Facial Dialogue occurs when a character is communicating not just his emotional reactions or intense feelings, but entire reams of dialog using nothing more than their facial expressions and without saying a single word. When two characters do this to each other, it results in entire paragraphs of byplay, all perfectly understandable to the audience despite the entire exchange being silent. Used correctly, such scenes can be as good as, or even better, than those with actual spoken dialogue. Examples of Facial Dialogue include: