Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5G0INWwQe4Enjoy Film Courage and want to support, please visit our Patreon here - http://www.patreon.com/filmcourage. BUY THE BOOK - THE HIDDEN TOOLS OF COMEDY: The Serious Business Of Being Funny - https://amzn.to/3HlcVsCBUY THE BOOK - THE COMIC HERO'S JOURNEY: Serious Story Structure For Fabulously Funny Filmshttps://amzn.to/3F7A0fBSteve Kaplan is the author of The Hidden Tools of Comedy and The Comic Hero's Journey, best-sellers in their field. He's working on a third book about writing comedy for television. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. In addition to development projects for HBO, he has taught workshops online and around the globe and at companies such as DreamWorks, Disney Animation, Aardman Animation, and NBC's Writers on the Verge. Steve has worked as a script consultant and script editor for productions companies, studios, directors and individual writers.UPCOMING COMEDY INTENSIVE ONLINE CLASS WITH STEVE KAPLANhttps://www.kaplancomedy.com/product/the-comedy-intensive-online-2023-springMORE VIDEOS WITH STEVE KAPLANhttps://bit.ly/3P8FoUjCONNECT WITH STEVE KAPLANhttp://kaplancomedy.comhttps://www.facebook.com/KaplanComedyhttps://twitter.com/skcomedyhttps://www.instagram.com/skcomedy52https://www.youtube.com/@stevekaplan1170MORE MICHAEL WIESE PRODUCTIONS AUTHORS https://mwp.comMORE VIDEOS LIKE THISWhy Beginning Artists Shouldn't Analyze Their Work When Creating - https://youtu.be/GeBQM32zIX8What It Really Means To Write For Money - https://youtu.be/7-FQe10nnZA99% Of Books Won’t Make Their Money Back - https://youtu.be/yXWSPE6xTxkFears And Doubts That Hold Artists Back - https://youtu.be/2s5mp1RY5yQArtists Don't Have To Believe In Themselves To Have Success - https://youtu.be/F137IANXaF4Big Difference Between Success And Failure - https://youtu.be/liwPpUr5eVECONNECT WITH FILM COURAGEhttp://www.FilmCourage.comhttp://twitter.com/#!/FilmCouragehttps://www.facebook.com/filmcouragehttps://www.instagram.com/filmcouragehttp://filmcourage.tumblr.comhttp://pinterest.com/filmcourageSUBSCRIBE TO THE FILM COURAGE YOUTUBE CHANNELhttp://bit.ly/18DPN37SUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A MEMBERhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8o1mdWAfefJkdBg632_tg/joinSUPPORT FILM COURAGE BY BECOMING A PATRONhttps://www.patreon.com/filmcourageLISTEN TO THE FILM COURAGE PODCASThttps://soundcloud.com/filmcourage-com(Affiliates)SAVE $15 ON YOUTUBE TV - LIMITED TIME OFFERhttps://tv.youtube.com/referral/r0847ysqgrrqgp►WE USE THIS CAMERA (B&H) – https://buff.ly/3rWqrra►WE USE THIS SOUND RECORDER (AMAZON) – http://amzn.to/2tbFlM9Stuff we use:LENS - Most people ask us what camera we use, no one ever asks about the lens which filmmakers always tell us is more important. This lens was a big investment for us and one we wish we could have made sooner. Started using this lens at the end of 2013 - http://amzn.to/2tbtmOqAUDIO Rode VideoMic Pro - The Rode mic helps us capture our backup audio. It also helps us sync up our audio in post https://amzn.to/425k5rGAudio Recorder - If we had to do it all over again, this is probably the first item we would have bought - https://amzn.to/3WEuz0kLIGHTS - Although we like to use as much natural light as we can, we often enhance the lighting with this small portable light. We have two of them and they have saved us a number of times - http://amzn.to/2u5UnHv*These are affiliate links, by using them you can help support this channel.