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Video Writing: Using Humor to Communicate and Persuade

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Discover how to create compelling videos that reach an audience with humor.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Use humor to take your videos to the next level
  • "Whom" is this course for?
1. Is Business a Laughing Matter?
  • Can't live without laughing
  • Funny business
  • Why not use humor?
2. What's So Funny?
  • Objective
  • Subjective
  • Flavors of good humor
3. What's Your Funny?
  • Match the message
  • Stay out of your way
4. Writing Rightly
  • Character
  • Story
  • Punching up
5. Production
  • Comedy vs. length
  • Comedy vs. budget
  • Comedy vs. editing
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Roger S.H. Schulman

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