About this badge
Whether a physical comedy like Airplane!, a cult comedy like The Big Lebowski, or a dark, emotional comedy like Little Miss Sunshine, all successful comedic films begin with a hilarious screenplay. Comic screenwriters must know how to create funny concepts, expand them into full-length screen stories, and write scenes that make readers (and ultimately viewers) fall off their chairs laughing. In this course, explore different genres of comedic films and learn the fundamentals of comedy screenwriting. Leave with both a short treatment for a feature-length comedy film and a polished opening scene for the screenplay.
