{"id":54900,"date":"2021-09-01T09:04:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54900"},"modified":"2026-03-05T04:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:37:10","slug":"create-sound-and-silence-sian-heder-on-directing-coda","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/articles\/create-sound-and-silence-sian-heder-on-directing-coda\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound and Silence: Si\u00e2n Heder on Directing \u201cCODA\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns article-content is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Coda.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55901\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as Miles and Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CODA \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0pmfrE1YL4I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sundance Film Festival favorite <em>CODA<\/em> arrived on Apple TV+, a crowd-pleasing tear-jerker written and directed by Si\u00e2n Heder (<em>Tallulah<\/em>) that will make audiences cheer for a young woman discovering what she\u2019s good at and making her way in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film follows 17-year-old Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones), who is the sole hearing member of a deaf family \u2014 a CODA, or child of deaf adults. Ruby\u2019s life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin as Jackie Rossie and Troy Kotsur as Frank Rossi) and working on the family\u2019s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). But when Ruby joins her high school\u2019s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and finds herself drawn to her duet partner, Miles (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo). Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between her obligations to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CODA_Photo_0107-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Si\u00e2n Heder directs Emilia Jones and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo on the set of \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+\" class=\"wp-image-54878\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Si\u00e2n Heder directs Emilia Jones and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo on the set of \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>CODA<\/em> made history when selling to Apple in a deal worth $25 million, the biggest sale in the festival\u2019s history (the previous biggest was the $22 million paid by Neon and Hulu for <em>Palm Springs<\/em>),\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/coda-lands-august-release-on-apple-and-in-theaters-4170226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pamela McClintock<\/a> writes in <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. \u201cIt was also the first Sundance entry to win all four top prizes in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category; special jury award for ensemble cast, the directing award, the audience award and the grand jury prize.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/coda-lands-august-release-on-apple-and-in-theaters-4170226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018CODA\u2019 Lands August Release on Apple+ and in Theaters (The Hollywood Reporter)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why it SOMETIMES makes sense to use MULTIPLE CAMERAS (Show Short)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/flRSTfHqhzc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>CODA<\/em> has been described in shorthand as <em>Glee<\/em> meets <a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/articles\/a-marriage-of-craft-how-sound-of-metal-merges-sound-design-and-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sound of Metal<\/em><\/a>, the Riz Ahmed-starring film about a drummer grappling with his sudden hearing loss and attempting to acclimate into the hearing-impaired community,\u201d senior entertainment reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/why-the-deaf-family-dramedy-coda-became-sundances-biggest-sale-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kevin Fallon<\/a> notes in <em>The Daily Beast<\/em>. \u201c<em>CODA<\/em> really is a remarkable film,\u201d he adds, \u201cthe kind that has musical sequences that would have garnered mid-screening rounds of applause from an excited festival audience, and so heartfelt it would have incited more than one group sobbing session on its way to a post-credits ovation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/why-the-deaf-family-dramedy-coda-became-sundances-biggest-sale-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why the Deaf Family Dramedy \u2018CODA\u2019 Became Sundance\u2019s Biggest Sale Ever (The Daily Beast)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CODA \u2014 &quot;You&#039;re All I Need To Get By&quot; - A Music Video with Deaf West Theatre | Apple TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lMUCOhzEJf4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CODA<\/em> breaks new ground in various ways, <em>Mac Observer<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macobserver.com\/news\/coda-screened-with-open-captions-us-uk-theaters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlotte Henry<\/a> notes, chief among them that the film is being screened with open captions across the US and UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/coda-breaks-new-ground-deaf-movie-theater-goers-2021-08-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jill Serjeant<\/a>, at <em>Reuters<\/em>, reports that Apple worked with movie theater operators to ensure the film would be played everywhere for deaf and hearing audiences alike, with the captions burned into the print in what is thought to be a first for a feature film release in theaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heder recounted the reaction of a deaf man at an open caption screening in Gloucester, Massachusetts: \u201cHe was, like, \u2018I don\u2019t go to the movies. I can\u2019t wear those glasses. They make me nauseous. Half the time they don\u2019t work so I\u2019ve just stopped going to the theater.\u2019 He hadn\u2019t seen a movie in the theater in 10 years and he was very moved and excited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CODA-Jackie-and-Frank-Rossi.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Troy Kotsur as Frank Rossi and Marlee Matlin as Jackie Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+\" class=\"wp-image-54884\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Troy Kotsur as Frank Rossi and Marlee Matlin as Jackie Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/coda-breaks-new-ground-deaf-movie-theater-goers-2021-08-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018CODA\u2019 breaks new ground for deaf movie theater-goers (Reuters)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film uses subtitles when family members communicate with each other, but only Ruby\u2019s translations are heard when they speak with hearing people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>CODA<\/em> is closely based on a 2014 French film called <em>La Famille B\u00e9lier<\/em>, but this version has one important quality that the French film didn\u2019t: The deaf characters are played by deaf actors,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/08\/13\/1027033602\/coda-will-yank-shamelessly-on-your-heartstrings-but-its-very-good-at-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Linda Holmes<\/a> explains in her review for <em>NPR<\/em>. \u201cMatlin is probably the most famous deaf actor in the United States, but <em>CODA<\/em> also has hugely appealing turns from Kotsur and Durant, both of whom have worked with the Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles, including on its lauded production of <em>Spring Awakening<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CODA_Photo_0110-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Daniel Durant as Leo Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+\" class=\"wp-image-54881\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Durant as Leo Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/08\/13\/1027033602\/coda-will-yank-shamelessly-on-your-heartstrings-but-its-very-good-at-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018CODA\u2019 Will Yank Shamelessly On Your Heartstrings &#8230; But It\u2019s Very Good At It (NPR)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CODA<\/em> was shot in Gloucester, Massachusetts, during the summer of 2019. The production team hired two American Sign Language experts, Alexandria Wailes and Anne Tomasetti, to review the script and make adjustments to any scenes that weren\u2019t true to deaf culture. During filming, Wailes and Tomasetti also helped Heder interpret the scenes and relay messages to the cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breakout hit \u201cis set to expand the conversation about diversity in Hollywood,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-academy-awards-sundance-film-festival-movies-sian-heder-cd26521d96203efd011b9d9cef2e7fc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gary Gerard Hamilton<\/a> writes for <em>Associated Press<\/em>. \u201cAlthough diversity has been a hot topic in recent years, discussions are generally centered only around race and gender. Heder, who began learning ASL a year before filming, says the industry should shift from its tendency to cast non-disabled actors as characters with disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Photo_03-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Eugenio Derbez as Berdardo Villalobos in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+\" class=\"wp-image-54887\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eugenio Derbez as Berdardo Villalobos in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to Hamilton, Heder described the casting process for the film: \u201cWhen we started casting\u2026 I think everyone needed to be educated. I remember people saying, \u2018Well, are there deaf actors out there?\u2019 And there are a world of deaf actors out there,\u201d she said. \u201cTroy is incredibly talented and he won this part, but there were other amazing actors that came in and auditioned for that role. And I would say that about every role across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-academy-awards-sundance-film-festival-movies-sian-heder-cd26521d96203efd011b9d9cef2e7fc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018CODA\u2019 has loud message even when there\u2019s silence (Associated Press)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heder, who also has written and directed episodes for Netflix hits <em>Orange is the New Black<\/em> and <em>Glow<\/em>, said there were two main lessons she took away from making <em>CODA<\/em>. \u201cThe biggest one for me was to trust my own instincts about my story and why I was telling it, starting with fighting to authentically cast deaf actors in those roles,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootonline.com\/news\/sian-heder-reflects-coda-sundance-appeal-commercialmaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Goldrich<\/a> during an interview for <em>SHOOT<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI knew what was going to be creatively best for the film and the importance of surrounding myself with the right collaborators. I had to fight the right fights along the way and I\u2019m so glad that I did. I stuck to my guns and knew when I wasn\u2019t willing to compromise if I felt it was going to hurt the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other lesson for Hader was that she had to evolve the way she worked, specifically with actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was really beneficial for me as a director to realize that I have so many tools at my disposal to communicate with. To challenge the idea of spoken English being my main tool. It was a powerful experience making the movie and having to be creative about how I relayed my ideas. In particular, discussing ideas with my cast and using my body to do that. I think it\u2019s opened me up in a big way to finding other ways to express myself and craft performance. It was exciting to step outside of my comfort zone in terms of the patterns and rhythms that I was used to and find a new way to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootonline.com\/news\/sian-heder-reflects-coda-sundance-appeal-commercialmaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sian Heder Reflects On \u201cCODA,\u201d Sundance, The Appeal of Commercialmaking (SHOOT)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one pivotal sequence in the film, Ruby performs a soulful rendition of \u201cYou\u2019re All I Need to Get By\u201d at a high school recital. Ruby\u2019s parents and brother sit in the audience, unable to hear her sing, but the camera pulls back to reflect their point of view as they carefully observe the reactions of the audience members around them. The music slowly fades into total silence, giving the audience an opportunity to perceive how deaf people experience everyday life. The family is present, but unable to fully share the emotion reaction of the crowd, lending the scene an added poignance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Photo_02-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Amy Forsyth as Gertie, Daniel Durant as Leo Rossi, Marlee Matlin as Jackie Rossi, and Troy Kotsur as Frank Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+\" class=\"wp-image-54886\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amy Forsyth as Gertie, Daniel Durant as Leo Rossi, Marlee Matlin as Jackie Rossi, and Troy Kotsur as Frank Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heder knew the sound department wasn\u2019t going to be thrilled with her decision, she recounted to <em>Variety<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/features\/coda-director-sian-heder-1235029643\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rebecca Rubin<\/a>. But Heder knew that employing pervading pitches or modulations would lessen the scene\u2019s emotional impact, and stood her ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf course, every sound designer on the movie was like, \u2018We\u2019re not going to go to complete silence, right? We\u2019ll have a tone or, like, couldn\u2019t there be something?\u2019\u201d the director recalls. \u201cIn a way, it\u2019s all hearing people trying to romanticize the deaf experiences and feeling true discomfort in the complete silence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CODA_Photo_0108-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Director Si\u00e2n Heder and Eugenio Derbez on the set of \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+\" class=\"wp-image-54879\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Director Si\u00e2n Heder and Eugenio Derbez on the set of \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/features\/coda-director-sian-heder-1235029643\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018CODA\u2019 Director Sian Heder Opens Up About Her $25 Million Sundance Deal and Creating the Perfect Tear-Jerker (Variety)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShowing that this family is just a normal, working-class, bawdy, funny family was really important to me,\u201d Heder told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/coda-sian-heder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tim Molloy<\/a> in an interview for <em>MovieMaker<\/em>. That note of authenticity had to extend to scenes of the family fishing boat, so the director reached out writer-director Kenneth Lonergan, whose <em>Manchester by the Sea<\/em> was shot in the region, for advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lonergan said to Heder, \u201cIf you hire one person on your crew, it\u2019s this guy,\u201d marine coordinator Joe Borland. \u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018This guy \u2014 our days at sea were our best days of the entire shoot. This guy was incredible.\u2019 And so I hired Joe Borland, three years before we got the movie made,\u201d she recounted to Molloy. \u201cI went out to coffee with him and he was the guy who kept calling me every six months to be like, \u2018Are we making this movie or not? What\u2019s going on?\u2019 Joe was a huge help in making inroads within the fishing community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CODA_Photo_0106-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi and Marlee Matlin as Jackie Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+\" class=\"wp-image-54877\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi and Marlee Matlin as Jackie Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While researching the script, Heder also spent time with various members of the fishing community. \u201cI met with the Gloucester Fishermen\u2019s Wives Association and they helped me with my research, and would tell me the bars to go to meet the fishermen, and so I knew the boats would get in at like one, and I would go at like two, down to the bars and hang out and chat people up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meeting people with boats was one thing, but \u201ctrying to get someone to let me use their fishing boat was so impossible,\u201d Heder recalled, \u201cbecause everybody was like, \u2018I don\u2019t give a shit about your movie. We were in <em>The Perfect Storm<\/em>, in the church scene. We don\u2019t ever need to see another movie again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She finally met Captain Paul Vitale, who allowed her to accompany him on an excursion. \u201cHe was like, \u2018All right, you meet me down at the docks at 3 a.m.\u2019 And I woke up in the middle of the night, and I dragged my production designer Diane Lederman with me, and we went down to the docks at 3 a.m. \u2026 And we went out fishing with him. And he was so freaked out having other people on his boat he barely spoke to us. He was like, \u2018Don\u2019t talk to me, I do my thing. I fish alone. You sit over there, don\u2019t touch anything.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CODA_Photo_0105-LR.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+\" class=\"wp-image-54876\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi in director Si\u00e2n Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA.\u201d Cr: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/coda-sian-heder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How CODA Writer-Director Si\u00e2n Heder Tells Stories of Cultures She Doesn\u2019t Belong To (MovieMaker)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CODA<\/em> was shot by Mexican cinematographer Paula Huidobro, AMC, who has been collaborating with Heder since working on the director\u2019s short film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherthemovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Mother<\/em><\/a>, which was produced in 2005 as part of the American Film Institute\u2019s Directing Workshop for Women. The two also partnered for Heder\u2019s 2011 short film, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rWEiQxvg6Jo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Dog Eat Dog (A Short Tale)<\/em><\/a>, as well as the feature film <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8WSz2s-Gemc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Tallulah<\/em><\/a> and the Apple TV+ series <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xCke0hXoCf8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Little America<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With its gray seascapes and quarry swimming holes, Gloucester set the look for the film. That included practical locations for the Rossi home, the ocean-view house owned by Ruby\u2019s music teacher, and even the weathered faces of the Gloucester fishing community, many of whom participated as extras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe wanted the look to be natural and organic, not imposed,\u201d she explained to <a href=\"https:\/\/ascmag.com\/articles\/bold-visions-coda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patricia Thomson<\/a> in an interview for <em>American Cinematographer<\/em>. \u201cFor me, it was important to do justice to the landscape because it\u2019s quite gorgeous \u2014 the ocean and all those quarries. 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