tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272008603641292743.post6255535666335004706..comments2024-03-22T07:38:11.573+00:00Comments on Sitcom Geek: Seven Tips For Getting Your Script ReadyJames Caryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315185952705396144noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272008603641292743.post-36481841053309815292015-04-08T15:28:29.734+01:002015-04-08T15:28:29.734+01:00I had to laugh when you wrote that the script unit...I had to laugh when you wrote that the script units would notice a commercial script. Those companies wouldn't notice a great script if it fell on their head! When did they last have a hit sitcom? There hasn't been a decent sitcom for over 10 yearspaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304037349824647407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272008603641292743.post-81114948044031635312015-03-07T07:24:54.586+00:002015-03-07T07:24:54.586+00:00Hi James, thanks a lot for this!
I will also be ...Hi James, thanks a lot for this! <br /><br />I will also be listening to as much Hut 33 as possible to absorb the techniques that make up a stand-out 30 minute radio comedy.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007r8hg<br /><br />If I promise not to make a habit of it, could I ask just one question?<br /><br />I’ve been working on my own potential radio/podcast sitcom for almost two years and I’m confident of the quality of the concept, characters and themes. The episodes I have finished have all come out to about 3,000 words. This seems a very natural length to me. However, the BBC radio sitcom scripts for 30 minute radio comedy appear to be 6,000 words. Six. Thousand. Words.<br /><br />That’s pretty daunting, isn’t it? I am daunted. I’ve actually almost finished a two-parter with something of a cliff-hanger at the end of the first half. I could try to smooth that out into a single episode and submit it. Or I could take a conceptually representative but structurally unsound episode I’ve been rewriting and (somehow) stretch it out to 6,000 words. Or I could just write something from scratch – though this will probably take me about 100 hours and I’m really not confident about structuring something so long.<br /><br />I wonder if you have any advice on how to structure a 30 minute script? There must have been a time many moons ago when you also felt daunt and worked through it. For instance, thinking of a 30-minuter as two connected 15 minute scripts, like two big acts, would that be a terrible idea? Or perhaps it can be done by upping the number of subplots. An A, B, C then a D that doesn’t have to connect to the others? Any suggestions?<br />David Drakefordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365788573976803006noreply@blogger.com