Writing the comedy movie /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blake, Marc (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Subjects:
Comedy films > Authorship.
Screenwriters > Interviews.
Films comiques > Art d'écrire.
Scénaristes > Entretiens.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Screenwriting.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Comedy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
Screenwriters.
Interviews.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Writing the comedy script
  • Comedy
  • Premise and character
  • Plotting and comic scenes
  • Performative comedy
  • Narrative comedy
  • Comedy about sex
  • Mocking society: parody, mockumentary and satire
  • Dark comedy and farce
  • Sketch comedy and television
  • Action and animated comedy
  • Double acts: buddy movies, bormance and the road
  • Christmas comedy
  • Sports comedy
  • Military comedy
  • Prison comedies
  • Crime, caper, mob and heist movies
  • Transgresssion
  • Women in comedy
  • Comedy subgenres
  • Worldwide comedy
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix One
  • Appendix Two
  • Filmography
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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