This seminar will present Evan Smith's acclaimed method for creating 'premise-driven comedy ' an organic approach that focuses on developing a story's humor from the ground up. Attendees will learn how to weave comedic elements into a story premise to automatically generate funny scenes and seamless jokes throughout a script.

This information-packed seminar utilizing film clips and a Hollywood insider's pragmatic experience defines the essential components of a marketable romantic comedy. Learn how to create compelling leads who have real chemistry how to tweak the formula and how to develop genuinely passionate funny stories of substance that will speak to contemporary audiences.

From the industry's top stars (Jack Black Nathan Lane Michael Patrick King etc.) to first time comedy writers producers directors and performers Steve Kaplan has worked with and developed the best. The proven and practical methods and principles contained in his famed Comedy Intensive course reveals the hidden tools and principles that help you understand comedy from the inside out: How do you write funny? How do you act funny? How do you direct funny? How do you be funny?

The contemporary rom-com requires a fresh irreverent (and sometimes raunchy) comedic approach to the standard 'boy meets girl' formula. This seminar utilizing film clips and a Hollywood insider's pragmatic experience defines time-honored principles of comedy and shows you how to tweak and update them to satisfy the sensibility of today's audience.

Writing a spec script? Polishing up your romantic-comedy screenplay? Steve Kaplan is one of the industry's most sought-after expert when it comes to Comedy. Having taught at UCLA NYU and Yale and other top universities Steve created the HBO Workspace and the HBO New Writers Program. His famed class attracts people from around the country dedicated to learning and understanding the craft of comedy writing.