Writing the comedy pilot script : a step-by-step guide to creating an original TV series /: a step-by-step guide to creating an original TV series. (2021)
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- Book
- Title:
- Writing the comedy pilot script : a step-by-step guide to creating an original TV series /: a step-by-step guide to creating an original TV series. (2021)
- Main Title:
- Writing the comedy pilot script : a step-by-step guide to creating an original TV series
- Further Information:
- Note: Manny Basanese.
- Authors:
- Basanese, Manny
- Contents:
- Introduction: the serious business of comedy: why laughing matters 1. What is a pilot and why write one? 2. Getting started: turning your idea into a comic pilot premise 3. Single or multi-cam? Workplace or family comedy? Decisions, decisions! 4. Rise of the dramedy 5. The animated comedy pilot 6. The "tween" comedy pilot 7. Choose your platform: network, cable or streaming 8. Comic characters: finding the funny 9. Finding your pilot story 10. Sitcom story structure: it's no joke! 11. Crafting your pilot logline 12. Pilot outline: blueprint for success 13. Your plot device toolbox 14. Your Cold Open: grab us! 15. Your pilot’s beginning: setting up your series "world" 16. Middle magic: obstacles, complications and escalation 17. Your pilot ending: begin where you finish! 18. Your 2nd draft: making a good thing better 19. A note about notes 20. The power of punch-up: mining the laughs 21. Your polished draft: is it ready to show? 22. Pilot pitch prep! 23. Breaking in: marketing your comedy pilot (and yourself!)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 808.225
Television authorship
Television comedies -- Authorship
Television pilot programs -- Authorship - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000485059
9781000485011
9781003108788 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780367623067
9780367623050 - Notes:
- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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