Many scripts for this. http://www.scriptspot.com/search/node/scatter Advanced Painter is probably the best. http://www.scriptspot.com/search/node/advanced+painter Blur's Planter script is good at the "drop" part, when you already have a bunch of objects floating above a surface. http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/planter…
The main thing I think people have to worry about is heat, I know mine tends to run a little hotter than the old school platter drives ever did. But the case I have has fans and airflow to account for this. If someone isn't careful they could probably toast it faster than a platter drive in a bad case with poor airflow.
WARNING: WALL OF TEXT The school I went to was a lot like what you described. The students are taught the basics of a software and the rest is up to them. Often the only way to get real critique or learn new skills was from other students or online. Most of what I have learned is from tutorials, trial and error, and…
Where's the version without the voice-over? The instrumental one that was in the earlier trailers that obviously wasn't composed to have lyrics plastered over it...