by Trevor Mayes | Jun 9, 2010 | Comedy, My Experiences, Steve Kaplan |
Part 1 can be found here. Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive is hailed as “The Industry’s #1 Course on Comedy.” This past weekend I had the opportunity to check it out. So this week I’m imparting a few of its key teachings to all you...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 7, 2010 | Comedy, Humor, My Experiences, Steve Kaplan |
This past weekend I attended Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive workshop in Los Angeles. He had some pretty nifty insights for comedy writers. So over the next few days I’ll try to decipher my chicken scratchings and post a few of the key things I learned or...
by Michele Wallerstein | Jun 5, 2010 | Industry Advice, Michele Wallerstein |
How To Present Yourself by Michele Wallerstein Certainly we all think that this is simple enough. We simply show up. Are there right and wrong ways to present yourself? You bet. But you think that you are cool, hip, with it. You think you dress just fine and in an...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 4, 2010 | Diversions, Humor |
Came across a couple of fun and interesting articles today: 1) Have you seen this newspaper? Odds are, the answer is “yes.” Similar to the Wilhem Scream, there’s apparently a newspaper prop that’s been used for years in television and movies....
by Trevor Mayes | May 30, 2010 | Characters, Concept, Plot, Structure, Theme, Writing |
Sweat The Big Stuff I’m sure you’ve all heard this inspiring set of rules before: Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff. The truth of the matter, however, is that when it comes to screenwriting, that message couldn’t be...