LEADER 04244nam 2200589 450 001 996248207003316 005 20230801215314.0 010 $a0-585-27637-4 010 $a0-520-92354-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520923546 035 $a(CKB)111057870452458 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189707 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12028424 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189707 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10165486 035 $a(PQKB)10820264 035 $a(DE-B1597)542528 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520923546 035 $a(OCoLC)1153485480 035 $a(dli)HEB08103 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000009841827 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30495806 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30495806 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111057870452458 100 $a20230801d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLaughing Out Loud $eWriting the Comedy-Centered Screenplay /$fAndrew Horton 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aBerkeley, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2000] 210 4$d©2000 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-22015-3 311 $a0-520-22014-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER 1. Elements of Comedy That Writers Should Know --$tCHAPTER 2. Exercises to Nurture the Comic Muse --$tCHAPTER 3. From Stage and Page to Screen: Anarchistic and Romantic Comedy --$tCHAPTER 4. Physical Humor: From Commedia dell'Arte and Molière to Vaudeville and Silent Screen Comedy --$tCHAPTER 5. Sound Comedy: American Screwball Romantic Comedy, Then and Now --$tCHAPTER 6. Comedy and Television: Stand-up, Sitcom and Everything in Between --$tCHAPTER 7. Comedies from around the World --$tCHAPTER 8. Comedy and the Documentary Impulse --$tCHAPTER 9. Feature Film Comedies --$tCHAPTER 10. Television Comedy: Seinfeld and The Simpsons --$tCHAPTER 11. The Fifteen-Week Feature Comedy Screenplay --$tCHAPTER 12. The Seven-Week Half-Hour Television Comedy Pilot Script --$tBeyond Happy Endings: Toward a Comic Conclusion --$tAppendix 1. A Recommended Viewing List of American and Foreign Feature Comedies --$tAPPENDIX 2. Networking, Marketing and Making Your Own Comedy --$tAPPENDIX 3. Food, Recipes and Comic Screenwriting --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aWhoever 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 complete and entertaining guide, writers and would-be writers for film and television can look forward to writing comedy that goes far beyond stereotypic jokes and characters. In Laughing Out Loud, award-winning screenwriter and author Andrew Horton blends history, theory, and analysis of comedy with invaluable 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. His lively overview of comedy's history traces its two main branches--anarchistic comedy and romantic comedy--from ancient Greece through contemporary Hollywood, by way of commedia dell'arte, vaudeville, and silent movies. Television and international cinema are included in Horton's analysis, which leads into an up-close review of the comedy chemistry in a number of specific films and television shows. The rest of the book is a practical guide to writing feature comedy and episodic TV comedy, complete with schedules and exercises designed to unblock any writer's comic potential. The appendices offer tips on networking, marketing, and even producing comedies, and are followed by a list of recommended comedies and a bibliography. 606 $aComedy films$xAuthorship 615 0$aComedy films$xAuthorship. 676 $a808.23 700 $aHorton$b Andrew$f1944-$0564671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248207003316 996 $aLaughing Out Loud$92346272 997 $aUNISA