Indiana Caverns, Indiana cave trail part 1

      Story line, this means everything in the world of entertainment. A movie can have great special effects, great actors and great scenes, but without a great story, the film will flop. Everything else comes secondary to story. What is a story and how do you write a great one? A story line, or plot, can be written into three parts according to Aristotle, a beginning, middle and end.  The beginning is where the plot is set up and where the journey begins, the middle where most of the action happens including the climax of the plot, and the end where everything is resolved.  An example of this being successfully implemented was in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. In this trilogy, there is a clear beginning where Frodo is a happy goal lucky hobbit, but then inherits the ring of power. This action kicks off the middle of the story where Gandalf sets him on his journey to destroy the ring, and an end where the ring has been destroyed and Frodo moves on.

      All successful films, TV shows, books and so on have these three parts to the story, the beginning, middle and end. So how does this relate to YouTube content creation and this video? I do not personally see a difference between the formats, it is still all about the story. So in Vlog 3, Indiana caverns, I make my first attempt at beginning, middle and end. The beginning of the video I describe where we are going and film the journey there. The middle where we tour the caverns and the end where we journey home. Since this is the beginning of a four part series, I am also telling a greater story in which we are on the Indiana cave trail. This is our first stop in this greater adventure where we pick up the Indiana Cave Trail Passport, have it stamped in each location, and receive our prize in the end.

      The cameras used in this video was the Fujifilm FinePix XP80 and the Canon Rebel. The FinePix was used for everything except for the cave. I thought at the time that the Canon Rebel would have done a better job in the cave, and I would have been right if I knew my camera better. See, I did not go to film school, and I didn't take photography classes or anything of the sort. So all of this is new to me. My major mistake was auto focus. When shooting in a low light environment, flip the switch on the lens to manual focus and turn the dial on the camera to full auto. It makes for some stunning shots. Don't worry, I figure this out by the fourth part :)  Thank you for reading and please don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel and to this blog.