{"id":1188,"date":"2025-05-27T11:51:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/studioinsider\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2025-06-06T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T13:09:46","slug":"mastering-the-arts-of-editing-observational-sports-documentaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/studioinsider\/2025\/05\/27\/mastering-the-arts-of-editing-observational-sports-documentaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering the arts of editing observational sports documentaries\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/studioinsider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/05\/Sports-doc-editor-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1189 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Observational sports documentaries? Lloyd Paterson has more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4f88bbcb9f0ad0189cafd30f2b490f68\"><em>In the high octane world of sports, documenting players&#8217; every move can be tricky. Studio Insider sits down with a BAFTA nominated editor to help navigate you through the challenges and complexities of editing observational sports documentaries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-040668e15e763d782a013c54c8ad896a\">Observational documentaries are driven by the raw, unscripted nature of moments that unfold in front of the camera, by following real people in real time. The editing process that follows is a delicate art that requires precision and dedication. In sports documentaries, the \u2018fly on the wall\u2019 style adds layers beyond the final result, revealing an athlete&#8217;s unseen triumphs, setbacks and personal struggles, to offer a deeper, more authentic perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8342a21c10e608c90d19818b089400e4\">Livia Russell, a BAFTA nominated producer and editor, brings a wealth of experience to the field, editing projects like \u2018Sunderland &#8216;Til I Die\u2019, which chronicles Sunderland&#8217;s AFC\u2019s struggles on and off the pitch after Premier League relegation, and \u2018Game of Throws: Inside Darts\u2019, which offers an inside look at the 2023 PDC Darts World Championships.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-86175489334c6337de5199240207e657 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7175a3b199c8bfc43cfeb20b43e6d3b0\"><strong>\u201cOften with observational filming, you\u2019ve got to shoot a lot to get a little because you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen which is a bit of a nightmare for us editors!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1abc97e4faae98039a7c9c20e4ad6788\">Season one of the Sunderland documentary alone featured thousands of hours of footage, with three months to edit each episode. Whilst this may seem a long period for editing, it reflects the evolving nature of documentaries and the increasing complexity of its cinematography.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-386b7a521d26c1af98b2bddecafa4742\">\u201cThey\u2019re more beautiful than ever. It\u2018s no longer airing footage that was shot, you\u2019ve got to interweave interviews, behind the scenes and archived footage on top to create more layers and satisfy the clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11b40e3350d5df752c7eae3ad1538598\">\u201cIt\u2019s a really tough graft, but when a commissioning editor asks, &#8216;What\u2019s the story? What\u2019s different?&#8217; The unseen insight the observational style offers gives you an extra dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Sunderland &#039;Til I Die | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tIqatfxGB0M?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bringing a story to life<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e54e6eecd961b388aaa3609325743f54\">However, while these athletes shine in their sporting fields, not every personality translates into box office television.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4de9f32343f98a01176d73b560b1b42e\">\u201cWe build them up to be amazing characters, but not everyone is Muhammed Ali.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-519b54e7d60b13e0cff96bdfffb3ea0c\">\u201cSometimes it\u2019s better that other characters narrate their stories\u201d, says Livia, \u201cLike any 16 year old, Luke Littler was never going to be able to put his life into context so we turned to his family who could express it better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6a830a789596a6db97a0d01382f1ca74\"><em>Sunderland &#8216;Til I Die <\/em>used a similar strategy. Livia mentions how the footage from fan podcasts both added additional context to their on field woes and helped overcome the challenge of restricted access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b65833ee95c9dc8b99004f2a55b11fa6\">\u201cWe were left with huge plot holes after not being able to get access to some stuff in the club. You have to be clever and utilise fans to overcome this. Sometimes they were almost as important as their players, they resembled how the team was their least beacon of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dealing with the emotion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7287a0b58b549f9f3e0549c535803080\">Intruding onto highly emotional sports moments to capture an observational documentaries is a difficult task. Judging when is the right time to go film can be the difference between an award winning show, and restriction of media access.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a6dfe1e701f92c6a621cb61694ecb02f\">\u201cOften when clients slow down communication, that\u2019s when you need to go in because something is usually unfolding. Even if you don\u2019t have full access, just being around in corridors when things go down, it\u2019s the small moments in footage that editors can build a narrative around.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4bc10ed6235441598ef0b53c7991353f\">\u201cEven with the darts, as the contest goes on and the prize money goes up and up, the last thing the players want is a massive camera in their face. With a good production team they\u2019ll build strong relationships, who\u2019ll open up to them as the competition progresses. It makes a massive difference, mostly because when you first get to editing a lot of the early footage is unusable because of how awkward the players can be!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Star Boy Luke Littler<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a99895014dfce0d5ae3448f94d9872dc\">But regardless of its adversities, the observational style can create newfound interest, when the fans are already aware of the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dcf5a62f9a889644c407eddb614152f6\">\u201cI remember thinking I had a poison chalice with the last episode of the Darts, because everyone was rooting for Littler who lost to Luke Humpheries in the final.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1273f84fb65f73a8b8284954cf18254b\">\u201cFollowing Humphries behind the scenes let us challenge the narrative of him being boring. We got to document how he nearly quit playing and eventually turned it around. With his courage in mind it\u2019s almost like you\u2019re rewatching the final through a new perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7ddd7d36777ebab758e6e8f708d83858\">Ultimately, the observational style is by no means straight forward. It requires patience and the ability to piece together moments that may seem insignificant but ultimately reveal the heart of the story. 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