The Way We Talk | movie | 2025 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

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00:00Hi everyone, so at the very beginning, Adam actually joined our Deaf Gatherings for several

00:15times. So I see him came for several times, I don't know what's going on, but later on

00:20he enrolled in my sign language class and then he invited me to be the sign coach of this movie. He

00:26asked if I were interested or not, and I think it's a good challenge and I happily

00:31accepted it. And I also worked with Kim, a sign language coach for this movie. So for

00:39the whole journey, at the very beginning, this script was actually

00:45written in Chinese or Cantonese and we translated them into Hong Kong sign

00:49language and then we practiced and trained the actors in sign language and

00:56also make sure that the facial expressions, the role shift, body movements are all there.

01:00And we also acted as the Deaf Culture Consultant because I grew up as a Deaf

01:06person in the Deaf community and I know best about Deaf culture, so we gave in our

01:11input, our insights and our perspective. And in the actual shooting, we were in the

01:19set every time. It's like crazy schedules, overnight schedules. We check the monitor and

01:26then when the sign language is not good, we're ng and then we have to retake that.

01:31So after he caught cut, we would have to look at the playback to double check whether the sign language is okay,

01:41are okay, whether the signs are within the frame instead of getting out of the frame,

01:46whether they are very detailed mistakes in the facial expressions. So we want to make sure the things are perfect.

01:54And in the post-production stage, we check the subtitles, we double check the signs again, whether the facial expressions are all here.

02:06And we gave suggestions and he had to change accordingly if the signs were not okay.

02:12It was really hard, but it was also a great pleasure working as part of the team.

02:16It's our first time involved in the film production process and it was very fun, it was very happy.

02:24I enjoyed working with Adam a lot and I felt that he respects Deaf people a lot.

02:31Our feedback, our suggestions, he almost accepted all of them,

02:36and I think it's a great pleasure working with him.