Interview 4: Liz Folan - Film and Book Enthusiast

On 11th November 2013 we planned and carried out an interview with a film and book enthusiast Liz Folan. Prior to the interview we set up a mise-en-scene of a number of posters of films that had been adapted into screenplays of books as that was the topic of the questions.

These are the questions that we asked Liz:

Do you prefer to read an eBook or physical book?

Do you prefer to read a book or watch a film?

Do you think films involving books will ever be driven by Kindles?

Do you think films will lose their magic if the physical books where to be replaced by eBooks?

After watching a film adaptation of a book that you haven't read, do you then go and read the book?

If you could pick any book that you have read that has been adapted into a film that felt that you gave the book justice, what was it and how did the film achieve this?

If you could pick any book you have read that has been adapted into a film that you felt didn't give the book justice, what was it and how do the film achieve this?

Can you name any films where books are the narrative drive?

In early film depicting the future, characters would read from devices like Kindles, but we don't often see them in films today. Why do you think this is?

What kind of narrative genre would you most associate with books?