Actors, settings, and objects

My my... Getting an actor for this short was complicated. First I asked my younger step sibling to act as Jack but he denied... He's shy :(. However, the original person I had asked to act in my short actually accepted... He asked his family and they are okay with it, (he's an actual actor... he does professional theatre). However, we have to take the health and safety measures very serious. We have both been in quarantine so it is safe. We just have to be very very careful because we both live with elderly people... His name is Gianni and he will be playing Jack in my short. I told him I would pay him since that will be his career but he denied because I'm his friend. (Don't tell him but I'm still going to pay him, it's a huge favor he is doing for me).

However, I still found myself needing a guy's room so I can shoot where he wakes up in, and he said it is okay to use his room, so that's great! I will have to take the objects to his house and place them in his room. Because it will be his room, I still don't know if I will be able to make his room look empty (I don't think he will want to empty out his room). So I will have to see what I can do.

I have decided to use the forest in my neighborhood for the location of the pawn shop. I have a tapestry to use for the floor, a plastic table, and all the objects on top. I am still debating whether to use my cat or not as the store clerk, I will see about that.

I will start shooting this week.

I am thinking of using myself as the girl actress in the last scene because the only person I know my age is my step-sister but... I don't think she will act for me, she's very busy.
I still have to figure out some stuff: The weather can change and how will I make my cat act???

Talking about that, I asked my classmates about the cat idea and they liked in. Ana recommended I watch "What Did Jack Do?" by David Lynch on Netflix. It's about an investigator interrogating a monkey about a crime. It gave me confidence in using my cat as the actor, however I don't have the technology or the skill to animate the mouth, so I will have to use subtitles.

I will also have to figure out the setting for the bar or restaurant... I am thinking of using my dog as the waiter and using another outside location... Abstract right?? I guess you can say the workers in my short film world are all animals haha. I will think about it more.
I will also have to find some baseball cards.
On another note, if using pets is too complicated, I can easily use my mom and mom's boyfriend as the characters.
Here is the updated script (I had to make some changes cuz you know.... corona).