Situation Comedy
SITUATION COMEDY
Situation Comedy or sitcom is a style of comedic drama where characters share a common environment with dialogue that includes humor. Sitcoms usually have a story line with the same familiar characters. Situation comedy originated on the radio but is now found primarily on television and the internet.
In the United States director and producer William Asher has been credited with being “the man who created the sitcom”. He directed over a dozen of sitcoms including I love Lucy. Most situation comedies in the United States have half hour formats and usually have 20 episodes per season. Sitcoms in the United States are written by a team of writers and
The components of situation comedy in the United States usually consist of satire and slapstick humor. Satire is a humorous way to evoke social criticism by emphasizes human flaws or shortcomings. Satire uses strong irony and sarcasm as a means of comedic relief. Slap stick humor is a type of physical humor with absurd actions and often make believe violent behavior.
INVASION OF PRIVACY
Invasion of privacy laws deal with the regulation of personal information that the government can obtain. Private facts, intimate information is protected under the right to privacy. Things that are not considered private are things of public importance such as information on crime. For example every college posts their criminal events and crime statistics. Third party monitoring is granted only with a search warrant or if a law enforcement suspects terrorism. A room, telephone or computer can be bugged in that instance.
Federal law prohibits people to secretly record communications. In order to record communications you must get consent from all participants of the conversation being recorded. Trespassing involves physical invasion on a private property. You can be sued for invasion of privacy.
Advertisers need to make sure they have permission to use someone’s name or likeness. Commercial
Situation Comedy or sitcom is a style of comedic drama where characters share a common environment with dialogue that includes humor. Sitcoms usually have a story line with the same familiar characters. Situation comedy originated on the radio but is now found primarily on television and the internet.
In the United States director and producer William Asher has been credited with being “the man who created the sitcom”. He directed over a dozen of sitcoms including I love Lucy. Most situation comedies in the United States have half hour formats and usually have 20 episodes per season. Sitcoms in the United States are written by a team of writers and
The components of situation comedy in the United States usually consist of satire and slapstick humor. Satire is a humorous way to evoke social criticism by emphasizes human flaws or shortcomings. Satire uses strong irony and sarcasm as a means of comedic relief. Slap stick humor is a type of physical humor with absurd actions and often make believe violent behavior.
INVASION OF PRIVACY
Invasion of privacy laws deal with the regulation of personal information that the government can obtain. Private facts, intimate information is protected under the right to privacy. Things that are not considered private are things of public importance such as information on crime. For example every college posts their criminal events and crime statistics. Third party monitoring is granted only with a search warrant or if a law enforcement suspects terrorism. A room, telephone or computer can be bugged in that instance.
Federal law prohibits people to secretly record communications. In order to record communications you must get consent from all participants of the conversation being recorded. Trespassing involves physical invasion on a private property. You can be sued for invasion of privacy.
Advertisers need to make sure they have permission to use someone’s name or likeness. Commercial