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Laughing out loud: writing the comedy-centered screenplay

Andrew Horton
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • PART I Comic Elements and Exercises
    • 1 Elements of Comedy That Writers Should Know (page 19)
    • 2 Exercises to Nurture the Comic Muse (page 29)
  • PART II A Writer's Overview of the Traditions and Genres of Comedy
    • 3 From Stage and Page to Screen: Anarchistic and Romantic Comedy (page 43)
    • 4 Physical Humor: From Commedia dell'Arte and Molière to Vaudeville and Silent Screen Comedy (page 58)
    • 5 Sound Comedy: American Screwball Romantic Comedy, Then and Now (page 64)
    • 6 Comedy and Television: Stand-up, Sitcom and Everything in Between (page 72)
    • 7 Comedies from around the World (page 79)
    • 8 Comedy and the Documentary Impulse (page 95)
  • PART III Close-ups on Comedies
    • 9 Feature Film Comedies (page 103)
    • 10 Television Comedy: Seinfeld and The Simpsons (page 121)
  • PART IV Writing Comedy
    • 11 The Fifteen-Week Feature Comedy Screenplay (page 139)
    • 12 The Seven-Week Half-Hour Television Comedy Pilot Script (page 168)
    • Beyond Happy Endings: Toward a Comic Conclusion (page 177)
  • Appendix 1 A Recommended Viewing List of American and Foreign Feature Comedies (page 179)
  • Appendix 2 Networking, Marketing and Making Your Own Comedy (page 192)
  • Appendix 3 Food, Recipes and Comic Screenwriting (page 201)
  • Bibliography (page 205)
  • Index (page 211)
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Published: c2000
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780520923546 (ebook)
  • 9780520220157 (paper)
Subject
  • Film & Media Studies
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