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)

• Record Type: Book
• 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
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