Motion Picture Editor
Denise Chan
PERFORMANCE
My goal is to bring out the best in the actors' performances while making sure the story is being told effectively. I may enhance or constrain performances as needed, focusing on each moment and beat to create the desired effect. If necessary, I am always ready to find unplanned footage to help the story.
BRIDGERTON (NETFLIX)
SEASON 2
Enhancing performance
Even the most carefully planned scenes can go awry. When a performance misses the mark at a crucial moment, the audience risks losing the thread of the story. I know the stress these situations can create, and I’m prepared to handle them. Through meticulous take selection and techniques such as VFX, digital morphs, split screens, cutaways, ADR, lifted lines, speed changes, and intercutting, I can enhance performances and restore narrative clarity. For example, in a pivotal Bridgerton scene where Eloise confesses why the Queen suspects her of being Lady Whistledown, the actors hadn’t fully captured the key emotional beat. By combining multiple takes with split screens and time-remapping, I manufactured the necessary glances to make the moment land.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE (NETFLIX)
A BRIDGERTON STORY
I focus on the emotional depth of a scene and how it serves the story. In this sequence, Jessica Madsen, who plays Cressida, gave us two takes with very different performances. One was snarky and coy, the other carried a sense of restrained terror. I blended moments from both performances to capture their combined strength, selectively repeating a few shots using a timewarp effect to heighten her reactions and raise the emotional stakes of the scene.