I didn’t know what to expect from the first lectorial of the semester but I certainly didn’t expect it to be so self reflective. It was comforting to find out that my classmates had similar – if not identical – aspirations and goals to reach by the end of the course.
Here is my list of 10 things to achieve:

• 1. Edit better
• 2. Come up with more processes of ideas
• 3. Write better scripts
• 4. Create my own style of filming/producing/writing
• 5. Grasp ideas from literature, film and politics to create
• 6.To know that I can make Australian Cinema great
• 7. Create a network of people to help me
• 8. Film better
• 9. Be more critical of what media I consume
• 10. Learn how to engage an audience/produce relevant content

After reading the article on active and hyper attention, I can see the point that the author was trying to convey. I agree that the difference between these two cognitive modes has a  strong connection to the generational divide. I, along with most people in my age group, would identify with the traits of hyper attention. I can’t help but looking at my phone whilst watching television or a movie, I study better with music or general noise in the background and I can’t resist switching between eight different tabs when I’m surfing the internet.
I think this is probably caused by the rapid advancement in technology during the time where my generation was growing up. We’ve really always had the option between two or more different screens even if one may have been a tamagotchi screen at one point.