everyone’s a critic: week 1 update

class brainstorm: “critical reviews should…”

Week one in the studio ‘Everyone’s a Critic’ consisted of an in-depth brainstorm of essentials that critical reviews should include and achieve. Two of the most important aspects we as a class were able to come up with and agree upon were ‘research’ and ‘description’. From the key ideas discussed in the brainstorm, and with each class member thinking of a piece of media they have recently consumed, the planning of our first 300 word reviews were ready to begin. Feedback and ideas were bounced off each other as we heard everyone’s plans and direction for their review’s on their chosen film, TV show or book, which were all so incredibly interesting and different from each other. Through this first exercise we will learn how to create individuality within our views and the way they are expressed, and develop our own persona that can be carried throughout the rest of the semester.

— Isobel Smart & Joss Utting