Thursday, September 27, 2007

The logistics

Time Table:
Meet with MTS - October 4, 2007 (Thurs)
Talk to random Clemson students - October 9, 2007 (Tues)
Interview MTS people - October 9, 2007 (Tues)
Begin editing - October 10, 2007 (Wed)
Find selections from text - October 19, 2007 (Fri)
Edit footage from Chicago Trip - November 7, 2007 (Wed)
Edit footage from November Show - November 12, 2007 (Mon)
Edit footage from 24 Hr Show - November 24, 2007 (Wed)
Add book selections - December 3, 2007 (Mon)
Finish video - December 5, 2007 (Wed)
Present in Class - December 6, 2007 (Thurs)

Milestones:
October Show - October 5
Video: first draft - October 11
Chicago trip - November 2-5
November Show - November 9
Video: second draft - November 12
Homecoming/24 Hr Show - November 19-20
Video: final draft - December 5

Work Completed:
· September Show filmed
· Interview with Bryan filmed
· read Whose Improv is it Anyway, Improvise, Impro, Truth in Comedy, Directing Improv, Improvisation for the Theater, Musical Improv
· recorded interviews with Molly Erdman and Wendy Mollneux


My project seems to be too broad. Here's a paragraph that attempts to wrangle the topic more towards women in comedy:

This film will explore women in comedy at two different levels: women in Clemson and women in mainstream comedy. Are women as funny as men? Are women relatively more funny in Clemson than in mainstream America? What makes women funny? Who thinks women are funny? There are many women types: Sarah Silverman (vulgar, outspoken), Ellen Degeneres (asexual nice) and Tina Fey/Molly Erdman (intellectual witty). Woman types in Clemson: sorority girl, artsy girl, intellectual girl, overly-sexual girl. Are any of these girls funny? Are they comparably more or less funny than men?

This video will feature a montage of interviews, examples of women in comedy and selections of reading which explore women in humor spotlights.

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