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@kaissersreich3 жыл бұрын
I've always been interested in writing a comedy/sitcom. I really love shows like The Office and Parks and Recreation. This video has helped me, thanks man
@pezpowerproductions26022 жыл бұрын
I tried, my first attempt is on my page here, Its Blazing budgets, give it a shot. Let me know what you think!!
@otomadernieks3 жыл бұрын
This is perfect! I am working on a sitcom idea and I am struggling. Then a notification pops on my phone and says ''How to Structure a Sitcom'' by Tyler Mowery. Unbelievable! Thank you Tyler! I love your videos and podcast. You are doing amazing job. Professional, very well explained, valuable, helpful and inspiring content. Thank you!
@_thomas10313 жыл бұрын
I've always been interested in the Sitcom Dynamic & structure. Thanks for the breakdown, Mate!! 👏👏👏
@TylerMowery3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@DanielLopez-jz4yj2 жыл бұрын
It sounded like the format is Hero's Journey without character development. Basically characters carried out their usual rituals, but failed to learn from their behaviors. Their antics and quirks are what the viewers find so attracting and familiar.
@williamkimera5620 Жыл бұрын
I love the fact that I watched all shows you talked about and remember the episodes vividly
@chaossupreme86512 жыл бұрын
Okay what in the hell... I've just started watching the office and am currently at an episode called performance reviews. Then I start thinking about my own plan of creating a sitcom and decide to do some research on how to do it. I have now entered the second minute of this video and he mentions the exact same episode of the exact same show that I am watching at the exact same moment.
@paxtonpods3 жыл бұрын
1:38 “teasers” are mostly given to soap operas. In sitcoms, they're mostly called cold opens
@AntonWongVideo3 жыл бұрын
I'm really surprised you didn't use "Community" as a reference. It was the testing ground for Dan Harmon's Story Circle theory and adheres to it perfectly
@CornishTigerTV2 жыл бұрын
I disagree. Everyone uses community as a reference when talking about Dan harmon. It's refreshing seeing the formula linked to more famous sitcoms.
@SirBlackReeds2 жыл бұрын
Isn't Dan Harmon kind of overrated? Given what an egotistical clown he is, it's arguable that Rick & Morty's merits come from Justin Roiland's efforts.
@TomEyeTheSFMguy2 жыл бұрын
@@SirBlackReeds you're asking if he's overrated as if that's a fact. That is just your opinion. And honestly, I'd say that it's attributed to both of their efforts.
@thebicycleman80622 жыл бұрын
@@SirBlackReeds he is super influential, probably amongst the most influential as a writer, his story circle is used by many writers - that is something you dont see many people achieving
@thebicycleman80622 жыл бұрын
@beep boop then who invented the Dan Harmon story cycle if it wasn't Dan Harmon?
@hemanthkumar19673 жыл бұрын
New nerdwriter on the rise❤️
@timlewis22115 ай бұрын
Great information 67 years old and been wanting to write a sitcom. The real scary thing is to go watch a sitcom where there is no "can laughter " no machine to insert the fake laughter. Scary how many sitcoms i love that aren't really that funny. Hope i can find the talent to make my characters stand on their own and be funny
@Rambo77863 жыл бұрын
WoW Just WoW, I have Just Started Writing One and This Gets Uploaded !
@benl18452 жыл бұрын
Why do I all of a sudden want to write a sitcom
@owenstephen83172 жыл бұрын
Really liked your video. I have a sitcom pilot draft that I’m looking to edit right now and this is great for setting up the overall pacing of my story. Thanks!
@jackx.cassway8 ай бұрын
Seinfeld and The Office are the two shows that changed sitcom history. Good choice to use them as a reference.
@amjadshukkoor3 жыл бұрын
I would love to see your take on the structure and content of KZbin sitcoms.
@kaissersreich3 жыл бұрын
What's KZbin Sitcoms?
@amjadshukkoor3 жыл бұрын
@@kaissersreich Basically a youtube show (a shorter show) that is a sitcom.
@kaissersreich3 жыл бұрын
@@amjadshukkoor could you name me some??
@amjadshukkoor3 жыл бұрын
@@kaissersreich The Guild is pretty famous.
@ajunaibi992 жыл бұрын
I think why Seinfeld was so good because they have an a plot B plot AND c plot AND they combine them at the end
@Kishan_Baijnath3 жыл бұрын
You're a real life Deus Ex Machina swinging in out of nowhere to save the day.
@LuisLopezVierma3 жыл бұрын
Pretty ironic that someone who probably hates Deus Ex Machinas, is a Deus Ex Machina.
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
@@LuisLopezVierma "ironic."
@SirBlackReeds2 жыл бұрын
I am disappointed by the lack of footage from Malcolm In The Middle, 30 Rock, The IT Crowd, Silicon Valley, and Titus.
@praneshgautamkochannel8743 жыл бұрын
This guy, we love this guy.
@davoa46653 жыл бұрын
wow Tyler, u are always the best, I really need this episode, thank you so much.
@xwrestling3433 жыл бұрын
Great Content! Hope to see more TV writing basics content from you especially 40 Minute Episode DRAMAs similar to The Sopranos and Breaking Bad.
@butterflymoon63682 жыл бұрын
This is a bit confusing for me because I have no interest in a teaser and I'm writing a comedy-drama so it's less about constant laughs. Also I'm in the UK and I need the script to be the full 20 minutes (no ad breaks).
@TheComedyColosseum7 ай бұрын
Just wondering how you got on with your script writing, mate? I'm also in the UK and looking to start writing a comedy script.
@TRA2 жыл бұрын
I hope one day I make my own sitcom
@flavorlens3 жыл бұрын
Ty, you gotta show us your films or screenplays, would love to see them!
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
I think he's only written, like, one. You can find the link to download it at his "I Wrote a Screenplay in 48 Hours" video.
@calebim-th2iq3 жыл бұрын
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy im sure has a lot more written.
@benjaminread52873 жыл бұрын
He certainly has more written, but the one he did for the video (I wrote a screenplay in 24 hrs) is the only one he has put to the public as far as I'm concerned. He is trying to sell some to Hollywood. Last time I heard he said he had a good chance of a deal. But idk anymore than that.
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
@@benjaminread5287 oh OK then.
@deventazz80183 жыл бұрын
I hate to break it to you but this guys IMDb page is less than flattering.
@chrissystewart62683 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Tyler I want to write sitcoms
@OlgaKuznetsova3 жыл бұрын
Love the breakdown, thank you!!
@toefl.rodrigo3 жыл бұрын
I have a question, don't know if anyone will read it though. Here it goes: Sitcoms are limited usually to a 20-minute format. However, it's not hard to find extras scenes on youtube for episodes of The Office, for example. So when I sit to write an episode, should I write as many jokes as I can think and then cut the ones that I think it won't work? And if I do, how many more pages or jokes? I don't know how this process works in a Write's Room.
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
That is an interesting question.
@erik-sr9bj3 жыл бұрын
The first draft of a sitcom episode will often be much longer, without polished jokes etc. You create the plot for the episode, having in mind that the plot needs to leave some room for good joke material, then you write it out. After that you revise and add in as many jokes as possible (3 jokes per page minimum) and then you cut any dead weight. (Might be a couple dialogue lines, jokes or even entire scenes). The extra scenes were just cut as they were unnecessary for the story to work, too long, etc, so what I’d define as ‘dead weight’. Remember, any story telling rule also counts for sitcoms, so having an unnecessary scene in the middle of the episode because you think there is a bomb joke and you just don’t want to cut it, is a big mistake, which probably every writer, especially in comedy, made in one point.
@toefl.rodrigo2 жыл бұрын
@beep boop Thx man
@ReviewBru2 жыл бұрын
Very useful video. Thank you
@randomrey65683 жыл бұрын
Can you please do a video on How to create a Story with Two or More Antagonists?
@munetoshiyamasaki7536 Жыл бұрын
It's very complicated processes. A bunch of re-writes and post-production processes. They're workaholic. If you look at bonus contents of Seinfeld DVDs, you'll know how hard it is. It's much more difficult than posting complicated political posts in Facebook. People misunderstand talking politics is intelligent, but making sitcoms needs more brain than just writing politics posts with no regulations. You must be in the time slot, and condense into 22-minute conversation. Man, these people who are working in the post production of entertainment industry are way more intelligent than what we think they are.
@compilationofpoorchoices2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate this. Very helpful
@Comedyschule3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@lsauthor3 жыл бұрын
This dude’s podcast.. unreal. I absolutely love it! You need to check it out.
@TylerMowery3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@videobytesjacobbradley3 жыл бұрын
Very well made and informative
@Sluttymoney3 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@theeternallowlyoutcastrn2 жыл бұрын
Very nice video
@makaikabot Жыл бұрын
so insane, so helpful, so entertaining
@pipsta3 жыл бұрын
Can you do one about British comedy like bottom?
@blickfeld28433 жыл бұрын
I love Seinfeld and I love this video
@bdg_2tuff3 жыл бұрын
Btw, “the teaser” is also the same as “cold open”
@benmathew47803 жыл бұрын
When you're so early you can' think of a clever comment
@RobertDownySenior Жыл бұрын
How about first
@DRUGSTOREMAKEUPDIVA3 жыл бұрын
Great video. New subbie!!!!!
@MansKompany3 жыл бұрын
Super helpful video!
@rozhish77242 жыл бұрын
hey, i just watched this video for like the tenth time and a very big question mark popped in my head about how much of these things you were talking about how nothing has really changed at the end of the episode applies for the pilot. cuz in pilot, the whole series is being constructed and of course, some sort of change is needed, for instance, in friends, they reunite with Rachel and ross has just get single again. i was wondering if those parts about change could ever be applied for the pilot. or not? i am desperately looking forward for any answer right now.
@fabianhebestreit3240 Жыл бұрын
"Nothing has changed" usually applies to the characters and their personalities. Circumstances can change all the time in sitcoms (take Friends, they have relationships, babies, switch apartments, etc.), but fundamentally the characters are always the same. If you look at the end of the Friends pilot, the characters are the same characters they were at the beginning, they just have a new roommate, Rachel. (And Ross' divorce happened before the series even starts.) That doesn't mean that characters can't ever change in sitcoms, but it's rare in the classic sitcom format of self-contained episodes, and it probably shouldn't happen in the pilot when you only have twenty minutes to show the audience what to expect from your show. At the end of the pilot the characters have to be clearly defined so changing them too much over the course of the episode would just confuse the viewers.
@OutstandingScreenplays3 жыл бұрын
The Office is still the best Sitcom ever!
@3bdullah_comedy2 жыл бұрын
Hi thank you for your content I think it’s very helpful with every details one question though how can I found the video in your contacts starts in a minute 0:57 for the guy who explains on the board thank you
@fabianhebestreit3240 Жыл бұрын
Look up "Dan Harmon story circle".
@iamthisiam3 жыл бұрын
Interesting challenge: Can anyone break the story/narrative of the bible down through the [Story Circle].
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
Is there really a narrative structure in the bible?
@iamthisiam3 жыл бұрын
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy Yeah, there is. It's a unique system of story telling whereby the overall story/narrative of the bible is constructed by the 66 books in order from beginning/Exordium of humanity to the prophesized ending/Denouement; and the story of christ arriving on Earth as the son of the one true God over all, serving as the climax/Crescendo of the entire book. Though, what makes it so cool and unique, to my writing eyes, is in this complicated system possess a beginning, rising and falling action, and conclusion for each book which uses there stand alone arcs to add up to the whole.
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
@@iamthisiam huh. Okay, then.
@Suleimanfilmaker3 жыл бұрын
hey tyler I wanna ask would you like to read my screenplay that I'm writing I would really love some professional advice on it and its only gonna be 20 or 25 pages
@daleracer423323 күн бұрын
Found it. Ty
@TylerMowery21 күн бұрын
🙏🏻
@la11743 жыл бұрын
Are you able to create a story with the 5 W(what why who when where)?
@creamcheesefilling92803 жыл бұрын
Dude, how long does this take you to edit?
@Noahthegamer8092 жыл бұрын
how do you make jokes throughout the episode? I wanna write a comedy sitcom but I'm good at writing but not good at the comedy part.
@TomEyeTheSFMguy Жыл бұрын
Well, for now one helpful piece of advice I can give you is that comedy comes from character. Not the situations they're in, but how they react to them.
@Noahthegamer809 Жыл бұрын
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy ok thanks for the advice
@TomEyeTheSFMguy Жыл бұрын
@@Noahthegamer809 here's a good video on how comedy needs character kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6vUdZyJp5mdj5Y
@Noahthegamer809 Жыл бұрын
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy ok thanks
@tyrinbell22813 жыл бұрын
is there a reason why point #8 of the story circle was not touched?
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
In sitcoms, they don't really change. That may be why.
@TomEyeTheSFMguy2 жыл бұрын
@beep boop yeah. Slightly.
@James_Bowie3 жыл бұрын
Sitcom Rule 1: There is no learning.
@abigailsnarr3994 Жыл бұрын
do sit com pilots follow this structure too?
@justenoughfaith2020 Жыл бұрын
What’s the podcast?
@abcd-jc5fx2 жыл бұрын
Bulbulay
@omarkayal53362 жыл бұрын
00:21
@jaycemcqueen306 Жыл бұрын
Seinfeld is my favorite of all time
@shauryae4783 жыл бұрын
STELLLAAAA!!
@1muzikmania3 жыл бұрын
great now i wanna watch THE OFFICE. Again.
@jakoblancaster109927 күн бұрын
this is brilliant but baffles me how anyone can find the American office funny. UK one is genius!
@truthin24frames733 жыл бұрын
First
@suspect-king52673 жыл бұрын
37 seconds faster than me, yet the video was uploaded 37 seconds ago
@roeltheinfinitesadness6393 жыл бұрын
Nobody gives a shit
@truthin24frames733 жыл бұрын
@@suspect-king5267 nonfictions
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
@@truthin24frames73 *notifications?
@truthin24frames733 жыл бұрын
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy yeah they’re fast
@suspect-king52673 жыл бұрын
second
@MSordernature3 жыл бұрын
The main take from this video is that The Office is so bad. So very, very bad.
@TomEyeTheSFMguy3 жыл бұрын
How is that the main take? That's just your opinion.
@empresssk2 жыл бұрын
I, too, think it’s bad but because of the lack of imagination beyond the standard formulaic structure. But that’s my unpopular, nerdy writer perspective
@JJK-ij3nt3 ай бұрын
Guys,be honest and tell me,how many of you here has written any sitcom? I really don't believe that just any person could become a sitcom writer after watching tutorials on youtube about how to write a sitcom,so im begging you to be honest,and tell me : Did you write anything that later on came on TV?
@lucacaramani88333 жыл бұрын
Unblock me on insta please, I'll stop writing to you 🙏😢