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It is often suggested that there are 'secrets' to comedy or that it
is 'lightning in a bottle', but the craft of comedy writing can be
taught. While comedic tastes change, over time and from person to
person, the core underpinning still depends on the comedic geniuses
that have paved the way. Great comedy is built upon a strong
foundation. In Writing the Comedy Movie, Marc Blake lays out - in
an entertainingly readable style - the nuts and bolts of comedy
screenwriting. His objective is to clarify the 'rules' of comedy:
to contextualize comedy staples such as the double act, slapstick,
gross-out, rom com, screwball, satire and parody and to introduce
new ones such as the bromance or stoner comedy. He explains the
underlying principles of comedy and comedy writing for the screen,
along with providing analysis of leading examples of each subgenre.
It is often suggested that there are 'secrets' to comedy or that it
is 'lightning in a bottle', but the craft of comedy writing can be
taught. While comedic tastes change, over time and from person to
person, the core underpinning still depends on the comedic geniuses
that have paved the way. Great comedy is built upon a strong
foundation. In Writing the Comedy Movie, Marc Blake lays out - in
an entertainingly readable style - the nuts and bolts of comedy
screenwriting. His objective is to clarify the 'rules' of comedy:
to contextualize comedy staples such as the double act, slapstick,
gross-out, rom com, screwball, satire and parody and to introduce
new ones such as the bromance or stoner comedy. He explains the
underlying principles of comedy and comedy writing for the screen,
along with providing analysis of leading examples of each subgenre.
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Sitcoms (Paperback)
Barth Hulley, Marc Blake, Stuart Allen
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R273
Discovery Miles 2 730
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Featuring winning scripts from THE SITCOM TRIALS. The Sitcom Trials
is the comedy show where brand new sitcoms compete and the audience
vote for the winner. It began on stage in 1999 and has enjoyed
successful runs as a touring show and on TV. This collection
includes scripts that were performed during the 2004 and 2006
seasons of the 'Trials', a Sitcom pilot developed for TV with
stand-up comedian and comic author Marc Blake, as well as a crop of
other as-yet unperformed Sitcoms.
The craft of sitcom is possibly the hardest of all screenwriting
genres, demanding a complex set of skills. How NOT to Write a
Sitcom is a troubleshooting guide aimed at both the novice and the
practising sitcom writer. It illustrates and explains the many
pitfalls in concept, characterisation, plotting and
dramatic/comedic writing,which pepper the hundreds of scripts
submitted every year. Each point is illustrated with an example of
the error and each section contains practical suggestions and
exercises for the writer to apply to their own writing. The book
makes no assumption of the reader other than an interest in the
form. It contains interviews with current producers as well as
interviews with successful practioners of the craft. Marc Blake is
a script consultant, writer and teacher of writing for sitcom. In
this book he acts as a `script mechanic' for writers - stripping a
sitcom down to its component parts, isolating the faults and fixing
them. What script editors and producers are looking for are scripts
that work. Naturally they want a genius in embryo, but above all
they first want to see something that is roadworthy.
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