In the studios Summer 2007
YouTube Theater with Marwen teaching artist Steve Ciampaglia

Steve based his course "YouTube Theater"on the lonelygirl15 saga, where film student/actress Jessica Rose created a serial videoblog highlighting fictional accounts of "Bree."

lonelygirl15 first portrayed herself to be a real 16-year-old who had to deal with typical teenage angst but quickly morphed into a bizarre narrative that portrayed her dealings with secret occult practices within her family and included the mysterious disappearance of her parents after she refused to attend a "secret" ceremony prescribed by the leaders of the family's cult. The series was an immediate hit and quickly became the most subscribed channel on YouTube. Due to her popularity, fans became suspicious of whether she was really genuine and an investigation was initiated by the NY Times which eventually outted Jessica Rose.
link to the NY Times Article outting Jessica Rose
link to the Wikipedia Entire for lonelygirl15

Above is "fredgreen61" who videoblogs about his troubles sleeping.
More vlogs from the course:
fredgreen61
allyxxdizzle
Hikaristar12
LorettaVBall
DuhDuhDum