Deadly dream bodies, which I edited alongside my talented editor colleague Morten Holm and of course series director Nicolaj Pedersen, has gained momentum. This has resulted in the 3-program series being the most streamed on DRTV (Danish Broadcast Corporation) streaming platform, only a few days after the premiere. More important it has opened the debate, in the general population and the Danish Government, about the misuse of paraffin oil.
The reason why the series has had this strong of an effect is hard to say. But one suggestion could be that the series although, it deals with a larger social and healthcare problem, is a very personal and intimate story about three men's consequences from a wrong choice in their past.
Because the story is told by our main characters, I focused a lot on finding the story in their everyday life and decoding our main character's body language, facial expressions, speech pattern and their eyes. Since we are dealing with real people, who usually don´t talk about their feelings, their face and eyes reveal the internal struggle and huge emotions. Real people have their very own natural "performance" if you as an editor are willing to discover it.
