Writing Sitcoms

Informationen zum Autor John Byrne has over 20 years of experience as a writer, cartoonist, broadcaster and performer for TV, radio, theatre and print, as well as working as a personal advisor to many top performers and entertainers, both one-to-one and via his popular weekly advice column in The Stage. He regularly lectures on arts careers for events such as Actors Expo, the Edinburgh Festival and institutions such as The Guildhall, BIMM and The Brits School. Marcus Powell wrote the pilot script and several of the series episodes for Rude Boy.com, a BBC Children's sitcom. With John Byrne, Marcus co-wrote Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me for BBC Radio 4. Zusammenfassung Written by two sitcom writers, this handbook seeks to break down the process of writing sitcoms into a series of easy-to-follow steps. There are chapters devoted to concept, characters and plot, through to proposals, commissioning and production, with examples from a range of popular sitcoms.

Product details

• Authors: John BYRNE, Marcus Powell, Powell Marcus
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2003
• EAN: 9780713665260
• ISBN: 978-0-7136-6526-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Writing Handbooks
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Television, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Screenwriting techniques, Writing & editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General