In a sports documentary, the what is the sport, but the why - why it matters, why we care - is always about the people. As an editor, your most powerful tool isn’t just the action footage - it’s knowing where and how to place the human moments that give the action its soul.

 

Character-driven scenes transform the story from being just about the sport to being about the people behind it—and that is what truly engages audiences, because they feel something when they understand the struggle, the motivation, or the vulnerability behind that moment.