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You see, I'm not the biggest fan of poetry. Like every other half enthused teenage student when a teacher asks me to do something with a poem the best response I can yield is a sour rolling of the eyes, and that's keeping it neutral. Technology, on the other hand, when it meshes with what I want to do, I like very much. So this pairing of poetry and movie-making-photo-shopping-green-screening magic made this project the winner for me. While the poem The Bagel wasn't the most difficult idea to convey, meaning that it was fairly straight forward, I think my collaborative product with Mr. Babineau was a success despite all the issues we encountered. Firstly, we were the only team to use the green screen, and use it well I might add. The action of conquering the green screen without any previous knowledge about how to use one was enough to make me love this project. "SUCCESS!" was the ultimate feeling that resignated with me on the conclusion of this project. It was beautiful, we catalogued the images into a cohesive piece of art, used a plethora of new technology (photoshop, premier pro, etc), and conveyed our message appropriately. The process of creating the short film also made me appreciate the project more. With a lot of profanity and laughter, Mr. Babineau and I "made if happen." Trial and error played a big part in the culmination of our end product. How do you get rid of the ghost bagel effect when you don't want it? How do you achieve the ghost bagel effect when you do want it? WHAT IS CHROMA KEY? What button did we just push to make it look like that? Why isn't the undo button working? Twas all a part of the struggle, twas all a part of the beauty. We chose an overliteral interpritation, which works quite perfectly with making a short film comprised of literal images and film footage. It was wonderful in the end, and regardless of how ametuer it may have appeared, I was proud with our film, Mr. Babineau was proud with our film, and Mr. Masson half-smiled, which is good enough for me.