Think about what it takes to put together a professional grade film of a tournament...
First, you only get one take. If you screw up a shot, you can't have the competitor throw another one, obviously. So you have to be ready well before any competitor you'd like to film starts to throw, so everything is set and ready to record.
Second, lighting conditions change as the round goes and the sun moves across the sky, and/or clouds shift to and fro. You have to think about each hole you want to film, and from each position on that hole, anticipate the changes in lighting, constantly re-calibrate, etc..
Third, all the above has to jive with finding a good spot to plant the tripod(s). You have to choose the shot, taking into account lighting and other factors. These spots have to allow you to smoothly follow each throw without too much difficulty.
Say you're filming an 18 hole course, and you want to catch action on X consecutive cards. You will then need at least X cameras. But you also need some extra cameras to set up on holes in advance of the first card that plays through. The extra number Y allows the film crew to leap frog so that when the last group to be filmed goes by a hole, then film crew jumps ahead to the hole before the first group gets there. So, X+Y cameras. Say a reasonable number for Y is 3, and you want to follow 8 consecutive cards, that's 11 cameras!
What if there are some holes that you need to film from different positions, in order to capture the tee off, upshot, and putt? This multiplies the number of cameras needed on each hole. And you don't want just one camera per hole if this is the case, since the cameraman will have to run forward and set up the camera in a different location, which will not allow enough time to take care of setting up in the right spot, optimizing the lighting of the shot, etc..
I think you can see the effort required to get up to professional quality coverage. This kind of service would run at around $50K, at least, for a 2 day tournament. And who is going to invest that kind of money and resources into a disc golf DVD?
First, you only get one take. If you screw up a shot, you can't have the competitor throw another one, obviously. So you have to be ready well before any competitor you'd like to film starts to throw, so everything is set and ready to record.
Second, lighting conditions change as the round goes and the sun moves across the sky, and/or clouds shift to and fro. You have to think about each hole you want to film, and from each position on that hole, anticipate the changes in lighting, constantly re-calibrate, etc..
Third, all the above has to jive with finding a good spot to plant the tripod(s). You have to choose the shot, taking into account lighting and other factors. These spots have to allow you to smoothly follow each throw without too much difficulty.
Say you're filming an 18 hole course, and you want to catch action on X consecutive cards. You will then need at least X cameras. But you also need some extra cameras to set up on holes in advance of the first card that plays through. The extra number Y allows the film crew to leap frog so that when the last group to be filmed goes by a hole, then film crew jumps ahead to the hole before the first group gets there. So, X+Y cameras. Say a reasonable number for Y is 3, and you want to follow 8 consecutive cards, that's 11 cameras!
What if there are some holes that you need to film from different positions, in order to capture the tee off, upshot, and putt? This multiplies the number of cameras needed on each hole. And you don't want just one camera per hole if this is the case, since the cameraman will have to run forward and set up the camera in a different location, which will not allow enough time to take care of setting up in the right spot, optimizing the lighting of the shot, etc..
I think you can see the effort required to get up to professional quality coverage. This kind of service would run at around $50K, at least, for a 2 day tournament. And who is going to invest that kind of money and resources into a disc golf DVD?
