Laughing Out Loud

Writing the Comedy-Centered Screenplay

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Andrew Horton

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Whoever wrote "make 'em laugh!" knew that it's easier said than done. But people love to laugh, and good comedy will always sell. With the help of this guide, writers and would-be writers for film and television can look forward to writing comedy that goes beyond stereotypic jokes and characters. In the book, screenwriter and author Andrew Horton blends history, theory, and analysis of comedy with advice. Using examples from Chaplin to Seinfeld, Aristophanes to Woody Allen, Horton describes comedy as a perspective rather than merely as a genre and then goes on to identify the essential elements of comedy.

Author Biography:

Andrew Horton, the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Video Studies at the University of Oklahoma, is author of the popular Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay (California, 1994) and other books. Most recently he coedited Play It Again Sam: Retakes on Remakes (with Stuart McDougal, California, 1998) and wrote the introduction to Three More Screenplays by Preston Sturges (California, 1998).

Release date NZ

January 3rd, 2000

Author

Andrew Horton

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

230

Dimensions

152x229x18

ISBN-13

9780520220157

Product ID

2491845

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