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008			190514s2017 nyu 001 0 eng
020			_a9781138929258 (pbk. : alk. paper
020			_a9781138929265 (hardback : alk. paper)
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041			_aeng
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050	0	0	_aPN 1996 _bD419b 2017
082	0	0	_a808.23 _223
100	1		_aDePaul, Greg _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBring the funny : _bthe essential companion for the comedy screenwriter / _cGreg DePaul.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2017.
300			_avii, 222 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aAct 1: You vs. Yourself1. The Funnya) What is the Funny? (An age-old question. Try my age-old answer.)b) Do I have the Funny? (I hope so.)c) Can I order it online? (No! It's like the force. Look within.) d) Pop quiz! 2. Everything Matters a) Prepare yourself (Sit down at your computer, roll up your sleeves and get ready not to write.) b) Follow your heroes (The all-stars of comedy screenwriting) c) Mind your mentors (Well, me, for one) d) Live the page (How to walk, talk, and blow your nose like a comedy screenwriter) e) Pop quiz! 3. Get on Your Horse a) What is a screenplay? (You think you know.) b) A.I.C. (Pardon my French!) c) Writing hat e) Editing hat f) Ass hat (Again, my French!) g) The long haul of the feature screenwriter (Pack a lunch.) h) Season to taste (the Michael Arndt example) i) Pop quiz! Act 2: You vs. the Page4. Funny Peeps a) Character (The undefinable element you must define) b) Writing Inside-Out (starting with character) c) Writing Outside-In (ending with character) d) Relate-ability ("Hey, that idiot onscreen is me!") e) Your character stable (where live the confidante, the antagonist, the mentor ...) f) Pop quiz! 5. The Big Idea a) Act 2 is all. (Everything else is small.)b) High concept (This stuff comes from God. Or cocaine. Or both.) c) Low concept (AKA "Execution Dependent") d) Genre-bending (where X meets Y) e) Fish outta water (and flopping on the deck.) f) Comic Justice (Healing the world one script at a time.) g) The idea factory (Build it and they will come.) h) Pop quiz! 6. The String of Pearlsa) The DWR's (Dramatic Writing Rules. Ignore them at your peril.) b) The Conceit (You get one big gulp at the beginning.) c) Escalation (A DWR that's so important it needs its own section.) d) Farce (It's everywhere. Ya just gotta see it.) e) Plotting (Get out your index cards ...) f) Sub-plotting (and cut them into little pieces.)g) Gapping (What not to write.) h) Really Important Comedy Screenwriting Rule #99 (which trumps all other rules.)h) Pop quiz! 7. The Pearls Themselves a) What is a scene? (Again, you think you know.)b) Master Scenes ("Supper's ready!") c) Scenes a Faire (They're obligatory for a reason.) d) Act Outs (AKA Buttons)e) Subtext (Much discussed, much misunderstood) f) Setpieces (Leave them in flames.) h) Pop quiz!Act 3: You vs. the World8. The Biz a) The comedy-industrial complex (what's being made now) b) Pitching (Who needs it, who doesn't, how to do it, why not to)b) Agents (in Latin they are known as Tenpercenticus Exploiticus) c) Managers (AKA agents who want to be producers) d) Producers (What do they actually do?) e) Everybody else (There is anybody else?) f) Pop quiz! 9. The Life a) Sacrifice (You wanna be famous? Get out a knife and lay your son on a rock.)b) Collaboration (And you became a writer to get away from people!)c) Other screenwriters (Yes, they exist.) d) Pop quiz!
650		0	_aComedy films _xAuthorship.
650		0	_aMotion picture authorship _vVocational guidance.
650		4	_aPelículas _91742 _xAutoria
650		4	_aPelículas de humor. _94159
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