The documentary Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals used a variety of techniques to tell the story of the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. It incorporated interviews, narration, archive footage and images to explore the themes of rivalry, victory, tragedy, family and respect. The documentary featured close-up and wide shots of the drivers, cars, and circuits from the 1975 and 1976 seasons, utilizing cuts, dissolves and montages to edit between these elements. Superimposition was commonly used to overlay titles, names, locations and logos over the footage.

1. Shaun Hughes

2. The BBC documentary was mixed due to
the fact that it included observation,
narration, interviews and archive material.
However it did not include actuality
footage.

3. The main themes in the documentary were
rivalry, victory, tragedy, family and respect.

4. Hunt vs Lauda: F1’s Greatest Racing
Rivals had a single stranded, closed, linear
and circular narrative structure.

5. The camerawork in the documentary included:
 Close up
 Wide shot
 Panning
 Tilting
 Zoom
 Two shot
 Off centre in interviews
 Medium close up
 Long shot
 Aerial shot
 Camera on car
 Extreme close up
 Big close up

6. The mise en scene in the documentary included:
 Formula 1 cars
 Race circuits
 Flags
 Beer
 Ferrari/Mclaren merchandise
 Suits
 Trophies
 Camera
 Masks
 Helmets
 Team colours

7.  The narrator was male and spoke in standard English, he
was also calm.
 Diagetic sound of the cars whizzing past.
 Non diagetic music which is used as a music bed
beneath narration and interviews.
 Crowds chanting.
 Current music at the time like synth.
 Sound of a scoreboard ticking over.
 Music to create tension and to put emphasis on the topic.

8.  The most common edit is the cut, it is simple and is not
noticed by the audience.
 Flashes edited in.
 Clip made to look older.
 Montages are used in cooperation with dissolves as still
images change.

9. Archive material included:
 Footage of the 1976 Formula 1 season.
 Interviews with Lauda and Hunt.
 Podium clips.
 Hunt and girls.
 Lauda home footage.
 Footage of the 1975 Formula 1 season.
 Still images
 Footage from Parkinson show.
 Concorde is shown.
 Newspaper clippings.
 Lauda’s accident.

10.  The use of superimpose was the most common in the
documentary.
 Names are superimposed in larger fonts than the subline
below which anchors the person to the topic.
 Title screen ‘Hunt vs Lauda: F1’s Greatest Racing Rivals’
is superimposed in a shiny silver serif font.
 BBC logo is constantly superimposed in the top left
corner.
 The place of action is superimposed.
 A scoreboard is superimposed.