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Synopsis help
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, deian said:
Hullo there. 
Can anybody advise/help/point me in the right direction to constructing a synopsis for a sitcom? They never were my strong point and now I'm having to write one for my own sitcom I'm having troub. Like, Big troub in little er...um..well nevermind.
So can anyone help? Or at least point to an example of a sitom synop elsewhere?
Any help very much appreciated, cheers.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, bushbaby said:
Quote: deian @ May 9 2008, 10:50 AM BSTHullo there.
Can anybody advise/help/point me in the right direction to constructing a synopsis for a sitcom? They never were my strong point and now I'm having to write one for my own sitcom I'm having troub. Like, Big troub in little er...um..well nevermind.
So can anyone help? Or at least point to an example of a sitom synop elsewhere?
Any help very much appreciated, cheers.
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They say if you can't write out the story in one sentence, yer in trouble.
i.e.....one of mine
Set in a massage parlour the masseuer Lisa dreams of riches so dates filthy rich clients, getting in tangles with them and her husband but never achieving her aim.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, ContainsNuts said:
Quote: bushbaby @ May 9 2008, 10:53 AM BST
Set in a massage parlour the masseuer Lisa dreams of riches so dates filthy rich clients, getting in tangles with them and her husband but never achieving her aim.
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I'd watch it!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
Bushbaby's right, you should try and boil your idea down to a sentence first, then try and flesh it out over the course of a paragraph or two. Not sure if there's any examples on the web, though.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, deian said:
Ok, cheers.
I always have the urge to write my synops like a blurb on the back of a book or video cover. Wonder if that'll do?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, manchester's trendy chorlton said:
Definitve way:
[sitcom title] is a [current televisual tone/timbre of choice] take on the lives of [three word description of 'situation'] and how they [kooky twist]. This is like [old sitcom] on [class A narcotic].
Knowledge.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, bushbaby said:
Quote: ContainsNuts @ May 9 2008, 11:10 AM BSTI'd watch it!
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On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Bam! said:
This might seem like a stupoid question but...
What font does it have to be in? The same as the script?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
Quote: bushbaby @ May 9 2008, 10:53 AM BSTi.e.....one of mine
Set in a massage parlour the masseuer Lisa dreams of riches so dates filthy rich clients, getting in tangles with them and her husband but never achieving her aim.
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Reminds me of one of Reece's characters in the League of Gentlemen.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, catskillz said:
Quote: bushbaby @ May 9 2008, 10:53 AM BSTThey say if you can't write out the story in one sentence, yer in trouble.
i.e.....one of mine
Set in a massage parlour the masseuer Lisa dreams of riches so dates filthy rich clients, getting in tangles with them and her husband but never achieving her aim.
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So she's a married woman, who cheats on her husband? That would never get made, if it was about a married man, cheating on his wife. Then again, there was Goodnight Sweetheart, in which Nicholas Lyndhurst somehow managed to avoid having his character disliked, because he would cheat on his wife/girlfriend after travelling back in time, to the 1940s.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, bushbaby said:
you've not met the husband, he's a bit of a young version of Frank Gallagher
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, swerytd said:
My fonts are usually Ariel (or Courier New for fixed format) unless they particularly specify (like DumbFunded did).
Dan
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, deian said:
I've done my synop and sent it off.
cheers for the help swerytd.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, swerytd said:
No probs. Good luck with it!
Dan
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, catskillz said:
Quote: deian @ May 11 2008, 12:22 PM BSTI've done my synop and sent it off.
cheers for the help swerytd.
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Did you send it by post?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
Who is it?
Where is it?
When is it? (If that's relevant)
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, deian said:
In answer to both yer quesions,
no, I didn't send it by post, emailed it.
Who? As in, my sitcom or who did I send it to?
Where? Repro Graphics office, the setting that is.
When? Er...now-ish. sort of.