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Laughing out loud : writing the comedy-centered screenplay /
Whoever wrote ""Make 'em laugh!"" knew that it's easier said than done. But people love to laugh, and good comedy will always sell. With the help of this complete and entertaining guide, writers and would-be writers for film and television can look forward to writing co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Elements of comedy that writers should know
- Exercises to nurture the comic muse
- From stage and page to screen: anarchistic and romantic comedy
- Physical humor: from commedia dell'arte and Moliere to vaudeville and silent screen comedy
- Sound comedy: American screwball romantic comedy, then and now
- Comedy and television: stand-up, sitcom and everything in between
- Comedies from around the world
- Comedy and the documentary impulse
- Feature film comedies
- Television comedy: Seinfeld and the Simpsons
- The fifteen-week feature comedy screenplay
- The seven-week half-hour television comedy pilot script
- Beyond happy endings: toward a comic conclusion.