Continuing Education

Ever wonder what makes funny funny? Why some people are effortlessly hilarious while others aren't? Comedy can be misconstrued as a mystical, "you either have it or you don't" format. But humor, joke-writing - whatever you want to call it - is also a mechanical, knowable set of tools with which storytellers should arm themselves. Interrupting Expectations is intended for students of film/video, animation, comics, theater, video games/VR, site-specific art, time-based art, or anyone interested in using comedy to create compelling visual narratives. Lectures and exercises focus on demystifying comedy in all its forms - as a genre, as an art form and as an element in storytelling. Students will explore how to break down jokes mechanically and unpack content in order to better, and more consciously, create comedy of their own.
NOTE: This section of VNC-2712 is held on campus at SVA.