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Strechay likes to say that Apple changed his life.
Strechay collaborated with executive producers Jon Steinberg and Dan Shotz on the writing and overall direction of the material.
A lot of the time, that came down to simply trying to develop a better understanding.
We talked to a lot of people with blindness or low vision.
People who were born blind, which is a different thing.
And we just asked the questions that you normally dont ask because you feel its impolite.
We spoke to a couple who were born blind, who were very much in love.
They had a nice life together in the midwest.
And they both said no immediately.
It was conversations like these, Knight insists, that made him feel comfortable bringing this idea to life.
The cast ofSee, meanwhile, had their own learning to do.
I learned a lot.
It changed my whole performance, Momoa says.
You find out all these cool things.
Touch and feel and smell.
It was extremely beautiful.
And Im a lot more alert to my wife now.
We were demystifying so many of the things we all had assumptions about.
I know this sounds silly, she says, but I learned how capable blind and low-vision people are.
There are actors on our team who play basketball.
I just didnt know that you’re able to be as physically capable as so many people are.
I found it amazing.
A buddy of mine is a mountain climber and has summited Everest.
As a sighted person, I dont actually know what its like to be blind, says Guevera-Prip.
It was a wonderfully engaging and exciting experiment.
So taking that away was a beautiful challenge.
The sleep masks could be so intensive that some actors couldnt handle it.
I have really acute hearing and a great nose.
After ten minutes, I start to giggle, and then I have to leave.
I didnt even know there was a language, that was the thing, she says.
The productions focus on accessibility was unusually comprehensive.
The audio descriptions are even available in Dolby Atmos, a first in the industry.
We really made an effort with this show, Strechay says.
And its really modeled after Apples philosophy on accessibility.
