I looked at another book by Paul wells on Scriptwriting. The book looks at the different approaches used in comedy animation, but its main focus lies in certain characters and how their personalities can create structured gags for each episode.
The book describes the important relationship needed between the audience and the comedy taking place on screen. Creating jokes from careful observation of the world around us, would give the opportunity for the audience to recognise, relate and understand where the gag is coming from, otherwise it runs the risk of being misunderstood or even offensive. The timing and subject matter, depending on your audience, are also other important factors to consider when constructing gags.
The book mainly focuses on two characters in comedy, Johnny Bravo and Uncle Stewart in the animation “Terkle in Trouble.” The detailed analysis of Johnny Bravo cartoons show the same structure each episode follows. Johnny Bravo’s personality has been thought about very carefully- basically being a grown man with a child’s brain. His main objective in every episode is to “get the babes” with the outcome always being the same-failure in a painful way. Like Road Runner, the gag comes from how he fails rather than the failure itself-ranging from shark attacks to stampedes. It is the repetition and escalation which are described as being fundamental aspects of this minimalist and structured animation.
Uncle Stewart’s has certain defining characteristics such as being a drunk and anti-social old man. It is his ruff and rugged personality which defines the outline of the story. The importance of ensuring that the audience enjoys the violent or uncaring jokes, revolves around them having no care for the character harmed at the time of the gag.
This book is different to Paul Wells other book, “understanding animation”, in that it goes deeper into the analysis of character designs, and how their personality creates structure and gags in their animations. It is less detailed on the other aspects of comedy animation and only really highlights some of the key elements. The book is about basic scriptwriting in animation and is a good starting point for anyone with any interest in the subject.
The book describes the important relationship needed between the audience and the comedy taking place on screen. Creating jokes from careful observation of the world around us, would give the opportunity for the audience to recognise, relate and understand where the gag is coming from, otherwise it runs the risk of being misunderstood or even offensive. The timing and subject matter, depending on your audience, are also other important factors to consider when constructing gags.
The book mainly focuses on two characters in comedy, Johnny Bravo and Uncle Stewart in the animation “Terkle in Trouble.” The detailed analysis of Johnny Bravo cartoons show the same structure each episode follows. Johnny Bravo’s personality has been thought about very carefully- basically being a grown man with a child’s brain. His main objective in every episode is to “get the babes” with the outcome always being the same-failure in a painful way. Like Road Runner, the gag comes from how he fails rather than the failure itself-ranging from shark attacks to stampedes. It is the repetition and escalation which are described as being fundamental aspects of this minimalist and structured animation.
Uncle Stewart’s has certain defining characteristics such as being a drunk and anti-social old man. It is his ruff and rugged personality which defines the outline of the story. The importance of ensuring that the audience enjoys the violent or uncaring jokes, revolves around them having no care for the character harmed at the time of the gag.
This book is different to Paul Wells other book, “understanding animation”, in that it goes deeper into the analysis of character designs, and how their personality creates structure and gags in their animations. It is less detailed on the other aspects of comedy animation and only really highlights some of the key elements. The book is about basic scriptwriting in animation and is a good starting point for anyone with any interest in the subject.
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