MASTERY III – Finding The Funny
Pre-requisite – Working Actor II or by Audition/Placement
Length – 8 weeks
Class – 3 hours –
Course Description – Comedy comprises nearly 20% of all television programming. A successful on-camera career may well depend on an actor’s ability to work comedically. The Television Sit-com is the primary focus of this challenging course. FINDING THE FUNNY uses two current and very different sit-com scripts to teach the fundamentals of television comedy. Special emphasis is placed on the physical aspects of comedy and helping actors learn how to build on the funny while respecting the written integrity of the script.