02345cam a22002894a 4500 122047 20230410130637.0 110926s2012 cau q 000 0 eng 16976830 2011039251 015952231 Uk 9781615930852 161593085X PN 1996 G459w 2012 808.2 Giglio, Keith, 1963- Writing the comedy blockbuster : the inappropriate goal / Keith Giglio. Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions, c2012. xxvii, 215 p. ; 23 cm. Includes filmography. How to use this book. How to bust a gut, or, Comedy college 101 ; The comedic idea, a.k.a., The importance of being inappropriate, a.k.a., The Blues Brothers are not role models -- Plot vs. character : who will win? Comedic characters, a.k.a., A fool's journey, a.k.a., I know a guy just like that ; Hilarity and heart, a.k.a., It's all about the wolf pack -- The comedic roadmap : the eight comic sequences. Comic sequence (A), a.k.a., The comedic world, a.k.a., Well begun us half come ; Comic sequence (B) : setting up the inappropriate goal, a.k.a., "You're going to do what?", or Why crashing a wedding is a good idea ; Act two!, a.k.a., Where scripts go to die. Comic sequence (C) : the mad, mad, mad, mad world, a.k.a., Sometimes girls throw up on you ; Comic sequence (D) : it just keeps getting worse, a.k.a., How much pain can Ben Stiller take? ; Comic sequence (E) : love in the air, a.k.a., Why Andy chooses love over sex ; Comic sequence (F) : what was I thinking? a.k.a., Yes, I'm a liar but-- ; Act three. Comic sequence (G) : time to grow up, a.k.a., Why are Ashton and Natalie so sad even though they said no strings attached? ; Comic sequence (H) : the new men, a.k.a., Why Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey, Hugh Grant, Natalie Portman are running at the end of the movie ; Writing the screenplay. Comedy films Authorship. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1216/2011039251-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1216/2011039251-d.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1216/2011039251-t.html lcc bk 77709 77709 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 3 0 PN 1996 G459w 2012 00000114854 2018-10-25 00:00:00 2018-10-25 bk