Milestone 1

My project is only about a third finished.

I have a few interviews completed with Bryan and Jason, improvisers in Clemson and elsewhere. I asked them about women in comedy and their thoughts on what makes comedy. It's interesting to hear their different opinions. I'm still trying to organize a time when I can interview Meg and Brooke, also improvisers, from a woman's perspective on comedy. I've sent out an email for seven other people to assign interview times this weekend. Hopefully I'll have all the video footage I need completed by this Sunday.

Interview Questions

• What is comedy? To you? To society?

• What makes something funny?

• What’s the funniest thing you’ve seen/heard? The epitome of comedy?

• What’s your favorite form of comedy?

• Who’s your favorite comedian?

• Name five men in comedy. Name five women.

• Can women be funny?

• Why aren’t there more women in comedy?

• Why aren’t women as funny as men?

I'm hoping to edit this video to emphasize the prejudice in comedy against women. I figure this video needs to have a bias, and I'd like to represent the idea that people don't think women are funny. It seems to be a common thought. I want to shed light on it without making the people who verbalize these ideas sound like jerks.

I've finished the book Whose Improv Is It Anyway? and it was fascinating. It was written by a woman, and I'm planning to read quotes from it. I'm also compiling comedy figures to discuss briefly. Right now I have Will Ferrell, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carrell, Conan O'Brian, Robin Williams, Dane Cook and then for women: Ellen Degeneres, Rosie O'Donnell, Tina Fey, Amy Pohler. It's difficult to find funny women.

I need to find good background music, also. I'm hoping Final Cut Pro will have tools available for me to make this project look professional. I'm working on a storyboard to turn in by hand. It still needs a lot of work.