Comedy Intensive
August 24, 2013
Event Date: Saturday, August 24, 2013|| Speaker: Steve Kaplan || Check-in: 12:30 pm ||
This two-hour seminar offers proven and practical methods and principles that help you reveal and understand comedy from the inside out:
**The deadline has passed and REGISTRATION is now CLOSED for this event. Please view our calendar for upcoming events.
Check-in begins at 12:30 pm.
Event starts at 1:00 pm.
No Refunds. No Credits.
Why is something funny?
How do you make your characters funny?
Tools such as WINNING, NON-HERO, and STRAIGHT LINE/WAVY LINE help answer the questions how does comedy work, why does it work, what’s going on when it’s not working, and, most importantly, what you can do to you fix it!
Steve Kaplan has been the industry’s most sought-after expert on comedy writing and production, consulting for companies such as HBO, DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Aardman Animation and others. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, he created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan’s Punch Line Theatre.
Join us on the Fourth Saturday at:
Studio/Stage
520 North Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90004
**There is plenty of additional parking.
Meeting Timeframe: 1:00 pm to approximately 3:00 pm.
Members, please remember to bring your SWN membership card!
Any questions, email us at [email protected]
