[Excerpt from ‘The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy‘] The saying ‘Tragedy is when it happens to me; Comedy is when it happens to you’ is right, but it only tells half the story. The second half of the line should be ‘Comedy is when it happens to you because of something you’ve done’. Sure,…
Category: Blog
Questions producers may ask about your comedy concept
You’ve developed your characters. You’ve written your pilot script. You’ve put together a whizz-bang Proof of Concept video and pitch document. What could go wrong? There are questions producers may ask about your comedy concept I’ve seen comedy concept pitches implode after one simple question… Before you pitch your comedy concept (it might be a…