Abstract: A method of creating automatically a merged video stream combining live-action and animation, comprising (1) receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames depicting a live-action scene in which one or more persons participates in an activity, the video stream captured by one or more video cameras is associated with an annotated timecode associating a timestamp of one or more of the plurality of frames depicting one or more of a plurality of predefined events relating to the activity with a description of the predefined events, (2) selecting automatically one or more of a plurality of predefined animation elements according to one or more event attributes of the predefined events, (3) creating a merged video stream by merging the selected predefined animation elements into the one or more frames identified by their timestamps, and (4) outputting an editable digital record of the merged video stream.