Live Golf Match Stream on Camera in Bowling Green, FL
A live golf match stream in Bowling Green, Florida meant there was no second take and no cutting room to fix anything later. Play moved, the crew moved with it, and the pictures went out as they were made. Assignment Desk staffed the job with a two person crew: Nate Silverman as Director of Photography (DP) on an FX9, and Justin Cardoza as Drone Operator handling the aerial coverage.
Live golf is one of the harder formats to crew because the subject refuses to stay put. A match is a moving event spread across a lot of ground, and the camera has to be in position before the shot happens rather than reacting to it after. That puts a premium on a DP who reads the game as well as the frame. Nate Silverman worked the FX9 as the primary camera, which gave the production a full frame sensor and a clean, broadcast friendly image while staying light enough to reposition on foot as the match progressed.
Footage delivery was live to the client. That single line in the shoot notes changes the whole shape of a production. There is no ingest stage, no proxy round, no chance to review and reshoot a sequence that did not land. Exposure decisions, framing choices and camera handovers are all final at the moment they are made. Coordination between the ground camera and the drone has to be settled before the match rather than negotiated during it, because there is no window to talk through a shot once the stream is up.
If you are producing a live sports stream and need a DP and a drone operator who can work as one unit under live conditions, Assignment Desk can crew it anywhere in the country.
