Dude... he should have just picked an easy film with all those components pre-rolled...
Terror of Mecha-Godzilla (or any of dozens of Godzilla films).
Radiation causes Godzilla. Godzilla fights alien moth/bug/critter/Kong/MechaKong.
Inevitable scene with monster caught in high-tension power lines
(usually to little effect except juicing up the critter and smoking the stunt wardrobe).
Some have obvious growth and development (of moth from pupae, etc) or obvious shrinkage (doll sized twin heroines carried around in a box).
Doofus to pick Congo... double burn if the prof actually
watched Congo.