Almost ready to film

ACTRESS:
I'm almost ready to start filming. I am currently arranging a date with my actress to film and am arranging with her about what she will be wearing and doing in this role. I sent her the script and Lia's character biography so she has a little while to try and understand the character and how I vision the final cut.

LOCATION:
I will be using my parents bedroom as Lia's room. It is bigger than my bedroom which will give me more to work with and it has a balcony opposite a wall so that would be perfect for the flashing lights. The lights will actually be level (or even slightly higher) than the room and so it will look more authentic. I am going to have to move a lot of my parents furniture around to make the room how I have planned it to look but my parents have given me permission to ruin their room for the day.

COSTUME:
The pictures of the costume that I posted will probably not end up being the final costume as my actress is a different size. I would like to keep the same colours in the final costume as I think that they reflect the personality of my character well. Currently, I am arranging a costume with my actress.

PROPS:
I have almost all of the props that I need. I have all of the bedroom furniture required and a fountain pen, paper and school books. All I really need is some magazine articles about extra-terrestrial activity. I can't imagine that I would be able to get real news articles about such things on proper newspaper paper so I will probably end up making my own. I will try and get articles off the Internet and then crease and stain them to try and make them look real and a little decayed to show that Lia has always been different.

LIGHTING:
My dad has a powerful 'million candle' torch which he is kindly letting me borrow and my brother has volunteered to operate the torch even in the knowledge that he will be standing outside in the dark for a while.

MUSIC:
I need music for both my action and the title sequence and while I have found some music on the Internet from stage shows that would fit well, I am not sure about the rules for using music that has already been released. So, my brother and I were talked about how we could collaborate and produce our own music for my movie. My brother plays guitar and drums and I have a very clear vision of the kind of music I am after so together, we may be able to produce something that fits both the action and the opening credits.