eleven Seventeen
of dangers now and ever been.
The cost is not just mine to bear.
We win we live we die we share.

Revelation starts the first,
at dawn youll rise to do your worst.
This is not a game or show.
The stakes are high and you must know:

The pulse of the doe-eyed child may cease.
But cassie does not rest in peace.

'''Clue #8''' - Morse code follow up image found on September 26, 2006

This image assisted participants to translate the clue #7 by identifying the number of words in each line to simplify the deciphering of the anagrams.

[http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/712/aabbvo9.jpg]

'''Clue #9''' - Morse code image with solution found on September 26, 2006

Technically not a clue, but once participants had posted a complete version of the decyphered anagrams this clue was found on the page for cassieiswatching at YouTube.com to confirm their success.

[http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/4559/ex22lk0.jpg]

'''Clue #10''' - Morse code found on September 27, 2006

This clue was found on the page for cassieiswatching at YouTube.com.

-.. . .- .-. / -... -.-- .

... - .-. .. ..-. . / -... .. - / - .... . / ... .. --. -.

Translates into:

MD5DQ

Be ready

It begins the first

(MD5DQ is a reference to tinyurl.com/md5dq, which points to the image in Clue #9)

==Character Development ==

It is unclear if cassieiswatching is a benevolent or malevolent character. It is also unclear if the character is alive or dead (ghost).

'''Is Cassie alive or dead?'''

Speculation that Cassie is dead originates from the dis-embodied filming style of the her two videos and the line "But Cassie does not rest in peace" from clue #7.

'''Differences between the storylines'''

Adaptation of the Cassie character by cassieiswatching is increasingly divergent from the Cassie character referred to in the lonelygirl15 videos:

- cassieiswatching appears to be stalking the Bree character, however neither Bree nor Daniel have been aware of the whereabounts of Cassie for a year or longer.

- cassieiswatching has suggested Bree will die, however there is no evidence of a life-threatening situation in the lonelygirl15 videos.

- cassieiswatching has suggested being a victim of a cult ritual in clue #7, however in the Lonelygirl15 "My Helper" video (posted after clue #7 was discovered) Bree says Cassie was a friend until "the whole religion thing kinda freaked her out".

==Gamejacking ==

==Videos ==
;YouTube
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IcYUifgEfw This is My Story Now]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhOw43rqp6E When I Get to the Bottom Where I Stop] (warning: explicit imagery)

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdnXUBd4AAU When I Get to the Bottom Where I Stop - audio reversed and video inverted by nonoctave]

==References==

title = Summary of Cassie Clues (updated 9/27/2006), url = http://lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=809, author = ravensgrace, date = [[2006-09-27]] | accessdate = 2006-09-29

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