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- History
- Members
- Social Media and Video Platforms
- Cantonese Language
- English Subtitles
- Videos
- Theatre Shows
- Advertising
- Commerce
- Comparison to 100Most
Foundation
Manner was founded in June 2013 as a joint venture by three Macau people, Sixtycents, Jacky Lei, and Nathan Lam.[a] Sixtycents is responsible for coming with ideas and the creative direction while Lei is responsible for directing, film editing, and working with clients. They rented space in an industrial building as their office. Initially, Manner took up a small office but by 2017, they occupied half of an entire building. The founders chose the name "Manner" by using Google Translate to tra...
Expansion to Hong Kong
Manner invested in a Macau production company. The company expanded to Hong Kong in August 2018 to allow them to recruiter local entertainment talent and to better tap into the mainland China market through Hong Kong. They rented a Kwun Tong office that could hold 20 people from a friend of Sixtycents' and set up Sheung Wan dormitory for their employees who lived in Macau. Manner received a seven-figure investment from an undisclosed investor for the Hong Kong expansion.The investor had conne...
Suspension of operations
Jane Lao[zh] had been a Manner manager until her resignation on bad terms in 2021. When Lao left the company, she said founder Sixtycents had "cried" as he tried to retain her. Several Manner employees posted images of themselves with the crying filter, which came across as mocking Lao. The company had another conflict with her regarding sponsorships at the start of 2022. Lao committed suicide on July 26, 2023. The day before her death, she made a social media post detailing that after leavin...
Manner recruited heavily in summer 2017. In 2018, Manner had between 40 and 50 full-time employees with the remainder of the team being students whom they hired as part-time performers. Most employees in 2018 were in their twenties and born in 1994 or 1995 with few being born in the 1980s or earlier. Behind-the-scenes employees including screenwrit...
Manner has accounts on multiple social networking services and online video platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Sina Weibo, Meipai, and Miaopai. Manner released 326 skits in 2017. In 2018, Manner had three billion video views and over 3.5 million followers on these sites. Roughly two million of its audience members in 2018 lived in Gu...
The company creates Cantonese films. Sixtycents noted that the performers grew up speaking Cantonese and viewed it as a culture and way of life. The group produces videos that do not avoid Cantonese profanity because they view it as the essence of Cantonese. As the actors are not proficient in Mandarin Chinese, the group was disinclined to make vid...
Manner pays people to create funny English subtitles for their videos. Its executive director acknowledged that their subtitles are "unusual" because "Poor English is part of Macau's culture because our two official languages are Chinese and Portuguese". They once had a professional translator of their videos. One day, a video's director had to per...
HK01 wrote that Manner makes "short films that are all lighthearted, humorous, and make people belly laugh". Exmoo News called Manner's videos "funny and thought-provoking or ironic". In addition to its skits, Manner produces reality shows, variety shows, standalone drama episodes, and live music shows.The Macau scholar and cultural critic Li Zhanp...
In 2018, Manner performed two showings of a magic and musical show titled "Maybe Funny" (Chinese: 可能好笑) at the Macao Cultural Centre. Starring Sixtycents, Lam Mao Fat, Rachel Lau, and Yelo, it has the themes of time, health, work, and marriage. With Rachel acting as the storyteller who sang songs that connected the show's scenes, Yelo was responsib...
Manner receives numerous advertising requests. The first advertisement Manner made was in 2014. Manner made an advertisement music video on 20 May 2016 titled "520" that modified the lyrics of the Hebe Tien song "A Little Happiness" that discussed the relationship between a boyfriend and girlfriend. In Mandarin, "520" has a similar sound to "I love...
Starting in 2017, Manner has begun operating in the food and drink industry such as investing in a restaurant and bar and creating advertisements promoting restaurants. The restaurant and bar allowed singers to share their voice to restaurant patrons. They began considering entering the products space after thinking of the slogan "睇趣片 食脆片" which me...
In reference to the satirical Hong Kong magazine 100Most, Manner has been called "Macau's 100Most" because both produce funny content. Manner co-founder Sixtycents objected to the 100Most characterisation, noting that Manner does not touch directly on politics.He further noted that 100Most is focused on the publishing business, whereas Manner is in...
