This document outlines various techniques used in slapstick comedy including the use of props, costumes, improvisation, physical comedy and violence depicted in an exaggerated cartoon-like style, wordplay, comparisons of people to objects, and scenarios that elicit emotions like embarrassment. Mind maps are also suggested to develop comedy.

1. Use of props
Funny mise en
scene, comical
clothes, fake
Slap stick comedy moustaches
Spontaneous
and so on
improvisation
Comedic violence
Cartoon like violence
Mind map; comedy
Manipulation of
wordplay
Others being
Positive embarrassed
emotions,
or
comical
negative Comparisons
emotions of people to
other things