Course details
Didn’t they say that laughter is the best medicine? TV comedies have long entertained people, spoiling them with a wide variety of comedy genres, and often, comedy writers are faced with the challenge of always aiming to let audiences be entertained and have a good laugh.
This masterclass will provide an overview into comedy: what is it, how does it work, why does it work, what's happening when it's not working and how can you fix it. It will also cover the Comedy Perception Test; The Philosophy of Comedy; The Comic Equation; Introduction to the Hidden Tools of Comedy.
- DAY 1 – HIDDEN TOOLS OF COMEDY
- DAY 2 – OVERVIEW OF SIT-COM
- DAY 3 – CREATING THE SITCOM PILOT
- DAY 4 – THE WRITERS ROOM
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Understand Comedy and its genres
- Understand the elements of effective pilot development
- Experience creative collaboration
- Conceptualise and develop a story synopsis and structure for the pilot episode
- Develop the treatment, outline and script subsequently
- Use a given template to formulate a Series Bible
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Script Writers, Screen Writers, Directors, Executive Producers, Show Runners, Programme Commissioners, Network Executives, Executive Producers
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At Singapore Media Academy, we aim to create a lifelong learning culture that continuously seek new innovation and challenges to the methods and ways of doing things: to cultivate our participants’ ability for lateral thinking in a conducive environment for fruitful exchange of ideas and applications, to provide opportunities for critical studies that will prepare participants with relevant applied knowledge in their engagement with their professional practice, and to instill in our participants with a global and multi-cultural perspective.
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