Tim Ferguson was raised in a TV journalist family. He explains how to create the perfect nightly bulletin… Ever seen that nightly program jammed in between game shows and American sitcoms? They call it “The News”. It’s been running for over half a century, on every network. And it still rates. Producing the news is…
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How To Create Comedy Characters
Comic characters work best when they are built from a simple base. Simplicity is the chief imperative, whether you’re inventing a character from the ground up, or applying new attributes to an ancient archetype. True, comic characters may present complex combinations of warring attributes, and comic delivery can range from the subtle to the painfully…