This is the most important prop, considering the fact that it symbolises the two girl's (as yet unexplained) connection with each other despite living in separate universes until this point in their lives. The ideal music box to illustrate this would be something like the one from the animated film "Anastasia", in which the music box and winder necklace serves as a gateway and reminder for the main character of her life as Russian royalty before she got amnesia. This prop is further very important because it's the reason for us playing a lullaby song at the beginning of our feature. Therefore, procuring one for later filming will be of paramount importance.
The real-life ideal for the style of the music box would be something similar to this photo. The colouring is suitably macabre and dramatic (gold on black) and the ballerina figurine at least appears to be well-made. However, realistically, it will probably prove impossible to buy something this high-quality at a reasonable price. The only option would be to miraculously find someone who owns such an object already and is willing to part with it for a while in exchange for one of our less important organs, such as a kidney. 
2) Wallet (for Girl B to pickpocket)
This prop doesn't need much detailing; we simply need a reasonably cinematically recognisable wallet and a respectable citizen to carry it until they get robbed by one of our protagonists. 
Since Girl A, being from a parallel universe, is able to feign affluence, her 'school' backpack should probably be satchel-shaped. The appearance of leather should give her middle-class image an initially more believable and recognisable feel.
However, to accentuate her strangeness and to highlight her in the shots more (since we will be manipulating colour), a brighter shade of leather should probably be used, such as blue, green orange or red. Any other colour would be too far removed from the natural tones we see on our planet and, as this girl is trying her best to blend in, colours too bright or superficial wouldn't make any sense for her to wear.
4) Girl B: Backpack and sleeping bag
Girl B's backpack should be simple and functional, as well as big enough to fit her things; in her case, her entire life, as she has no home. However, a proper travel backpack would be impractical, so a neat cloth or canvas one should do instead.
The sleeping bag should provide only the bare minimum of comfort and can be clumsily strapped to the backpack to further underline girl B's necessity of living on the streets. I actually own usable versions of both of these props myself, so they won't exactly be difficult to procure for later filming.5) Optional: Shopping cart and camera
The shopping cart, if we could find an abandoned one (I personally have seen a few around my neighbourhood for no good reason, for instance), could be used by the homeless girl to cart her things around in conjunction with the backpack. It may be a hassle to organise, but I believe it would put a more interesting, creative finish on our final product. Again, the sort of effect we want to achieve is perfectly depicted in our film influence "The Road".The camera is relevant to the scene where girl A takes photos of girl B on the high street. The only reason I list it here is in case our idea of having her use her eyes as a camera doesn't look effective or cohesive once we test it out. At the very least, the camera won't be able to be normal, and so either a futuristic one or a more steampunk one will have to be cheaply bought or even made.
Those are all the props we should need. The rest of our film language ought to be able to bring out anything else we want to show or say.
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