Today we met with Annie as a group to discuss the developments for our piece. Some concerns that Annie had included:
- Lola's mental age - We need to ensure that we do not follow in the direction of her just being a 'child'. Maybe the mind of an 8 year-old is too old for her behaviour?
- Why does she want to make this den?
- It needs another emotion other than 'happy'.
In order to solve these issues we have met as a group and come up with some answers to the previous 'questions':
- Lola now has the mental age of a 6 year-old. This is represented through her mannerisms and the 'inner voice' of a younger girl in her head. She will have a short attention span and be dressed in clothes similar to that of this age group. Another aspect of her disability is that she likes things in order - this will be displayed through the neat and precise way that she will form her den.
- She wants to make it as a form of escapism - It is her space that no-one can touch. It represents her and gives her chance to be herself without being judged.
- Maybe another possible emotion could be loneliness. The way in which we plan to have Lola talking to her teddy bears and stroking their heads demonstrates a sense of isolation from the rest of the world.
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