Personal+Interview

**__Personal Interview with CAPA Professor Mo Dodson__** 

In this interview, we asked five questions:  In Summary...
 * Do you feel that reading a book or watching a movie based on the book creates a more powerful learning experience?
 * If you were to choose one aspect of a book and one aspect of a movie that you feel make them each a powerful learning experiences, what would they be?
 * As a film major, is there a specific film that you feel does a particularly good job of represeting the book? And which aspect of the film are so capturing?
 * Which do you feel is a better social experience: going to see a film, or being a member of a book club?
 * Studies show that young people are more likely to read the book after watching the movie. How do you feel about this? Do you feel that is is beneficial thay they are reading the book at all, or do you feel that this order should be reversed?
 * Dodson’s answers strongly focused on the idea that people learn different ways depending on the person. People who do not like to read will probably get more out of a movie. He notes that “a film may give them an insight into the book.”
 * Mo also attested during the interview that the most important aspect of reading a book is the “opportunity to pause while you’re reading,” and turn back and read what you’ve just read, while the most important part of watching a movie is the “immediate awareness of people.”
 * When asked if he could think of a movie that represents a movie well, he said that the television version of the play //Much Ado About Nothing// thoroughly impressed him, while //Apocalypse Now// did just the opposite: “I can’t think of a more dreadful and distorted version of a novel.”
 * He feels that once again, it would depend on the person for whether being member of a book club or going to see a film is a better social experience. He admits that being a member of a book club can be a very important social experience, yet reveals a personal anecdote of his son as a child singing with his friends at the end of the film //Ghost Busters//, and notes that it was a very social experience.
 * Finally, he attests that it is beneficial for someone to read a book after they have seen the film, and that he often does it himself.