Your Career Will Be Split Into Before And After You Read “The Defining Moment: How Writers and Actors Build Characters”

Your Career Will Be Split Into Before And After You Read “The Defining Moment: How Writers and Actors Build Characters”

Having interviewed Christopher Riley for “Yes, You Need One More Draft: A New Edition Of THE HOLLYWOOD STANDARD And A FREE Course To Upgrade Your Current Script” on his book, The Hollywood Standard – Third Edition: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style, I was eager to check out his next release.

Having interviewed Christopher Riley for “Yes, You Need One More Draft: A New Edition Of THE HOLLYWOOD STANDARD And A FREE Course To Upgrade Your Current Script” on his book, The Hollywood Standard – Third Edition: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style, I was eager to check out his next release. I have been waiting. Until now:

Aimed at both the head and the heart, The Defining Moment plumbs the depths of the most memorable characters ever to appear on the screen, the stage or the page. The book focuses on those moments so pivotal in a character’s formation that they create a distinct boundary of before and after, moments without which the character couldn’t exist and moments through which characters can transform before our eyes. Writers, actors and storytellers of all stripes will discover a powerful new key to unlock any character they seek to develop, write or portray. They may even unlock a deeper understanding of themselves.


Features:
The first in-depth study of the essential principles that will redefine the way storytellers understand their characters and themselves.
Essential insights into the forces that create character
Dozens of examples of character-defining moments from film, television, theater and literature
An exploration of pivotol moments: birth, death, discovery, decision-making, injury and healing
An examination of how writers and actors employ defining moments in their deepest and most unforgettable works
Insights into how directors, editors, cinematographers and composers dramatize key moments
Practical exercises for defining and redefining character
Tips for discovering the moments that matter most
Deeply personal stories from the authors’ lives to illustrate the variety of moments that define us.
For every storyteller, no matter their medium, The Defining Moment will redefine the way they understand their characters and themselves.

Riley is a talented, funny, and thoughtful Angeleno. I’ve seen him make plenty of jokes at his own expense and be so humbly grounded that I had no idea who he really was in this town. Alongside writing partner Kathleen Riley, Christopher Riley wrote the German language theatrical feature After the Truth, an award-winning courtroom thriller, of which it’s star Goetz George won a best actor nomination for the prestigious European Film Award. This writing team has written scripts for Disney’s Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Mandalay Television Pictures, Sean Connery’s Fountainbridge Films and Robert Cort Productions. He even wrote the software used by Warner Bros. to type thousands of television and feature film scripts! Riley has also stepped into producing as well as teaching, he’s taught in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Nashville, Washington, D.C., New York, Montreal and Paris.

This title will be released on March 15, 2022.

Pre-Order HERE

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