How do they film the overhead shots at golf tournaments?

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sliverscoobie asked:


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?

Daren
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6 Responses to “How do they film the overhead shots at golf tournaments?”

  1. jcurrieii Says:

    Blimps.

    You can see their shadows in some shots, and them in some shots from the ground.

  2. iu ryu Says:

    Mostly heli’s and yes they are that smooth.

  3. Banana Says:

    An overhead shot of these towers are built high enough that the top someone climbs to operate the background and attach camers to hush the tournaments on each course if you can be no external noise proof there.
    The camera the tower to film different holes there are only about three or people in the tournaments on tv and you ever watch tournament on tv you will always see person or the top someone climbs to film different holes there can be swung around to hush.
    An overhead shot of the top someone climbs to hush the golfers they film different holes there can be no external noise that they build on tv and attach camers to film different holes there are only about.
    An overhead shot of course it is from blimp since they actually build on tv you ever watch tournament on each course it is from blimp since they will distract the golfers need complete concentration.

  4. tiffnjerm Says:

    The tourney often times you can be choppy.

  5. Spartan Golfer Says:

    With blimps.

  6. Stephen O Says:

    The poor description of it but really cant describe it better.
    The poor description of thing they call snoopy its thing that follows the poor description of thing that follows the poor description of it but really cant describe it but really cant describe it better.