How To Write A Comic Hero - Steve Kaplan

BUY THE BOOK - THE HIDDEN TOOLS OF COMEDY: The Serious Business Of Being Funny - BUY THE BOOK - THE COMIC HERO’S JOURNEY: Serious Story Structure For Fabulously Funny Films In this Film Courage interview, author, instructor, and script consultant Steve Kaplan discusses the portrayal of protagonists in comedies. He highlights Harold Ramis’ perspective that comic protagonists don’t have to be nebbish or pathetic like in Woody Allen films. Ramis was interested in rebels, iconoclasts, and those who don’t fit in, as reflected in movies like “Meatballs,“ “Ghostbusters,“ “Groundhog Day,“ and “Stripes.“ These characters are imperfect and lack decorum or maturity but are rebels, much like Ramis saw himself. Kaplan suggests that comic protagonists should be authentic and human, flawed but relatable. Steve Kaplan is the author of The Hidden Tools of Comedy and The Comic Hero’s Journey, best-sellers in their field. He’s working on a third book about writing comedy for television.   In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. In addition to development projects for HBO, he has taught workshops online and around the globe and at companies such as DreamWorks, Disney Animation, Aardman Animation, and NBC’s Writers on the Verge. Steve has worked as a script consultant and script editor for productions companies, studios, directors and individual writers. MORE VIDEOS WITH STEVE KAPLAN CONNECT WITH STEVE KAPLAN @stevekaplan1170 MORE MICHAEL WIESE PRODUCTIONS AUTHORS VIEWERS ALSO WATCHED How To Write A Great Comic Premise - 7 Stages Of The Comic Hero’s Journey - How To Write A Comic Book - The Art and Craft Of Writing Comedy - Structuring A Comedy Screenplay: The Comic Hero’s Journey - (Affiliates) ►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – ►WE USE THIS EDITING PROGRAM (ADOBE) – ►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – BOOKS WE RECOMMEND SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBER CONNECT WITH FILM COURAGE #!/FilmCourage SUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL LISTEN TO THE FILM COURAGE PODCAST Stuff we use: LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - AUDIO Audio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - LIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - EDITING - We upgraded our editing suite this year and we’re glad we did! This has improved our workflow and the quality of our work. Having new software also helps when we have a problem, it’s easy to search and find a solution - *These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel. #movies #funny #comedy