Writing the comedy movie. (2015 copyright 2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marc Blake.
• Authors: Blake, Marc
• Contents: Introduction - Why Laugh? 1. It's all Greek to me: Comedy History from Aristophanes to Juvenal Establishing the Basic Tropes and Forms 2. Swiftian Satire and Shakespearean clowns: How the Elizabethans Attacked the Great and the Good with Parody and Lampoon 3. Wildean Wit: How Comedy Plays Became the Basis for the Comedy Movie 4. Silent Slapstick: How Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd Exploited Visual Comedy 5. Dumb and Dumber: How Laurel and Hardy Created the Perfect Double Act Template 6. It Happened one Night: How Zingy Screwball Comedy led to the Rom Com 7. Sullivan's Travels to Team America: Social Satire from the 1940s to the Present Day 8. Auteurs from Woody Allen to Sasha Baron-Cohen: One Man, One Vision 9. Here come the Girls: Women in Comedy from Kooky Girl to Leading Actress 10. The Subgenres: Fish out of Water and the Coming of Age Comedy 11. Road and Buddy Movies, Frat Boy Frolics and Gross Out 12. Sports, Military and Ensemble Comedy 13. Farce and Black Comedy 14. Crime, Caper and Heist 15. Satire, Parody and Mockumentary Appendices - Interviews with Directors, writers and Producers - Writing Exercises Filmography Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 808.2523; Performing arts: comedy; Comedy films -- Authorship; Screenwriters -- Interviews; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Screenwriting; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism; PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy; Film: styles & genres; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; Performing Arts -- Comedy; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- Screenwriting; Screenwriting techniques
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781628925937; 1628925930
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