The comic heroes journey : serious story structure for fabulously funny films / Steve Kaplin.
Publisher: Studio City : Michael Wiese Productions, 2018Description: 220 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0034761095ISBN: 9781615932870 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Comedy films -- Authorship | Comedy -- Authorship | Heroes in motion pictures | Literature
| Literature: history & criticism | Films, cinema | Dance | Performing arts | Screenwriting techniques | Film scripts & screenplays | Reference worksDDC classification: 808.2523 LOC classification: PN1996Summary: "This book applies concepts from the Hero's Journey to the writing of comedy screenplays, using a broad range of examples from movies to demonstrate how these archetypal principles work in a comedy context"-- A comic hero or heroine also goes on a journey, but for the comic hero, its often quite, quite different. The hero decides to go on the adventure; the comic hero often has no choice. The hero has a wise old man; the comic hero often meets an idiot who inadvertently says something that can teach him a thing or two. Steve Kaplan will show you the diverse paths that comedy takes in The Comic Heros Journey. A comic hero or heroine also goes on a journey, but for the comic hero, its often quite, quite different. The hero decides to go on the adventure; the comic hero often has no choice. The hero has a wise old man; the comic hero often meets an idiot who inadvertently says something that can teach him a thing or two. Steve Kaplan will show you the diverse paths that comedy takes in The Comic Heros Journey.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A comic hero or heroine also goes on a journey, but for the comic hero, it's often quite, quite different. The hero decides to go on the adventure; the comic hero often has no choice. The hero has a wise old man; the comic hero often meets an idiot who inadvertently says something that can teach him a thing or two. Steve Kaplan will show you the diverse paths that comedy takes in The Comic Hero's Journey.
"This book applies concepts from the Hero's Journey to the writing of comedy screenplays, using a broad range of examples from movies to demonstrate how these archetypal principles work in a comedy context"-- A comic hero or heroine also goes on a journey, but for the comic hero, its often quite, quite different. The hero decides to go on the adventure; the comic hero often has no choice. The hero has a wise old man; the comic hero often meets an idiot who inadvertently says something that can teach him a thing or two. Steve Kaplan will show you the diverse paths that comedy takes in The Comic Heros Journey. A comic hero or heroine also goes on a journey, but for the comic hero, its often quite, quite different. The hero decides to go on the adventure; the comic hero often has no choice. The hero has a wise old man; the comic hero often meets an idiot who inadvertently says something that can teach him a thing or two. Steve Kaplan will show you the diverse paths that comedy takes in The Comic Heros Journey.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. vi)
- Chapter 1 The Schlemiel with a Thousand Faces (p. 1)
- Chapter 2 A Guy Walks Into a Bar: The Normal World (p. 7)
- Chapter 3 Dumb and Dumber ... and Dumberer: Characters in Comedy (p. 19)
- Chapter 4 WTF? or "We're Not in Kansas Anymore": The Comic Catalyst (p. 36)
- Chapter 5 Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!: Reaction-Into New Territory (p. 55)
- Chapter 6 Hooking Up: Connections, Allies, and Enemies (p. 77)
- Chapter 7 "... There Was a Hat?": New Directions and the Discovered Goal (p. 99)
- Chapter 8 Lost at Sea: Disconnections (p. 110)
- Chapter 9 "Who Ya Gonna Call?": Racing to the Finish (p. 121)
- Chapter 10 "You Had Me at Hello": Restorations and Celebrations (p. 134)
- Chapter 11 "Why a Duck?": Q&A (p. 141)
- About the Author (p. 166)
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