Meta Meme 3 - Processing Media

For ciaranbochna, who asked the following:

When you watch a film, or read a story, on how many levels are you processing it (meta, themes, future writing, characterization, etc)?

Which, oh, is complicated. Primarily because it varies on a case by case basis, depending on the day I'm having, the medium involved, how recently I'd been having discussion with people, how much sleep I've had recently ... *grins sheepishly* It varies, is my point. But ... okay, maybe we can get high and lows, and a mean from that?

( How I read/watch a text, yes? )