Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-2017
Capstone Advisor
Keith Giglio
Honors Reader
Richard Breyer
Capstone Major
Television-Radio-Film
Capstone College
Public Communications
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Creative
Subject Categories
Film and Media Studies
Abstract
In this analysis, I plan to describe how I developed and wrote three episodes of a comedy web series. In the beginning of my paper, I will discuss the importance of my cultural background and how it shaped my appreciation of a wide variety of artistic expression. I then will discuss the contrast of art I experienced in my academic compared to my domestic life. I will then focus on the importance of television and film in my life. Specifically, I will discuss how I was influenced by popular television at a young age. I will discuss viewing sinister films at led to my appreciation for dark comedy. In my view dark comedy, more than other genre, puts a spotlight on society ills. My web series is titled The Force. In addition, I will also describe how my aesthetics of my favorite comedy shows assisted in my development of the screenplays. In the final section, I will discuss what I plan to do after I graduate with a Television, Radio, Film degree from Syracuse University. I will elaborate on how this project has influenced me to become more interested in the creative opportunities in the television industry.
Recommended Citation
Holloway, Douglas, "How Comedy Television is Written and Developed." (2017). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 1049.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/1049
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