Sitcom webinar with Keith Martin
Date Posted: August 12, 2022
In collaboration with Keith Martin, we are hosting a free sitcom webinar on Thursday 8th September at 5pm via Zoom.
Keith Martin is an award-winning development producer, script editor and producer with 18 years TV experience, 15 in comedy and credits or commissions on BBC One, Three, Four, BBC Northern Ireland, Channel 4, E4, RTÉ and CBBC. Founder/Creative Director of Belfast based scripted indie FABEL Productions who are currently on the Channel 4 Emerging Indie Programme and the BBC Small Indie Fund, Keith set up BBC Writersroom in Northern Ireland and his scripted credits include: Exec Producer: THE BREAK for BBC Three/BBC Drama and FRIGHT SHORTS for BBC iPlayer. Producer/dev. producer credits include PUMPED, V-SIGN for BBC Three, SHORT STUFF for BBC Scotland, LAGGING for CBBC and SOFT BORDER PATROL for BBC Northern Ireland/BBC iPlayer. And writer/producer credits include HEADWRECKERS for Channel 4, APE for E4, TOUCHING PEOPLE for RTÉ, MY BFFF for CBBC and SKETCHY for BBC Northern Ireland.
So you want to write a sitcom?
Creating, developing and writing narrative comedy for TV.
Sitcom is one of the most loved TV genres but it’s also one of the toughest to get right. You’ve got to tell a brilliant, compelling, twisting story, make the audience care about your characters and make them laugh – all a bit intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be.
This workshop will take new and emerging comedy writers from the initial idea, all the way to a finished episode and cover a lot of what’s in between: devising a central premise, creating and developing characters, central dynamics, the sitcom family and hierarchy, story germs, storylining and beat sheets – using popular sitcoms and a wealth of industry experience as a guide.
This is a workshop for comedy geeks or writers with lots of funny ideas who’re not sure what to do with them.
To secure your place, please email [email protected].
