AS R+P Post 10: Reflections so far/looking ahead

So far, I have enjoyed working with Ella and Flo and feel like we have thought of a solid idea which is not too complicated that it will be impossible to make but not too boring that our audience will have no interest in watching the rest of our film.
We have decided on a main location to film our opening-Flo's house- and taken into account what mirrors we will use in her house (an important feature of our opening).
I feel strongly in our drive to create an opening with social realism-a realistic, hard look at contemporary Britain. This is why we have made our characters have dysfunctional lives and be broken-down people-a popular convention of social realism films. Another convention of social realism is that female characters are shown n a negative light which we chose to also follow. However, I am very keen on our idea to break the social norms that only women are the victims of domestic violence by making our victim the male.
We have briefly discussed the use of props such as beer cans, typical home furniture, stereos etc and costume which will reflect on the middle class values and party lifestyle we are representing (skirts, dresses, sneakers, brands).
We've also created our storyboard and are in the process of creating our animatic based on our storyboard.
I think we need to plan more thoroughly our props, costume, make-up, shot types and setting then we should be ready for filming.