Drama acting a ‘Complex Art'
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

The acting director of DBP, Hj Abdul Hakim presenting a souvenir to Pg Hj Mohd Yunus

The panellists (from right), Hjh Maimon, SM Mos, and Pg Hj Mohd Yunus while Mohamad (left) chairing the discussion

The three panels at the Appreciation Drama dialogue held at the Brunei Language and Literature Bureau (DBP) in Berakas yesterday afternoon agreed that drama-acting is a complex art which could easily be tackled by talented people. The four, Pg Hj Mohd Yunus Pg Hj Besar, SM Mos and Hjh Maimon Hj Bakar agreed that physical attractiveness is secondary while talent is the key to success in drama acting.

They said actors' talents are judged by their ability to express themselves suitable to the needs of the production team, script writers and audience who delivered the final judgement to the success of drama productions.

"However, talents need to be polished and the art of acting needs to be scrutinised before a talented person could achieve success," they said.

The three panellists were delivering their views on Expressions in Drama Acting chaired by Mohamad bin Salleh. The once-a-month event was also attended by the acting Director, Hj Abdul Hakim bin Hj Mohd Yassin and officials of DBP, the co-organiser as well as members of Affiliation of Drama, Entertainment and Creative Artists (GAPHAR), the organiser, drama practitioners and activists, script-writers, local actors and actresses. The three have accumulated enough experiences in drama acting over the years.

"There are many things to look after in production quality dramas where actors and actresses play important roles.

"The ability to express through voice, movement, emotional changes, charms, depth of feeling, originality and plausibility are important characters. Coupled with physical attraction, such actor or actresses should go further," said Pg Hj Mohd Yunus.

True to her calibre in acting, Hjh Maimon delivered her views with full emotion and she was presented with loud applause and cheers after she finished talking.

Hjh Maimon said the ability to memorise acting lines is vital because an actor or an actresses is a creative player and not simply an expression interpreter.

"No matter how much people expressed themselves in acting if he or she could not memorise dialogue lines then the production shall have to do "re-take" many times," she said.

She said talented actors and actresses should understand the needs of the script and his or ability to apply the needed expressions is vital to the success of a drama production.

Courtesy of Sunday Bulletin