Writing the Comedy Film : Make 'em Laugh

Take a journey into the world of laughter and discover how you can craft better comedy. Using concise examples from Preston Sturges to the Farrelly Brothers, from Duck Soup to American Pie, Voytilla shows you how to apply the "tenets of laughter" to your comedy writing. Learn the successful mechanics and characteristics of the essential comic story forms, how to plant effective comic setups and payoffs, visual and verbal bits and gags, and much more.

Introduction Sit Down, Shut Up, And Split A Gut

xi

Comic Perspective: How to Develop a Comic Voice

1

(14)

How Comedy Works: The Physics of Funny

15

(18)

The Tenets of Laughter

33

(38)

Comedy is Conflict and Collision

34

(16)

Comedy is Conviction

50

(5)

Comedy is Deception

55

(5)

Comedy is Wish-Fulfillment and Worst Fear

60

(5)

Comedy is Truth

65

(1)

Comedy is Chaos and Anarchy

66

(5)

Comedy and Children

71

(6)

Comic Stories and Their Structures

77

(116)

Fish-Out-of-Water

85

(10)

Romantic Comedy

95

(10)

The Sports Comedy

105

(13)

The Crime/Caper Comedy

118

(9)

The Military Comedy

127

(9)

The Teen/Coming-of-Age Comedy

136

(7)

The Ensemble Comedy

143

(11)

Farce

154

(10)

Black Comedy

164

(8)

Satire, Parody, and Mockumentary

172

(21)

Conclusion The End of the Laughter?

193

(2)

Appendix A: The Stages of the Hero's Journey

195

(12)

Appendix B: AFI'S 100 Years... 100 Laughs

207

(5)

Appendix C: Top Ten Comedies from the Past Five Years

212

(3)

About the Authors

215

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