Writing the comedy movie / Marc Blake.
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2016Description: ix, 261 pagesContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781628925920 (ebook)Subject(s): Comedy films -- Authorship | Screenwriters -- Interviews | PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Screenwriting | PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism | PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy | Performing Arts | Film: styles & genres | Screenwriting techniques | Other performing arts | Film scripts & screenplaysGenre/Form: Online access: click to view 400 credits Also available in printed form ISBN 9781501316340Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index.
Includes filmography.
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.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781501316340
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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