Do you remember the close-up of the tearful German lady at Euro 2012 when her team was facing defeat? Zoomed in during the live broadcast after Balotelli got his second? Well - she wasn't. It was fake. The director had inserted a clip of her shedding a tear during the national anthems, and decided to keep it up his sleeve as a stock shot of a crying German.
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And it turns out that footage of German coach Joachim Loew playfully stealing a ball from a ballboy was a fake too, inserted from a recorded incident.

I had no idea this went on. Is this fair game? To me, when I'm watching a live sports outside broadcast, I want to see just that. Did you know directors were giving us augmented "reality" like this? How often does it go on? Do BBC do it? Sky? Also, it not only presents a fake story to the viewer, but lies about the (easily identifiable and now identified) individual, and cynically and deliberately uses them to "enhance" the fakery that the director wants to manufacture. Can she sue them? I hope so and that she does.

Under UK law an individual has no right to privacy when in a public place but does have the right not to mis-represented.

I don't know where she was when the original shot was taken so can't comment on the public or private nature of the location but she could well argue that she couldn't care less about football and was therefore mis-represented.

But ... that's UK law.

TV manipulation hasn't taken off as a sport in its own right yet, but it will.
Stage management ... we have the technology why not use it if it enhances the product?
It's a sign of the times.

The cynical side of me needs a lie down.

Bugger. I was laughing my t*ts off at her

Is a football stadium a public place?
I have no doubt that there will have been T&C's covering being filmed but as you say they shouldn't mis-represent her actions.

It's been going on for years. Remember Leroy Rivett scoring all those tries at Wembley.....?

It was in Poland, of course. A football stadium is very far from a public place. It's why you may expect to pay at least a pound for a ticket (sometimes more) and by buying it, you are forced to accept exhaustive and stringent T&Cs.

Next time you are watching a one on one interview, I'll guarantee you there will be a couple of shots, taken slightly off centre of the interviewer with an interested look on her face, nodding her head in agreement with a point being made by the interviewee.

"Noddies" are filmed prior to interview, and can be inserted at any time.

TBF though that's news programs, where we know (a) it's mostly pure fiction and (b) the interviewee is almost certainly lying

When pre-recorded interviews are filmed I think the questions are all filmed in a block together and the answers are all filmed together and then "merged" together.

How on earth can a sporting stadium NOT be a public place?

They're full of the public. They may have paid to get in, but no one has gone "Nope, sorry, private property". FTR you can film private property too, there is no law against that unless it can be shown to constitute a national security risk.

You may wish to argue that, but it is the law, and has been shown to be the correct interpretation.

I think you're wrong mate, if the owner of a private place says you can't film, you can't film.

Funny this is brought up, i remember Del Piero scoring Italy's 2nd goal in the World Cup semi-final against hosts Germany in 2006, finally finishing the game off, about 2/3 seconds after there was a shot of a crying German bird in the crowd, i always did think ''that was quick''.

Youtube it and you'll see what i mean