
Sitcom Writing for TV and Radio
Location Beaconsfield
Duration 5 days
Commitment 10:00 - 17:30
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This 5-day course will teach you the skills to get your sitcom idea onto the page and into the hands of broadcasters. If you love sitcoms and want to learn how to create characters, structure story and come up with great dialogue and jokes, this course is for you. As well as developing your writing it will also give you advice and insight about the industry and how to market your work to give it the best possible chance of success. This is a practical, hands on course taught by BBC Audio Drama Award winning writer Max Davis (The Mash Report, Horrible Histories, Comic Relief, Dead Ringers, The News Quiz, Newsjack) Max is the creator of the BBC Radio sitcom Parental Guidance starring Romesh Ranganthan and Meera Syal and the Sky Arts Christmas special, Jumpers, featuring Mo Gilligan. Students will be asked to come with their own original sitcom idea in order to get the most out of the course and each day will include practical in class exercises to help you get the most out of each class. The course will include... At the end of the five days, students will have the opportunity to pitch their sitcom to an industry guest and receive feedback from them on their work. Not only will you leave the course with practical skills that can be used to write and sell great scripts, you will also have developed your own original idea that you can take with you beyond the course. Freelance Rate: £815 Corporate Rate: £1550
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