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Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30-4:15pm<\/strong>The prerequisite for Death and TV is FT303. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGraphic depictions of death draw negative attention from parents\u2019 groups and policy makers, particularly in relation to the presumed vulnerability of young audiences, but death on television is more varied and nuanced than popular reactions may suggest. This class argues for the televisual, cultural, and industrial significance of death across scripted and unscripted TV and asserts that the diversity of TV programming not only offers myriad constructions of death but also offers myriad modes of engagement with it. Rooted in the regulatory history of TV, this class enhances its approach to death by putting TV Studies in conversation with Death Studies. Students will examine death across multiple types of programming from multiple time periods in order to understand how and why death has taken shape on a historically family-friendly medium.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tFT552 A1 Late Nite Laughs (Braudis)\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n
Mondays, 2:30-5:15pm<\/strong>The prerequisite for Late Nite Laughs is FT310.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nLate Nite Laughs is a mega comedy writing class. If you\u2019ve ever wanted to write for late-night TV, or just get a sense of what it\u2019s like, then you\u2019ve come to the right class. We look at what it takes to write for some of the major network \u201ccomedy-variety\u201d shows, like Last Week Tonight, with John Oliver, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Saturday Night Live, to name a few. We\u2019ll look at what makes good monologue jokes, as you write a ton of your own \u2013 and get feedback on them. You will scour the topical news stories of the day to come up with comedy \u201crants,\u201d like what you\u2019ve seen in Full Frontal, with Samantha Bee. We do many creative comedy writing exercises, as well as group work, sketch writing and some video projects. You will also outline ideas for your own late-night show.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tFT552 B1 Advanced TV Genre Writing (Jackson)\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n
Thursdays, 12:30-3:15pm<\/strong>The prerequisite for Advanced TV Genre Writing is FT514 or FT516<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nAn advanced, reading- and writing-intensive course in which students develop and write an original hour or half-hour television pilot in a chosen genre. Possible genres include \u2013 but are by no means limited to \u2013 procedural drama, murder mystery, political satire, horror anthology, dark comedy, and children\u2019s sitcom. After studying the conventions of their chosen genre, students will pitch a show concept and then write a treatment, outline, and pilot script. Students will also create a leave behind document detailing where the pilot goes in series. In lectures, discussions, and script workshops, we will examine current television genres and also explore story structure, character development and other essential screenwriting tools.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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