Framing, Justifying, and Heightening Your Sketch

In this sketch comedy writing class we will learn how to frame our comedic idea or premise in the simplest, and most efficient way to get to the game (the unusual comedic pattern of behavior aka "what's funny" in the scene.) We will then learn how to justify this behavior so that the scene makes sense and the audience knows why it is happening. Then we will learn how to heighten the game in fun, unexpected ways. Everybody will leave the class having written the first page of their sketch and an outline for how the rest of their sketch will be written. We will also discuss different sketch styles and influences.