Filming the Hollywood North podcast.

Salty Samurai Studios' own Sheldon Steere, along with Producer / Director Roth Rind, as well as Mohammad Harirsaz and Dan Lyons, filmed the live panel event for the Hollywood North Podcast today. The event showcased representatives from Cinequest, the 48 Hour Film Project, the Arab Film Festival, SF Indie Film Festival, SF International Film Festival, SF International Jewish Film Festival, and SF International Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival.

Hollywood North is Co-hosted by De Anza's Film & TV Department Chair Zaki Lisha and screenwriter and De Anza screenwriting instructor Barak Goldman, and is produced by De Anza film school students. It probes and explores all matters pertaining to the education and business of film, television, and other media. To listen to their podcasts, search for Hollywood North on iTunes.

The exciting thing about filming this event, was having 3 HD cameras linked to a monitor, where Director Roth Rind sat and communicated to everyone filming through Clear-Com microphones. This was our second attempt at filming a live stage performance, after filming the Rock on the Mount back in August, and overall the filming went very well. Having the Clear-Com system allowed all of the camera operators to communicate fluidly and simultaneously with each other and with Roth Rind who was watching and organizing from the monitors; which saved us from problems like duplicating shots with multiple cameras, and allowed us to get things like a wide and closeup on the interviewee as well as a reverse on the interviewer all at the same time with little to no hassle.