I'm not talking about the shots of the ball in flight, but rather when they are "previewing" a hole, they have an overhead shot of the hole - from the tee box up to the green. What do they use to film this? Just a camcorder hooked up to a helicopter? Is a helicopter ride that smooth, or do they use special equipment to keep the shot steady?
2007-01-23 13:46:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Golf
Honestly- they don't use helicopters as they make so much noise that they will distract the golfers. They actually build very tall scaffolding towers and attach a camers to the top. Someone climbs to the top of the "tower" to operate the camera. The "towers" are built high enough that the camera can be swung around to film different holes. There are only about three or four of these that they build on each course. If you ever watch any of the tournaments on TV- you can often see these "towers" in the background.
And sometimes, when they film an overhead shot of a course it is from a blimp since they make no noise. Proof there can be no external noise- watch a tournament on TV and you will always see a person (or people) in the background holding up two arms or a long sign. That is to hush the gallery- or the spectators- as the golfers need complete concentration.
2007-01-23 14:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by banana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To do the previews of the holes, they always use helicopters. They do a "fly-by" before the tournament starts. Obviously they couldn't use a helicopter during the tourney. Often times you can actually see the shadow of the helicopter on film.
I'm sure they probably have fairly high-tech camera equipment, seeing that the footage will be on national TV. Helicopters are fairly smooth when they are flying at speed. If they are just hovering, they can be choppy.
2007-01-23 16:24:17 · answer #2 · answered by tiffnjerm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a thing they call 'Snoopy', its like a big air balloon of a thing that follows the uspga tour during the year. Sorry for the poor description of it, but i really cant describe it better!
2007-01-27 00:18:41 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blimps.
You can see their shadows in some shots, and them in some shots from the ground.
2007-01-23 13:54:10 · answer #4 · answered by jcurrieii 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With blimps.
2007-01-24 10:06:15 · answer #5 · answered by SG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly heli's and yes they are that smooth.
2007-01-23 14:16:15 · answer #6 · answered by iu ryu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋