Delegate Welcome Pack 2014 The London Screenwriters’ Festival is proudly sponsored by 1 Welcome To The London Screenwriters’ Festival 2014! My name is Chris Jones, founder and creative director of the festival. And just like you, I love storytelling and writing screenplays. The LSF has fast become the most exciting, prestigious and largest event of its kind. Over the three days of the festival you can expect to gain a massive amount of screenwriting knowledge, make powerful new industry contacts and connect with a whole new group of like minded creatives. This pack will help you get the most from the festival. I urge you to read it as soon as you can if you want to get the most from your LSF experience. My hope and belief is that the festival will change the way you look at your writing, your career and Plan for success at hopefully your life too. So open your mind and heart and get ready for one hell of an adventure. It’s LSF 2014 going to be awesome! Promise. To get the most from the festival, you need to do some planning. While there is a TON of very cool stuff going on at the festival, we also know that many delegates miss out because they didn’t read Chris Jones the website, the emails or other messages Creative Director we send. www.LondonSWF.com That’s why we created this booklet, to give PS - There is a delegate area on the site where we you the complete lowdown in advance. share resources and updates. You will have been sent a login already for this, if not, drop Lucia an email at [email protected]. 2 3 Welcome To The London Screenwriters’ Festival 2014! My name is Chris Jones, founder and creative director of the festival. And just like you, I love storytelling and writing screenplays. The LSF has fast become the most exciting, prestigious and largest event of its kind. Over the three days of the festival you can expect to gain a massive amount of screenwriting knowledge, make powerful new industry contacts and connect with a whole new group of like minded creatives. This pack will help you get the most from the festival. I urge you to read it as soon as you can if you want to get the most from your LSF experience. My hope and belief is that the festival will change the way you look at your writing, your career and Plan for success at hopefully your life too. So open your mind and heart and get ready for one hell of an adventure. It’s LSF 2014 going to be awesome! Promise. To get the most from the festival, you need to do some planning. While there is a TON of very cool stuff going on at the festival, we also know that many delegates miss out because they didn’t read Chris Jones the website, the emails or other messages Creative Director we send. www.LondonSWF.com That’s why we created this booklet, to give PS - There is a delegate area on the site where we you the complete lowdown in advance. share resources and updates. You will have been sent a login already for this, if not, drop Lucia an email at [email protected]. 2 3 Shape of the Festival “There are indeed some The festival runs for three days from October ‘rules’ that cannot be 24th to 26th (Friday to Sunday). The days start at 9.00am and end around 7.30pm (with broken. Chief among them: networking drinks running into the evening). There will be a launch party on Thursday 23rd Don’t Bore The Audience” evening when you can also pick up your pass. The venue is Regent’s University in Regent’s Park. Ted Tally, Screenwriter On the first day of the festival, there will be a bottleneck as 700 delegates turn up to collect passes, so arrive early. We suggest no later than 8.30am on Friday 24th October. Each day, you can arrive early for breakfast (in the Refectory), and stay late for our parties (on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights). We recommend planning for both early mornings and late evenings! Plan to be present as much as possible as the magic often happens when sharing breakfast, Wifi coffee or a drink. Regent’s University has just installed new WiFi and we hope this means there will Online be free access site wide this year. We will confirm this nearer the time. We have an official Twitter hashtag for the festival which is #LondonSWF. You can follow us on Twitter @LondonSWF Join us on Facebook too at fb.com/londonswf - do drop by and like the page, we use it for many announcements of upcoming stuff. We have a blog too - check it out at www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/blog No Recording Please Books We record every session the speakers allow us There will be a bookstore onsite where to, so please respect their request. If it’s not being you can get signed books from our recorded by us, it’s confidential. speakers. If you think you might like to buy some books, remember to bring enough cash as the machine onsite charges £1.50 for withdrawal. 4 5 Shape of the Festival “There are indeed some The festival runs for three days from October ‘rules’ that cannot be 24th to 26th (Friday to Sunday). The days start at 9.00am and end around 7.30pm (with broken. Chief among them: networking drinks running into the evening). There will be a launch party on Thursday 23rd Don’t Bore The Audience” evening when you can also pick up your pass. The venue is Regent’s University in Regent’s Park. Ted Tally, Screenwriter On the first day of the festival, there will be a bottleneck as 700 delegates turn up to collect passes, so arrive early. We suggest no later than 8.30am on Friday 24th October. Each day, you can arrive early for breakfast (in the Refectory), and stay late for our parties (on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights). We recommend planning for both early mornings and late evenings! Plan to be present as much as possible as the magic often happens when sharing breakfast, Wifi coffee or a drink. Regent’s University has just installed new WiFi and we hope this means there will Online be free access site wide this year. We will confirm this nearer the time. We have an official Twitter hashtag for the festival which is #LondonSWF. You can follow us on Twitter @LondonSWF Join us on Facebook too at fb.com/londonswf - do drop by and like the page, we use it for many announcements of upcoming stuff. We have a blog too - check it out at www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/blog No Recording Please Books We record every session the speakers allow us There will be a bookstore onsite where to, so please respect their request. If it’s not being you can get signed books from our recorded by us, it’s confidential. speakers. If you think you might like to buy some books, remember to bring enough cash as the machine onsite charges £1.50 for withdrawal. 4 5 Map of the Venue, Regent’s University Don’t panic! The Venue is smaller than it looks and you will quickly get your bearings. It’s essentially a large quad with rooms on all four sides. Out back in the private gardens will be the Final Draft Marquee. Getting There The London Screenwriters’ Festival is hosted by the Regent’s University, in the heart of London and within the beautiful grounds of Regent’s Park. The address is Regent’s University, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS. Baker Street is the closest tube stop, around ten minutes walk to the university. There is a Google map with directions here http://goo.gl/maps/n01dk Tube Directions: Exit Baker Street tube station, take the Marylebone Road exit and turn left. Walk past Madame Tussauds, before taking the next left onto York Gate, which continues onto York Bridge. Follow the road into Regent’s Park and the main entrance to Regent’s University will be on your left-hand side. Walking time is approximately 10 minutes. Please note that Baker Street “The first draft is nothing Underground Station is not wheelchair accessible. more than a starting point, It’s not advised to travel to the venue by car as parking is expensive and restricted. Allow time to get lost on your way on the first day ;o) so be wrong as fast as you Do not lose your pass, replacements will cost £20. can” When you arrive we will also give you the most up Andrew Stanton, Director to date schedule and a map of the venue. There will also be a board with all the speakers listed on it, to and Screenwriter Remember The Clocks Change On Saturday Night jog your memory. REMEMBER, ARRIVE EARLY! On Saturday night / Sunday morning of the festival, the clocks will go back and hoorah, we And also, the clocks go back on Saturday night of all get an extra hour in bed! the festival, so you get an extra hour in bed. 6 7 Map of the Venue, Regent’s University Don’t panic! The Venue is smaller than it looks and you will quickly get your bearings. It’s essentially a large quad with rooms on all four sides. Out back in the private gardens will be the Final Draft Marquee.