CTA 2601 Comedy Production

Students explore principles and techniques involved in adapting, producing, and performing comedic content for screen. This course examines theories of shooting and editing for comedy, and students apply these concepts to the production of a group short work.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

None

Course Types

Cinema and Television Arts Elective

Offered

• Summer

1. Students will be able to:
   - apply industry best practices and processes in producing comedy for the screen.
2. - demonstrate aesthetic principles in the presentation of images and information
   in the production of a comedic short or sketch.
3. - critique aesthetic, technique, and commercial value of comedic content for screen.
4. - consider issues of freedom of expression in writing and producing commercially viable comedic content.
5. - understand and incorporate best practices of diversity, equity and inclusion in writing, adapting, producing and performing comedy for the screen.