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‘Tone’ is one of the hardest-to-define concepts in comedy, yet - as a Writer, one of the most important.
And if you want to write on someone else’s show, perhaps even the most important.
Course tutors Ed Amsden and Tom Coles are writers on Have I Got News For You, Dead Ringers, Insert Name Here and much more, with television sitcoms optioned by Big Talk, Avalon and Black Dog Productions.
This 2 hour online session will teach aspiring Writers all they need to know about identifying, pinpointing and replicating tone when writing for existing comedy programmes.
Covering the differences in audience and non-audience comedy,
- US vs UK, slapstick
- naturalistic dialogue
- surrealism
- family-friendly comedy
- dark humour
- even the dreaded pun - ‘Finding the Tone’ will leave its students armed with one of the most important tools in becoming a jobbing Comedy Writer
Please submit your application, attaching your CV
If you need any assistance please contact us at shortcourses@nfts.co.uk or call us on 01494 677 903
Full payment (Freelance Rate) taken upon application