Robot love seems to be a concerning theme in pd. 4

So for this assignment we took a break from well, everything to do a fun super short project with the awesome kids from England.  So we had to make a 60 second movie using a random prop.  We got a big box filled with two clock timer things, tubing, fairy wands, something called a film cleaner, random bits of metal and a broken plastic beaker.   We knew we wanted to do something sort of sci-fi esc.  Eventually we came up with the idea of a mad scientist who creates an android and falls in love with her.  But alas, the robot cannot feel love.  So the scientist discovers a code to make the robot fall in love (and therefore more human).  But then the robot falls for another.   We were able to write the script (it was easy since there were no words) and a story board on the first day, film on the second, and edit on the third.  We stayed after school to finish it. 
The overall making of this was actually pretty smooth, there weren't any major roadblocks.  Time was a bit of a constraint, but since we came in after school two days, we managed to get it done.  Another problem was that we had a piece of music that we wanted to use, but it was download only (you couldn't modify/create derivative works) so we had to find another song.  Searching through Free Music Archives takes a loooonggggg time.  Ruth found a really great song though.
This experience helped us to understand how to tell a story with as few shots as possible.  The CAP Hollywood movies will not be that long (only like 2 minutes as I understand it, though I think it should be more like 5) so it will be important to know how to use a few significant shots rather than a ton of unnecessary ones.   I also learned a bit more about editing.  I had a lot of fun color correcting.   I will definitely use color correction to give my CAP Hollywood film the right mood.
On a slightly related note, the short stories are coming along great.  It took me a long time to think of an idea.   I generally don't enjoy reading realistic fiction, so coming up with an original idea was challenging.  Fortunately, late at night before the first part was due, I was able to find a loophole.  My story is about a girl who is bored and starts daydreaming that she and those around her are in a fantasy world.  Ah loopholes.  I really really want this to made into one of the films.  If it doesn't get picked, I'll just make it myself, because I have a clear image of what it should look like.