"Canadian Long Drive Championship" on TSN
| In 2000 we produced our first Network Television Show, the "Coors Light Canadian Long Drive Championship" for TSN (The Sports Network). The event was held in Toronto and featured the best in the sport of longdrive golf. We covered the three-day event with a crew ranging from two up to four cameras, shooting the event, and segments including interviews, profiles and an explanation of the rules. Airing January 6, 2001 (a Saturday afternoon) the show brought in a rating of 50,000 audience nationwide, with subsequent broadcasts both in English and French. Click on a thumbnail to see the full-sized photo. |
| Olympic volleyball champion Jody Holden puts in an appearance. |
| Another crew shot. |
| Our camera and sound crew; on finals day, four cameras were rolling. |
| Shooting a sponsor segment; Toppoint golfballs. |
| Cameraman Steve shoots a quick interview segment. |
| Cameraperson reviewing her footage at the end of a day of shooting. |
| Shooting the awarding of the prize money. |
| Shooting an interview in the pouring rain, the competition went on even in the bad weather. |
| Two cameras on the tee. |
| We set up a raised camera platform at the target area to shoot the balls landing. |
| Another angle of the raised camera platform. |
| Shooting a segment with our host on the platform. |
| A birds-eye view of the fairway. |
| Setting up the camera at the end of the target area. |
| Setting up the camera for the finals. |