A short, three and a half minute film about a young inventor called Charly and her robot assistant Bob-e. The opening of the film sees Charly try and fail to produce a new eco-friendly generator. It takes many attempts and a little help from Bob-e in order to get the machine running.

Learning Opportunities

• Track the characters' feelings through the story and use 'show, don't tell' to describe them.
• Describe Bob-e.
• Design your own robot helper – do they have any special features or tools?
• Write dialogue between Charly and Bob-e.
• Create a diary or journal in role of Charly.
• Write a news report detailing the events from the point of view of someone who witnessed it but doesn't know about Charly.
• Create a formal letter of complaint about Charly and her 'strange' helper from one of her neighbours.