Comedic Film Script Help?

LaurenLaFox

LaurenLaFox

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Hello!

I'm making a short, animated, comedic mockumentary style film for part of my final year at uni. However I wouldn't call myself the best script writer to be honest...however I do have a team working on it! I want to research into comedic writing, and my tutor put a big emphasis on to this as well. I was wondering if any of you guys could give me feedback on what you find funny generally or any comedic techniques you enjoy or know of. Any advice or book recommendations would be greatly appreciated :)

Thankies ^.^
 
I have a notebook and I write down every joke that I come up with (especially the ones that made people laugh) sometimes my idea already expands when I write it down.
 
Eh I was going to say try and avoid comedy as it's a genre everyone thinks they can do, but they usually can't.
 
It's more on what you think is funny.

Always act like yourself and how you would react to specific situations I suppose.

So if you're awkward be awkward.

If you're energetic be energetic :P I guess that's the best I could give on advice.
 
GrgakGames said:
It's more on what you think is funny.

Always act like yourself and how you would react to specific situations I suppose.

So if you're awkward be awkward.

If you're energetic be energetic :p I guess that's the best I could give on advice.
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That's great advice I can definately transfer it over to the film :) thank you! My characters aren't really like me, they have different exaggerated personalities. I was watching chuck jones - the evolution of an artist recently and it was discussing how to know how the characters move etc you need to think like they would and become them. So I think that's what I'm going to do! It's all about knowing as much about your characters as you can really, even if it's not used in the film. It just adds more depth :)[DOUBLEPOST=1443988585,1443988275][/DOUBLEPOST]
Styxie said:
Eh I was going to say try and avoid comedy as it's a genre everyone thinks they can do, but they usually can't.
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It's not a direct comedy...just has comedic elements. That's funny maybe since I'm one of these few that thinks they can't do comedy, it'll actually be good ;) No one should put limitations of what they want to do tho...especially as a first time thing. A rare person that is actually good at comedy may be put off from doing it and never realise they actually had potential! Shame :cool: Thank you for your advice tho!
 
morelikecappuccino said:
Same can be said for any genre. Drama, Horror, Action, comedy - they are all difficult depending on the person who does it.
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And comedy is one of the harder ones. Everyone thinks they're funny, but are they really? For a drama or horror, you can somewhat safely bodge your way through it and people will, worst case scenario, not like it. With a bad comedy, people will cringe, they'll be put off, etc. Every first time filmmaker wants to make a comedy, they should keep that till they have more experience.
 
I don't necessarily have any ideas, but I do want to throw out there that I make electronic music and that I do branch out quite a bit. I'd be more than happy to make you some music for this film, if you need music. Thanks! =)
 
The best comedic film is the film with less dialogue.
Focus on closeups of people's reactions to a person weirdly dancing or miming.
If it's less than a minute:
Two people try and prove who's the better dancer
Why one of them is a terrible artist
A love affair gone bad
 
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