#LTF2012: Immersive Writing Lab

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Event:
#LTF2012: Immersive Writing Lab
Start:
October 26, 2012 9:00 am
End:
October 27, 2012 11:00 pm
Updated:
August 15, 2012

This two-day free writers’ workshop is aimed at developing writers for the digital age, with a £6k development contract up for grabs with Portal Entertainment.

London Transmedia Fest 2012: Immersive Writing Lab
If you want to write traditional film, TV and radio, stop reading now.

If you’re still reading, you might be what we’re looking for.  Following on from the success of last year – and now in it’s second year – the Immersive Writing Lab, brought to you by Portal Entertainment in partnership with the Literary Platform, Ogilvy, and Cisco, is a two day writers workshop and three month competition aimed at developing writers.

The Lab is specifically aimed at writers who want to write ‘immersive entertainment’: stories told over more than one medium and requiring the audience to take part and discover the story.  The event will be held at Ravensbourne in London on October 26th and 27th 2012. The competition will run for three months.

The focus of this year’s workshop is ‘ROLEPLAY’ – how do you get an audience to discover and navigate through your story? How do you keep them hooked? What are the most common mistakes?

26th October – Learning the tools
Location: Digital Enterprise Greenwich, 6 Mitre Passage
Specialists from disciplines already telling immersive stories will help you learn how they do it:
  • Immersive Theatre: Pete Higgins, Punchdrunk
  • Comedy: Adam Riches, winner of Best Show at Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2011
  • Magic: Brad Henderson, one of the best sleight of hand magicians in the world.
  • Video Games:  Dan Burwen, formerly of EA, writer of groundbreaking interactive comic All the Shah’s Men
  • Interactive Narrative: Mike Jones, Head of Story at Portal Entertainment, winner of AFTIE
  • Technology and Perceptive Media: Ian Forrester, Senior Producer R&D at BBC
  • Branded Entertainment: Doug Scott, President of Ogilvy Entertainment
27th October – Workshop
Location: Ravensbourne. Room 209-210
This is where the fun really begins! We will be handpicking fifty writers for a hands-on workshop developed with BBC Writers Room. Develop and experiment your own story world with other writers!

As the Lab draws to a close, we’ll be launching a three-month competition allowing you to develop a storyworld. The winner will receive a £6k development fund from Portal Entertainment to push forward their idea. We are currently developing Blackout by Laura Grace and Elizabeth McGuane, the winner of the 2011 competition.

Sounds completely up my street – how do I apply?

The event is completely free to attend. We’re looking for applicants at any stage in their career – we’re really looking for people with an idea of how an audience will take part in, discover, and navigate, your stories. We expect theatre, performing arts and video game writers to see this as standard, but we also expect to hear from TV, film and radio writers looking to branch out.

You can take a look at last year’s speaker’s videos and competition to see what’s involved.  To find out a bit more about Portal Entertainment, and the team behind it, visit their website.