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Interrupting Expectations: Comedy in Storytelling
Sep 24 - Nov 26
$450
Location
Online
Faculty
Bobbie Walles,
Writer, producer
Ever wonder what makes funny funny? Why are some people 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 fully online and offered through synchronous sessions during the listed course hours.
Course Number
VNC-2712-OL
Credits
3 CEUs
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