Hi everyone,
Here’s some info on a great COMEDY INTENSIVE coming up for writers, performers, producers, directors, influencers, YouTubers, content creators, creative execs, and ANYONE who needs to know about being funny!
The class is being taught by Comedy Expert Steve Kaplan (consultant to Dreamworks, Disney, HBO, etc.), and I’ve heard nothing but great things about it!
As always, there’s a great discount for INFOLIST.com – details are below!
Feel free to forward if you know someone that would be interested – good luck, have a great day, and don’t forget to dream big!
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COMEDY INTENSIVE
FOR WRITERS, ACTORS, INFLUENCERS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, CREATIVE EXECS, ETC.
with
COMEDY EXPERT
STEVE KAPLAN
The seminar is The Industry’s #1 Course on Comedy, attracting top writers, producers, directors and executives from such companies as Dreamworks, Disney, Aardman Animation, Touchstone, Sony, Fox, and more.
Learn how to write and create comedy and attend the class whose students have won or been nominated for 43 Emmy Awards, 1 Academy Award, 3 Golden Globe Awards, 1 American Comedy Award, and 6 Writers’ Guild of America Awards!
YOU’LL LEARN:
The Art, Science, and Principles of Comedy
The Eight Hidden Tools of Comedy
The Comic Hero’s Journey
The Classic Characters of Comedy
Comic Premise and Development
…AND MUCH MORE!
PLUS:
Clips from top films and TV shows giving specific examples of the tools mentioned above!
Saturday & Sunday
March 2nd – 3rd, 2019
9:30am – 5pm each day
at
Burbank Marriott Airport Hotel
2500 North Hollywood Way
Burbank, CA 91505
Limited spaces still available!
SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR INFOLIST.com!!
PREMIUM and PRO InfoList Members get $125 OFF!! That’s just $270 (normally $395!) for a weekend intensive with a top comedy expert Steve Kaplan! If you’re NOT a Premium or Pro Member, you can still use discount code SKDISCOUNT and get $50 OFF! (but seriously – do you really want to spend an extra $75? UPGRADE NOW (or log in to your Premium/Pro Account) so you can take advantage of this special offer and get the full $125 OFF!
Or, skip the upgrade and only get $50 off instead of $125 –
TO REGISTER:
Use discount code SKDISCOUNT to get $50 off at the link below:
https://www.kaplancomedy.com/product/la-comedy-intensive-march-2019/
For more information:
Call (818) 718-7570
“My brother Pete and I get asked all the time by young writers about our philosophy of comedy. We usually just say “try to make your comedy funny”. But from now on I’ll just tell those annoying little suck-ups to read your book. It’s all in there.”
— Bobby Farrelly, Writer/Director, There’s Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber
ABOUT STEVE KAPLAN:
For years, Steve Kaplan has been the industry’s most respected and sought-after expert on comedy. In addition to consulting and doing workshops for companies such as Disney, Dreamworks, Sony, and others, Steve has taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale, and other top universities, and created the HBO Workspace and the HBO New Writers Program, teaching and mentoring some of the biggest writers, producers, and directors in comedy today.
His former students’ accomplishments are unmatched: They have been nominated for 43 Emmy Awards, 1 Academy Award, 3 Golden Globe Awards, 1 American Comedy Award, 6 Writers’ Guild of America Awards, and several others. They’ve WON 10 Emmys, 1 Oscar, 2 WGA Awards, and the American Comedy Award.
From the industry’s top stars to first time comedy writers, producers, directors and performers, Kaplan has worked with and coached the best. Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive offers proven and practical methods and principles that help you reveal and understand comedy from the inside out. Whether you’re writing a comedy screenplay, working on a sitcom script, or producing or directing a comedy film or television series, Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive is a must for any serious professional. Find out why the top writers, producers and directors from companies such as ABC, BBC, Dreamworks, Aardman Animation, NBC, Touchstone Television, and others regularly attend his famed class.
Ideal for: writers, performers, producers, directors, influencers, YouTubers, content creators, creative execs, and ANYONE who needs to know about being funny!
The course covers story ideas, formats, approaches to different styles of comedy, the construction of sitcoms and films, and more. In addition to the taught material (see below), help and constructive criticism will be offered, and you will have the opportunity to discuss videos clips (shown during class) and real scripts and screenplays.
COURSE OUTLINE:
THE HIDDEN TOOLS OF COMEDY
Saturday Morning
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Comedy Perception Test
3. Funny vs. Comic
4. The Comedy Equation
5. Winning
6. Non-Hero
Saturday Afternoon
1. Metaphorical Relationships
2. Positive Actions
3. Straight Line/Wavy Line
4. Four Elements of a Joke
5. The Tools Applied
THE COMIC HERO’S JOURNEY
Sunday Morning
1. Comedy in Context
2. Comedy Archetypes
3. Comic Premise: The Lie That Tells the Truth
4. Developing the Comic Premise
Sunday Afternoon
1. The Comic Hero’s Journey
2. The Comic Paradigm
3. Final Q&A
SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR INFOLIST.com!!
PREMIUM and PRO InfoList Members get $125 OFF!! That’s just $270 (normally $395!) for a weekend intensive with a top comedy expert Steve Kaplan! If you’re NOT a Premium or Pro Member, you can still use discount code SKDISCOUNT and get $50 OFF! (but seriously – do you really want to spend an extra $75? UPGRADE NOW (or log in to your Premium/Pro Account) so you can take advantage of this special offer and get the full $125 OFF!
Or, skip the upgrade and only get $50 off instead of $125 –
TO REGISTER:
Use discount code SKDISCOUNT to get $50 off at the link below:
https://www.kaplancomedy.com/product/la-comedy-intensive-march-2019/
ENDORSEMENTS:
“I’ve always been told – and have told others – funny can’t be taught. After reading Steve Kaplan’s thoughtful, informative and yes, funny book – I stand corrected. A great read for anyone wanting to break into the comedy game. And for those already in the game, a breezy, welcome jolt of education and inspiration.”
—Peter Tolan, The Larry Sanders Show, Analyze This
“Great job! Everybody really loved your seminar! You’ve completely made a whole new group of friends here at Dreamworks.”
— John Tarnoff, VP at Dreamworks
“Steve Kaplan was a very important influence on me as a young performer and writer. Many of his techniques for analyzing a comedy scene I still use to this day. Although, I make sure I never give him credit.”
— Steve Skrovan, Writer/Producer for Everybody Loves Raymond
“The material he covered confirmed some things we had only guessed at and also opened new doors. There were several moments when his observations rang bells, lit bulbs, threw switches. Simple human truths are often like that. We slap our foreheads and say, ‘I knew that – why did I never think it?’ Wise men like Kaplan tell us things written in our DNA.”
— Tim Ferguson – Writer/ Producer
“My classes in London were a tremendous hit and your Hidden Tools were
a big part of it. Thanks to taking your intensive, I had a terrific framework to build my class around. I came to your intensive to see if comedy could be taught, and learned; and I came away with the assurance that it can. I now have so many valuable tools that will forever effect my teaching, directing and performing. I don’t look at comedy the same way anymore, and because of you, I am a better artist.”
— Peter Michael Marino, Actor, Writer, Teacher.
“I really enjoyed this weekend, thank you. I thought I was going to hate it because I’ve always thought no one can teach how to do comedy. I was wrong.”
— Josh Thomas, “Just Like Me“
Kaplan’s former students have written or co-written:
Sex and the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, Big Love, King of Queens, Analyze This, The Comeback, Friends, Fun with Dick and Jane, ‘Til Death, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, and hundreds of others.
REGISTER NOW:
Use discount code SKDISCOUNT to get $50 off at the link below:
https://www.kaplancomedy.com/product/la-comedy-intensive-march-2019/
Check out what people are saying about Steve and The Comedy Intensive:
https://www.kaplancomedy.com/testimonials/
For more information:
Call (818) 718-7570
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