Difference between revisions of "Bree's bedroom"

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Most of the early Lonelygirl15 videos take place in Bree's bedroom and hence it provides a fertile hunting ground for clues as to the plot of Lonelygirl15. On this page we will describe the room, catalogue its contents and discuss their relevance to the plot. This location is of course the home of Bree's stuffed animals.

Overall

Bree's room is shown in the fullest detail in the video What Did Daniel and Dad Talk About?, in which Bree hung a blanket from the wall in the corner of her room over her bed. She expressed doubts about the aesthetic value of the blanket, but it has remained there ever since. Bree's room has a single door near the corner opposite her computer desk (Bree is often facing that same corner when filming, and that corner is only briefly glimpsed in the mirror once). On the back of the door, Bree has a photo collage picture board (placed there during the filming of Daniel Returns, and More Interesting Factoids (Yay!)). Next to the door to the right, there is a floor lamp, and then Bree's bed, with the blanket hanging over it. Behind the lamp, there is a small picture of a flower, and over Bree's bed there is a picture of a house. Next to the picture of the house was a poster of Napoleon Dynamite, which was only up for a total of 2 episodes (Daniel Returns, and More Interesting Factoids (Yay!) and Proving Science Wrong!) before it mysteriously disappeared. On the wall to the right of Bree's bed is a small painting of a flower in a vase, a wall calendar (showing a picture of two kittens in a basket in August), and a picture of a buttterfly. To the other side of the door, there is a bookshelf with a small candelabra on top, above which there is a picture of Aleister Crowley (see below). (A different, unidentified picture was there in earlier episodes.) Next to the candelabra is a framed photo of three young men wearing suits which was later replaced with a box. Past the bookcase is a mirrored closet, and past that is a curtained window with another bookcase beneath it, draped in purple cloth. The top of this bookcase is covered with various items, including numerous candles. Bree's computer desk is smallish and made of wood, with a metal-and-plastic chair in front of it and a multicolored paper lantern hanging over it.

The bookshelf

It would be very useful to know what books are present on the bookshelf, but this has not been determined. In most of the early videos, the bottom shelf was either empty or contained a single book, but in later videos, it has become cluttered.

The box

A lot of recent discussion has focussed on a box on top of Bree's bookcase. The box first appears in the video Zodiac of Denderah in place of the picture of the three boys, and is closed. After the ceremony the box is open. Then, in I Talked To My Parents, the box is gone and the picture has returned.

The Aleister Crowley shrine

Above the bookshelf there is what appears to be a shrine to Aleister Crowley. The shrine is composed of a picture of Aleister Crowley and a set of candles. Aleister Crowley was the founder of the occultist religion of Thelema.

The Edward Hopper painting

On the back wall of Bree's bedroom is a well-known painting by artist Edward Hopper entitled, "Second Story." Hopper is an American painter whose most common theme was solitude in American life.

Bree's bedroom in Wired Magazine Article

A recent article in Wired magazine gives us our best view of the side of Bree's bedroom that we have never seen on camera.

Area surrounding Bree's house

The video Learning To Drive appears to start out close to Bree's house where Daniel picks her up, and ends at a loading dock of a warehouse.

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  The exterior

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  Bree standing next to a very unusual wall

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  Daniel picking Bree up with what appears to be Bree's house in the background.

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  After a brief driving lesson, Bree and Daniel pull up at what appears to be the loading dock of a warehouse.