by Colby R Rice | Sep 19, 2013 | Films & Filmmaking, Screenplays & Screenwriting
So what is a producer, actually? This title can be the most confusing of all titles in the entertainment industry. One can be a producer for financing a film, attaching an actor or director to a film, for laying the groundwork for a film, or in a minority of cases,...
by Colby R Rice | Aug 29, 2013 | Films & Filmmaking, Screenplays & Screenwriting, TV Pilots, TV Specs, & TV Writing, Uncategorized, Writing & Editing
So, as you all might have noticed, I’ve made a bunch of little changes to the blog! For one, since I’m expanding my own goals as a writer, I also have decided to expand the scope of this site so that I can share my failures, successes, and lessons with...
by Colby R Rice | Apr 15, 2013 | Films & Filmmaking, Screenplays & Screenwriting, TV Pilots, TV Specs, & TV Writing
So here’s a continuation of the “Kicked that Room’s Ass” blog series! This series discusses the many things I learned from Stephanie Palmer’s “Good in a Room”. For those of you who missed the first installment, “Good in...
by Colby R Rice | Apr 12, 2013 | Films & Filmmaking, Screenplays & Screenwriting, TV Pilots, TV Specs, & TV Writing, Writing Inspiration & Writing Achievements
So in January I took an awesome Los Angeles trip with a group of college colleagues. While on that trip, we met a whole bunch of really great people who were warm, welcoming, and also doing the very same things we wanted to do in Hollywood. We met directors,...
by Colby R Rice | Mar 29, 2013 | Novels, Plays & Playwriting, Screenplays & Screenwriting, Short Stories & Writing Shorts, Writing & Editing
Many of you might be wondering if it’s absolutely necessary to join an MFA program in Screenwriting in order to break into film or television. More of you (myself included), may want to go to a screenwriting program, but simply can’t afford the $100,000...
by Colby R Rice | Mar 27, 2013 | Audio & Video, Films & Filmmaking, Screenplays & Screenwriting, TV Pilots, TV Specs, & TV Writing, Videos, Reels, & Demos
Here is the second episode of the Executive Producer Series, which is a 12-week series I’m developing as I learn more about film making. I’ve had the wonderful experience of shooting my own webisode “Goodnight, Doll”, and I want to help you learn from my mistakes...
