Week 3 was an inspiring week. Usually following class I get back on the train home and am too self-conscious about the people around me looking at what I’m typing to use my laptop, and too lethargic by the time I get home that the inspiration fuelled by this class has all but faded — so I decided to type away in the Notes on my phone. By some spectacular event my writer’s block lifted, just for an hour, as I typed away a review for City of Gold. Even though I knew that activity had been scrapped I felt that I needed to write something, to not let the creativity stop or be restrained by these 2-hour long trips. And it was good. Note-taking during the movie definitely helps direct my writing when it comes to putting pen to paper as I’m all but useless when trying to tackle something with fizzled memories of the parts that I thought were interesting.

Moreover, the critic analysis helped give me an idea of just how to talk about the language of their writing, their personas and improved my critical thinking. Usually when I read something that’s been published (that has more depth than a plot summary) I don’t think to critique it (or don’t have the skills too) and this exercise broadened my thinking when it comes to ‘professional’ writing — a piece full of references and fancy words can be just as disengaged with the film as a plot summary.