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Yes, You Can Still Do This... and Audiences Need You to!

38 min • 30 augusti 2022

Unfortunately it seems that many filmmakers are holding back from making comedy films. Comedy is a necessary genre and thankfully we still have some filmmakers who are producing hilarious films that meet audience needs. John Hamburg, from Meet the Parents and Zoolander, shares his process for creating great comedies.

In this episode, we talk about…

Me Time, John’s latest film that is now available on Netflix
John’s opinion on why there are less comedies on the big screen
Finding out what needs improvement by the feedback given in test screenings
John’s experience writing for Meet the Parents and Zoolander
Plot based comedies versus joke based comedies and which strategy John implements in his films
Why John never directs actors to “be funny”
The first step to writing a comedy film - Developing a character