Wayne Lai: A Variety of Expressions How a character acts depends on the variety of expressions. Sometimes artistes focusses on what has happened like, something mysterious happens or some lame joke has been told, and neglected the inner side of the artiste. Some directors would call cut until the artistes act faster. Sometimes, the director would tell them to do it so quickly that the artistes don't even know what their saying. The audience would be confused. But the some artistes won't even care. They would start with "ha?" stop, and then continue. All you can hear was "yi yi ngo ngo" (mumbling), and they would still pass. But this again would leave the audiences confused, even bored. The artiste, their skills and the type of series would have to match in order to create the best acting. In a sitcom, the pace is faster and there would be a variety of genres (or mood) because an artiste would have to bring out the main topic in 30 minutes. You can't be slow, but being too quick would cause the audience to miss the change of an artistes' inner side. Of course, the pace must match the role's personality so the effect would be excellent. I've been filming "Off Pedder" and met some very experienced artistes. Momo has a variety of ways to express things. When everyone takes notice of how she delivers the lines, you can tell that she changed it in some ways. So that it wouldn't be so plain. For example, after a few lines, she would change the ending of one subject, however only to make it connect with the beginning of another. Her lines are meaningful. What the artiste is thinking affects the lines. This is a human's language and thoughts. Only a line can show the artistes' characteristics. Credits: http://wayne-lai.blogspot.com
