Creating Comedy: Techniques and Exercises

Synopsis: This double DVD provides strategies and ideas for creating comedy for devised and scripted performances. Using interviews, workshops and performance footage from leading international comedy practitioners, this resource will guide students through the entire process, from the initial stages of researching, exploring and testing ideas through to rehearsal and final performance. Specific comedy generating strategies, like games and play, rhythm, timing and surprises, crossed objectives, double acts, major/minor and creating comedy characters are all explained, with performed examples. Includes top-band student performances and ready-to-use teaching materials.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2014
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: comedy; drama teaching

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British Universities Film & Video Council