Writing Comedy for Television

Brian Cooke (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

168 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-63983-3 (ISBN)

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Writing Comedy for Television (1983) is a practical, step-by-step manual about how and what to write. It contains many examples from the scripts of various sitcoms and sketch shows. It demonstrates how to construct a storyline for a series, how to lay out a sketch, who to pitch to, and how a television comedy is put together.

Brian Cooke

1. What is a Situation Comedy? 2. Hilda and Wilf 3. What’s the Point of Doing a Story-Line? 4. OK, But What Do I Write About? 5. Who Should I Write For? 6. Where Do Jokes Come From? 7. A Short Pause for a Breather 8. How Do I Lay Out My Script? 9. Some Hard Facts About Selling 10. Lollipop Time 11. Who Are All These People? 12. The Performers, Bless ‘Em 13. Rehearsals 14. On the Day 15. A Short Pause for Another Breather 16. I’d Rather Write Sketches 17. Juggling Spot 18. Quickies 19. Sketches 20. More About Sketches 21. Even More About Sketches 22. Solo or Duo? 23. Tidying Up

Erscheinungsdatum	28.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Broadcasting
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-032-63983-0 / 1032639830
ISBN-13	978-1-032-63983-3 / 9781032639833
Zustand	Neuware