I had a fantastic time delivering Writing a Successful Comedy this week to a wonderful group of 29 experienced Irish storytellers (writers, directors, producers and story editors). Based on the feedback received to date, the feeling was mutual... Huge thanks and congratulations to all, I can't wait to see your comedies on the small or big screen!

Final Q&A session on Day 4
Here are a few testimonials from some of the participants
No Stone Left Unturned

Emmanuel Oberg left no stone unturned during a four-day webinar intensive, exploring comedy in screen storytelling. His thoroughness in describing his story-type method is equally matched in his analysis of the chosen film case studies. I came away with not only a stack of notes, but also webinar materials (thank you for everything that I missed!), and most importantly a toolkit to approach future projects at every stage of their development. I now have a bag of tricks as a starting point and a back up plan for when I get lost. It takes a lot of skill to break down stories to such a granular level, and I’m very grateful to Northern Ireland Screen and Emmanuel Oberg for giving me the opportunity to tap into that.
Excellent workshop
Emmanuel’s comedy workshop was inspiring, enlightening, and very enjoyable. I took away from it tools and strategies that I will apply to my own work going forward, as well as some new connections.
Thank you!
Fantastic deep dive
Brilliant course for those looking to explore and improve their scripts – looking at character development, story development and ensuring you have the tools to tweak your work.
Thoroughly enjoyed the 4-day course
Thoroughly enjoyed the 4-day course and was introduced to a couple of great films that I had no previous knowledge of. Looking forward to putting the techniques learnt into practice.
This advanced comedy workshop was funded by Northern Ireland Screen. Grateful thanks to Ursula Devine for making it happen, and to Matthew Winters for his help during preparation and delivery.


