Bowling alley drone video goes viral

A drone has taken viewers into to a place that some may not dare visit right now: a bowling alley.

The nearly minute-and-a-half-long video titled "Right Up Our Alley" was filmed in just one-shot… no cuts or edits to the original footage.

Director of Photography with Rally Studios, Jay Christensen explains how it was shot earlier this month in Minneapolis:

"It's a Cinewhoop. And so it's literally just a quad that is pretty small and able to fit through small spaces. And the transmitter is this camera down here and it just goes right to the goggles and the GoPro is what's getting your cinematic video at the end of the day and obviously there's no audio you can get from it because it's a buzzing drone, so everything for sound is always got to be in post (post-production), no matter what, unfortunately."

The studio said it took 10 to 12 attempts over a couple hours before they had the perfect one-take.

Their patience paid off. The video footage - of people hanging out, bowling and succeeded at it - has gone viral on the internet.

Director, Anthony Jaska:

"It's more of a scene than a story. It's painting the picture of kind of getting back out with the friends and a night at the bowling alley which I think we all kind of miss, whether it's having a drink at the bar or crushing pins. Alright, we'll do that. Crushing pins. Yeah, it just paints the picture of coming back to normal and we got to remember places like Lake Street Bowl."

The filmmakers say they wanted to fly into the bowling alley to remind people that such businesses are in need of support.