Movie time

Starting planing out things with Niamh on how to go about teaching them to make movies. I know how to teach young adults. Introduce them to basic story structure, character development. Idea webs, and outlines. Draft, Draft, draft until you have something that might look something like a movie script. Children don't have this kind of patience. My daughter spent most of the time trying to name her production company, and couldn't understand why couldn't film in the kitchen that instant. She also wanted to be in charge and I interpreted her selfishness, as an act of defiance, and not the typical response of a child with Asperger's. After some tears I decided to back off, and let her just start making up a story and I'd do my best to write it down. She focused on character development and what each character was like why they were the way they were. Astonishing! Considering I thought she would be much more interested in stimulating yet unconnected anecdotal details. For Niamh it would be a science experiment scene, or the protaganist has glasses. Instead this is what I got.
A story about a girl who is trapped in a life she doesn't like. Her name is Rebecca. She wants to be a scientist who studies canines, foxes in particular, but instead is forced to be an actress by her evil Aunt Vivi. Her parents left her in Vivi's care because they are "those kind of people". Rebecca is also 7 and has red hair. She is from Texas and is shooting a movie set in Egypt. Vivi is 43, and is cruel and ambitious with dreams of Rebecca being a movie star, which she is well on her way. Agerfer, is 12. Agerfer, is a girl with dark skin. I assume African American, but I didn't think to clarify as I didn't want to interrupt Niamh's flow of consciousness. She is the hero of the story she will eventually save Rebecca, although she doesn't know how yet. The girls also become best friends.
I don't think it a bad start...