This book takes you into the world of comedy and helps you discover what makes us laugh, and how can you craft better comedy. With easy-to-use guidelines, learn the successful mechanics and characteristics of various comic story forms.
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This book takes you into the world of comedy and helps you discover what makes us laugh, and how can you craft better comedy. With easy-to-use guidelines, learn the successful mechanics and characteristics of various comic story forms.
Blending history, theory, and analysis of comedy, this guide aims to help writers and would-be writers for film and television to write comedy that goes far beyond stereotypical jokes and characters.
Classical Hollywood comedy
by Jenkins, Henry, Karnick, Kristine Brunovska
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Classical Hollywood comedy
by Jenkins, Henry, Karnick, Kristine Brunovska
fromAFI film readers
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Type: Book
Classical Hollywood comedy
by Jenkins, Henry, Karnick, Kristine Brunovska
fromAFI film readers
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Type: Book
Classical Hollywood comedy
by Jenkins, Henry, Karnick, Kristine Brunovska
fromAFI film readers
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Type: Book
Classical Hollywood comedy
by Jenkins, Henry, Karnick, Kristine Brunovska
fromAFI film readers
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Type: Book
Applies the recent `return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywood comedy as well as broadening the definition of those works considered central in this field.
Classical Hollywood comedy
by Jenkins, Henry, Karnick, Kristine Brunovska
fromAFI film readers
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Type: Book
"This book analyzes the evolution of comedy, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each: screwball comedies, offering distraction from the Great Depression; suspense comedy, reflecting America's darker worldview during World War II; 1950s b…
This book analyzes the evolution of comedy, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each: screwball comedies, offering distraction from the Great Depression; suspense comedy, reflecting America's darker worldview during World War II; 1950s ba…
Laughing during troubled times: the art of screwball comedy -- Film comedy highlights the dark side of American life -- Film and television comedy takes a feminist perspective on American life -- The ultimate reality-based television -- Sitcom? The Dick Van Dyke Show revisited -…
"This book analyzes the evolution of comedy, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each: screwball comedies, offering distraction from the Great Depression; suspense comedy, reflecting America's darker worldview during World War II; 1950s b…
"A recent critic described Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery as "a kind of rear window for retirees." As this quote suggests, we are beyond time to examine Alfred Hitchcock's use of various types of comedy in his films.Hitchcock films used assorted types of comedy (such as …