I have done a few films with Sean and Cass. For me, the kind of films that they make are the kind of films that need to be made. Not because of money or fame or shock value. The films they make are social currency. They allow people to understand what is possible in this […]
Author: Scott Tipton
On the road with Dave Chappelle…
So it’s June 2018…Delmar calls me up and says that Dave wants the crew to go back out on the road. “Dave was asking about you man. You ready to go back out on the road?” Of course my answer was YES. Although being on the road is a bit of an endurance test and […]
Space X / Iridium 6 rocket launch….3…2…1….big rocket into space
The close up photos on this post aren’t mine. They are from the “official photographer” from this launch. A friend (and Los Angeles based cinematographer) Gareth Taylor reached out to me a few months ago about a job covering the launch of a Space X rocket. The details were vague at that point but the […]
Placido Domingo and Ivete Sangalo / Rock in Rio – Live from the Amazon River in Manaus, Brazil 2016
I got a call about a job in Brazil. And it turns out that the assignment was to cover a Placido Domingo and Ivete Sangalo orchestral performance in Manaus, Brazil. This performance was for live TV in Brazil and my assignment was to do documentary coverage of the event for a live streaming service in […]
On location in Africa – NBC Olympics
I have done a fair amount of work with DP Thom McCallum and his production company 7th Movement. This assignment was special. 16 day shoot. 14 flights. South Africa. Mozambique. Kenya. Ethiopia. We were to film athletes competing in the upcoming Brazil Summer Olympics. Gold Medal Swimmer and the only swimmer to beat Michael Phelps […]
Hilarous and Dark TV pilot with Director Michael Carnick
Michael contacted me back in October about a new television pilot idea he was going to film in San Diego in December of 2017. I had worked with Michael on his first short “Rolling Romance”. It was a great experience. I was newish to Los Angeles and I was happy to be working with a […]
Re-recording with Sarah Malakul Lane
Often times, for whatever reason you can’t get the dialog you want at the time that you are filming. If you need to update your dialog recordings for your film, then you can do it in Post production. ADR and Re-recording are perfectly legitimate to get the proper dialog takes for your films. Most of […]
Shop Stories….Documentary series.
Vaute Couture: 2017 I have to say right out that this production renewed my faith in production life…a little bit. I’ve been on the road most of this year and although I love the travelers lifestyle, it can be rough at times. You don’t get to sleep in your own bed. You don’t get to […]
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 […]