GREFG Y LA NARRATIVA ÉPICA EN YOUTUBE

Graf is a YouTuber who knows how to tell stories. I don't like For Night; I'm terrible at it, and that's why I don't play it or even look for ways to play it on YouTube. But when I click on one of Graf's videos, I always end up watching the whole thing. Somehow, he manages to hook me. I'll

become a follower of his; you know what I'm talking about. The intensity, the emotion, the epicness. His YouTube channel already has more than 15 million subscribers and it keeps growing. It's no surprise because he's one of the best at telling stories, especially since it's the most popular game right now. I'm the god of heights. What I do find surprising

is how he manages to hook me and keep me glued to the screen for 15 minutes watching him play a game I don't even like. That's why I 'm here today, studying Graf as if he were a screenwriter. I've studied the narrative resources he uses, the structure of his videos, his techniques for generating tension, the camera angles,

the music, and everything else—basically, how he makes everything he does seem so ethical. Let's start with the basics, with what makes the story logical. [Music] When we talk about any kind of narrative, the first thing that comes to mind is structure. In school, we all learned the three-act structure; it's just that we may have

forgotten it. It's one of the most basic elements of storytelling. The three-act structure divides the story into a beginning, a middle, and an end. We see this in stories, series, and movies, and in fact, if you think about it, it's everywhere. Online videos are no exception. Now, they have a peculiarity, a peculiarity that makes them more