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Happy Endings (2011)

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DZ-116: Writing Physical Comedy

How do you make extended technical scenes funny on the page?

Mel joins Chas to tackle physical comedy. We limited our homework selection to extended scenes (as opposed to moments and sight gags) in live action projects and – with the help of our Patreons – selected early sequences from BRINGING UP BABY, the pilot for HAPPY ENDINGS and that wonderful food poisoning scene in BRIDESMAIDS… →

⏱ 1h 35m

26 FEB 2025

Words · Structure · Genre

Listen to learn how formatting--white space, caps, dashes--becomes your comedy toolkit without a director.

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Films: Bridesmaids (2011) , Bringing Up Baby (1938) , Game Night (2018) , Happy Endings (2011)

Shows: Happy Endings 1x1

Words: Big Print , Whitespace , Dialogue

Structure: Setups & Payoffs , Narrative Velocity , Narrative POV

Genre: Visual Language , Genre Conventions

"They’ve taken the time up front in the scene to set up the geography and the layout of the room and two running gags so the baby voice running gag but that’s a performance one, but they’ve set it up for the reader."

— chas | DZ-116: Writing Physical Comedy

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