Thursday, November 4, 2010

Final Reflection

Must say i have enjoyed this aspect of the course, despite taking a while to get used to the format and being somewhat put out by everything being online. Something that is the future i guess, but i would happily settle for a set reader every time. However the freedom to react to whatever happens in class, or on the street or on television, online was empowering somewhat. Wish i had thought it through and like those other savvy students had my (or a) laptop in class in order to react to ideas instantly or right after class as that would have proved more cnduciev t o the spirit of reactionary blogging i feel. But as i have mixed sport on monday nights the drive to come home and contribute media related ideas had been dialled down a notch after two straight games of netball.

The shift in class structures this semester suited the shifting structures of the whole university and my life in general somewhat. My script development class was very creatively focused with no real analytical work required, and Noir as well had a very free structure centered around choice and responisibility to get the work done as one saw fit. Also the restructuring of the library took expected norms and threw them into flux in terms of level access and other things i had begun to take for granted after two and a half years at Latrobe.

DMC proved the culmination of new challenges in terms of balancing what was relevant academically with what was noise, and having read NEW MODEL ARMY on the cusp of the new semester i was impressed with the scope of the subject's prescience to include science fiction as part of its accepted directions. This subject comes at a crucial point in the development and of my own development in terms of technological acceptance of new forms and old that i still staunchly (and perhaps unreasonably) rely on. The recall to Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom also helped bring the evolution that i needed to personally undertake into sharp focus. Like kismet too games i was playing (Demon Souls) and shows i was just beginnning to watch (The Gruen Transfer) slowly began to inform each blog and shape the direction of my essay and overall interest in the subject.

I have certainly been lucky in terms of the subjects i have chosen being initially skeptical before they fulfill a certain void in my own understanding by symbiotically realting to things i enjoy deeply all along. Will try to maintain this blog as often as i can, but it will probably go the way of film and or game commentary as that has been my field of interest but also hope o use it to flseh out ideas for my (maybe) coming thesis and future academic endeavours. In that sense it has been inspirational and satisfying.

Thanks for reading.

No comments:

Post a Comment