Writing an Audiovisual Comedy Script
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Lessons
- 19 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Gonzalo Ladines
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Can you imagine a life without laughter? Director and screenwriter Gonzalo Ladines can't either. His films tackle subjects such as friendship, love, and family, always with a good dose of humor. Develop a taste for screenwriting in the best genre out there with a little help from your teacher.
Learn the essentials for writing a comedic audiovisual script for a range of mediums: film, television, online, you name it! Work on the structure, dialogue, and characters for your most comical stories.
Description
Start by getting to know your teacher, Gonzalo Ladines. He talks about his career, the directors and writers that have inspired him over the years, and most importantly, why comedy must be taken extremely seriously...
What are some of the hallmarks of comedy? What is a comedic premise? Explore these concepts and others such as tone, subject matter, and conflict, and learn how to use them to develop your final project.
Gonzalo teaches you the first steps for putting together the story and exploring how to develop your characters. Give your characters virtues as well as faults, and create that battle between the protagonist's objective and what they really need or is most important.
Once you've decided on the plot, work on dialogue and explore various methods for adding drama like rebellion, underestimation, and exaggeration. Gonzalo shows you some example comedy handbooks and how to apply yours to your projects.
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