Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “CODA”
The entire 6-part series delving into the drama which was a big hit at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
The entire 6-part series delving into the drama which was a big hit at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
This week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie CODA, screenplay by Sian Heder, based on a motion picture by Victoria Bedos & Stanislas Carré de Malberg & Éric Lartigau & Thomas Bidegain
Plot summary: As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
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Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.