The first section reminded me of a scene from a student film a friend of mine made. In it, the main character gets a call during one scene. She answers the phone, and, in a throw-away line, mentions something about "spreadsheets" and "memos." This line always rang really false to me, and I think it was because the writer did not actually know anything about what this character's job actually was; he just threw in some businessy-sounding words and figured that would be enough. The line didn't sound real to me because the neither the writer or the director had bothered to research it. I think this happens very often in movies. Even if the audience is not an expert on the subject, they will still be able to tell if a director has not done his homework.
The second section is really hard to write about, because what the author is trying to get is really hard to explain. I think what all the filmmakers are getting at is this "something-ness" (what I like to call it) that occurs when a really good idea is formed, and how to achieve this "something-ness." Unfortunately, way to find this form of inspiration is completely different for every person, and there's not really a good English word that describes it. The Germans probably have a word for it.
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