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by Caroline Hamilton | 2 November, 2018 | Acting, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
The Comic equation: ‘Comedy is about an ordinary guy or gal struggling against insurmountable odds without many of the required skills and tools with which to win yet never giving up hope.’ Without a doubt Steve Kaplan is an extremely accomplished comedy expert;...
by Dušan Mrđen | 14 May, 2018 | Acting, Directing, Filmmaking Career
Dearest Filmmakers, In this new series titled The Genre Format Series (Working Title) Extraordinaire your favourite comedy dustbusters Kathryn Butt and Dušan Mrden will try their best to break down movie genres and bring you some helpful tips and tricks that might or...
by Jack Ashley | 5 February, 2016 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
“If it weren’t for the brief respite we give the world with our foolishness, the world would see mass suicide in numbers that compare favourably with the death rate of lemmings.” – Groucho Marx In the 21st Century comedy based media takes its...
by Alice Tomlinson | 18 November, 2015 | In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
What does it mean to make somebody laugh? YOU know you’re hilarious, but Comedy, as a genre, is hard. Going into the specific tastes of somebody’s humour is convoluted and confusing territory, one that is, too often, dismissed with cheap and easy jokes. Successful...
by Sarah Cornell | 11 September, 2015 | Screenwriting
We’ve all been there. You’re handed a script, or thrown into an improv scene where you’re asked to play a “character” and told to be “funny”. And…GO! No pressure! Creating a character that is at once identifiable, the kind of person you just “know” and yet...
