neone do a comedy for major work (1 Viewer)

[Nick]

did anyone do a comic/humorous/satirical major work for english ext 2 and get a reasonable mark, or is anyone planning to?

 

[anti]

It's possible, but humorous/satirical things are always harder to get past markers because you have to make sure they know it's funny.. without actually telling them 'laugh here'.

Easiest humour to derive comes from satirical stuff.. but then you have to be careful not to offend (too many) people.. that sort of thing. Well, don't offend markers

In the end they have to mark you on content as well, dont forget. :uhhuh:

 

[chip]

hey i'm wirting a sitcom for my major work......... its works on both satirical jokes as well as humor which relys on language like spkie milligan.........

 

[Nick]

are you doing a lot of research..

 

[chip]

research? ummmm yeh watching sitcoms constanly and reading scriptwriting books.....
wat you doing for your major work?

 

[Nick]

im not sure yet, i changed my original idea cos it seemed too tedious and hard to write, im doin a story tho

 

[Emmie]

I am doing a comedy!!

Hey Nick,

I'm doing a comedy for my major work
It's a satirical piece... a film script
Yeh my research has been watching tonnes
of movies and tv shows, and a script writing
course.
But i hope it's actually funny.
Well it cracks me up....
joking
What were you thinking of doing?

 

[Nick]

i was going to do a random comedy, just really wacked out plot.. but itd be too hard to do for 8000 words so im just gonna write a fantasy thing with underlying principles and shit..

 

[bookboy18]

Whoa dude.

A fantasy story is REALLY hard to do within 8000 words. The only person I've read that has done it is Rould Dahl and he was a genius.

Its too hard to set up the world, beliefs, characters and plot in a short story.

You could try a plain story with elements of fantasy but thats about it.

 

[Nick]

well its not gonna be terribly elaborate fantasy, just a fictional world.. not like a new race of creatures and all that.. my teacher said lots of ppl do that kind of thing and thought itd work good..

 

[bookboy18]

Ok mate.

Its just I wanted to do the same thing but my teacher swayed me away. One of her students tryed it last year and realised a week before it was due that it wouldn't work in the end.

 

[Nick]

yea.. thanks for ur advice neway.. im gonna try write it as soon as possible to avoid any situations like that

 

[bookboy18]

Neway??

Whats a neway?

 

[Nick]

its nigerian for "anyway"....

is it really that hard to understand

 

[bookboy18]

Oh, I thought it was said new-ay.

My mistake.

 

[Cara]

in regards to doin something funny, who is everyone gettin to check their's to see if it really is funny, bar the teacher. my friends will say its good regardless, and a stranger won't want to read it.

i'm trying to do a satricial thingy, but i need opinions
can anyone tell which of Jane Austens caharcters they hate the most and why?

please, it would be great if you could

 

[bookboy18]

Emma's friend.

She's so stupid and comformist. She'll do anything Emma says. I hate people like that.

 

[mon_mon]

what about DArcy? i really hated that guy. but then again, i have something against Colin Firth. he truly is a drip.