This is one of those jobs that you can never really plan for. If you are in the industry, you know what I mean. Jobs just fall out of the sky. In this case, my good friend Delmar called me one afternoon ask asked me what I was doing for the next month. I gave […]
Author: Scott Tipton
Sold my Canon 5dmk3 and bought a Fujifilm X100f
I just haven’t been taking as many pictures lately. I am pretty sure it’s because my Canon camera’s are big and clunky and the lenses are huge. They are heavy. I like the photos from my canons but they just aren’t fun to shoot. So for the love of photography, I sold out of my […]
Mexico City
These recordings are from a few days I spent in Mexico City in November of 2016. Recordings were made with Mkh50/Mkh30 Mid/Side using a Sound Devices 633. I was surprised at how bad the traffic was. I live in Los Angeles and I can tell you with absolute certainty that Mexico City traffic is much […]
Recordings from Standing Rock / December 2016
The following recordings were captured at the Standing Rock pipeline protest during December 2016 at the Oceti Sakowin Camp and the Cannonball Gymnasium. Recorded on a Tascam Dr40 using the built in microphones. If you weren’t able to visit or take part in the Standing Rock / DAPL water protest, you can listen to the […]
Hermanos – A short film by Timur Botzkin
Usually when I am asked to work on a short “independent” film I immediately think about low budgets, inexperienced filmmakers and chaos on set. However, I was really surprised on the set of Hermanos. The film was directed by an 18 year old kid, and he was a really amazing director! This is so rare […]
Enter the Ninja – Naoki Kobayahsi and my Dad
So for years my dad has been hinting that if I ever had the chance to bring him on a set, he ‘might’ like to join me. I was asked to mix the location sound for a Ninja movie starring the very famous in Japan, Naoki Kobayashi. I didn’t know much more about this project […]
Documentaries with Sean Dunne and Cass Greener
Not too long after I began working in Hollywood as a production sound mixer, I realized that documentary films were some of the most rewarding projects to work on. So, I started working on a lot of documentaries. Some of my favorite documentary filmmakers to work with are Sean Dunne and Cass Greener. This dynamic […]
On location with Dylan Avery in Berkley, California
One of the most exciting projects I was asked to be a part of this year was a film by one of my absolute favorite documentary directors Dylan Avery. I can’t go into to much detail about the project but I can tell you that it is sure to be a very eye opening film. […]