- Hey everyone, here today with a very special guest.
This is Sara Dietschy, rhymes with peachy.
She is a filmmaker, a YouTuber here in New York,
and we're filming in her workspace.
Today we're gonna talk about workspaces,
and the impact and importance they can have
as part of the creative process.
Because you have a series called
Creative Spaces TV, which is amazing.
- Thank you. - Tell us a bit more about it.
- Yeah, it was one of my first docuseries I started.
And it started as a way for me to just practice filmmaking.
But I was also fascinated by shows like Cribs.
Did you watch Cribs? - Yes.
- Okay, so MTV Cribs was one of my favorite shows.
But they would show 50 Cent's house,
but instead of showing his studio and highlighting that,
they would show you what's in his fridge.
I'm like I don't care, I want to see his process.
- Show me the microphone.
- Show me the microphone, show me the tools he's creating
with is a good way to make something that I wanted to watch.
But, also, selfishly it was a good way
for me to get better at making videos.
- Yeah, for sure.
- Basically, goes into a designer,
filmmaker's, photographer's space.
Shows you how they do, what they do, and where they do it.
- It's a really great series. - Thank you.
- And I love that you showed like a huge range
of not only different studios, whatever,
but also the types of creatives in them.
We are filming right now in your workspace.
- Yes.
- You have your own studio, which I am very jealous of
because I live in a one bedroom apartment in London,
and I basically don't ever leave my living room.
Tell us about your workspace.
It's under construction. (laughs)
- It's funny, when she texted me about this I was like ooh.
- Bad timing.
- Because it's currently under renovation
because I think it is so valuable to have a space
that is easy to collaborate with people.
Sometimes it does get weird,
especially since I started a podcast.
So I am collaborating with a lot
more people on a weekly basis.
We just filmed a podcast by the way.
- Yes. - So go check that out.
- And it starts to get weird when
you're inviting people to your home.
So I really do think it's that like next step
of professionalism or whatever.
And it's also super helpful for me to have that separation.
- Yes.
- To get up, put on my backpack, and like go to work almost.
- Put on actual clothes too. - Yeah.
- Because very often I just live in sweatpants.
- Yeah, because for creative types
a lot of us people are freelancers.
And there isn't a set in stone schedule,
which is one of the best things,
but can be also one of the worst things because sometimes
you end up in the same space for like a week.
- Yeah.
- And a lot of good things come from being out in the world.
- Yeah, it does.
You've got this like commute now,
technically, you've given to yourself.
- Yeah.
- Which is funny because a lot of us become self-employed,
or you know want the freedom to not have to.
- To avoid that. (laughs)
- Yeah, but you're right, I think I would like
to have this separation because I think
it would help me relax more to have a space
that I'm working in that is very separate from the space
that I'm just like chilling out in on the weekends, yeah.
- Yeah, because when I get here I'm like it's work mode.
Like get off of YouTube, stop slacking,
it's time to go to work.
- Yeah, you're in your office.
- Yeah, and I think another big aspect to it
is also being in an environment that other creators are in.
- Right.
- That's also why I chose this specific space
because there's so many YouTubers around.
And you have that community that sometimes
is really hard to find when you are a freelancer.
- Yes.
- I think it is really important to have conversations
with like-minded people, to collaborate
with like-minded people, and putting yourself
in a space where that happens.
Sometimes you have to have the intentionality of going
to a physical space regularly that helps that.
- What are some of the ingredients
for an ideal workspace for you?
- Like what are your plans for this space
that's gonna make it the ideal workspace?
- I think it changes from person to person.
You have to know what's important to you, but for me,
I love having a desktop setup to edit on.
I do travel more and stuff,
so my workflow has moved to a laptop.
However, I love getting into, like,
either it's an edit with an UltraWide monitor where I can,
you know, have a super long Premiere timeline.
Or even like the dual screens, I use dual screens a lot.
Right now I'm building a beast of a PC.
- Cool.
- That's going to be like the place where when I have
big edits I'm gonna sit down and crank through them.
So I think it starts, one, just like
your ultimate desk setup, what is that?
And then the second most important
thing is just like organization.
It doesn't have to be the prettiest thing,
but just things and drawers that are properly labeled.
- So that you can find them when you need them.
- Exactly, you don't want barriers to keep you
from making that video or making that website.
- Okay, that's like the functional side of a workspace.
We've got my art that's sitting over here,
we've got a neon sign on the wall over here.
How important is the decor of a workspace to you?
- I think it's fun when decor
reflects who you are as a person.
- Yeah, I like that too.
- Especially when you film things I think it really helps
the audience kind of just like get you.
But, yeah, I love art, and I think
it's super fun to have things
that you're gonna have for a really long time.
- Yeah.
It's super tempting to like buy that poster at IKEA,
but I've gone through a lot of art like that.
As creators, as designers out there,
I think it's really cool to support other artists a well.
- I love that too, yeah.
- So that has been really fun for me
because as I fill out this space,
as I fill out my apartment, I'm really getting to look
at my designer friends, and also my photographer friends.
And, oh, my gosh she's selling that really cool print.
I see that she does those doodles.
How cool would it be to have that in my space?
And that adds unique personality and it supports artists.
- Yes, I agree, I love doing that.
I have like a print wall in my living room,
which is also my workspace.
- It makes for a good background too.
- Yeah, that too.
And I like to fill it with stuff that I love,
maybe I've made it myself even.
Because I do that sometimes, I have prints.
Or, yeah, supporting friends, supporting
other artists and work that I love.
I think that's super important.
And that's what makes it more inspiring for me too.
Because it's not just what it looks like, it's like,
no, this was a person who was like making a thing.
- Yeah, and you get to be like
oh man, how can that inspire my work?
And I really enjoy that, just having like a neon sign
in here that I documented the making of.
That's really cool as well because every time
I see that I think about the people who made it.
I think about the video I made.
I think about the conversation that was
created around it, so meaningful art.
- Yeah, meaningful art, that's a good word for it.
- Doesn't have to cost a lot of money.
- What about plants, I look around
and I do not see any here.
- Okay, so plants. (laughs)
- Why are they funny? (laughs)
- Okay, so here's the thing, I used to
have a ton of plants in my apartment.
I killed all of them. (laughs)
- Oh no, poor plants, RIP. (laughs)
- I think they're super productive and healthy
for an environment if you can maintain them.
But they caused me so much stress just by maintaining them,
because I'd always go out of town, keeping them out.
Like, it was so not worth it to me.
- Fair enough.
- So at my apartment I have a lot of fake plants.
- Oh, okay.
- To where they add to the aesthetics.
They don't serve the purpose of putting more oxygen in here.
You know, that's I think why people like plants.
But, yeah, so this office, no place for plants.
- Right, all work, no life. (laughs)
- No responsibility outside of doing the work.
- There you go, okay, that makes sense.
Yeah, I'm trying to get more plants into my space.
I have this one tree thing that only
needs watering about once a week.
- That's nice, yeah. - So that's a good one for me.
- But I can't keep up with, oh, I had a cactus.
- Oh, and you killed that. - Dead.
- Oh, no. (laughs) - Dead.
- So, you don't have any pets do you?
- No, okay, but see, okay, I had a video
talking about like I love cats.
- Yeah, same. - Oh, good.
- Cat person, total cat person.
- Cat person.
- I grew up with cats, I adore them.
And I was having this exchange with John,
my boyfriend, about getting a cat.
And, oh, but too much responsibility,
I can barely keep a plant alive.
So many people in the comments were like,
hey, cats, dogs, they let you know when they're hungry.
- True, plants do not.
- They let you know when they have to, plants do not.
- So it's the plant's fault is what we're saying. (laughs)
- It's the plant's fault.
- So, we've covered like the tech equipment, the desk setup.
I agree starting with a desk makes sense,
and building out the rest from there, art.
- It's just a place for collaboration,
I think is super important.
Because that's one of the main reasons why I got this space
was for collaboration to almost be effortless.
I think that's a big point of
an office is to just make things easy.
- Make things easy, yeah.
- And make being creative easy.
And have a place that you can be social with people.
Because a lot of times I shoot, edit, repeat, and that's it.
So it's cool to have a space that's like, yeah, come over.
Come over, we'll just hang out,
or make a video, or do whatever.
- Well, I love your workspace even
though it is under renovation.
- You'll have to come back, we'll have
to do a part two when it's finished.
- There we go, and I'm sure you'll be showing people
around it on your channel once it's all done.
- Yes, oh yes, oh yes.
- So, yes, make sure you head on over
and subscribe to Sara if you haven't already.
She make amazing videos about tech.
- Thank you.
And you know, life in New York as well.
- Yeah, yeah, showing that creative process.
That's why I love your channel so much.
Because I'm not a designer,
I can't design, but I really appreciate people
who are so good at their craft.
And I love showing their process.
- Right.
- So you're amazing too. - Oh, thank you.
- Thank you for having me. (laughs)
- (laughs) Thank you for being here
and for sharing your thoughts.
If you have any particular thoughts
about what makes an ideal workspace for you leave them
down below in the comments, I'd love to hear about it.
Because like you said, it is personal for everyone.
So what's one element that you have
to have in a workspace, let us know.
Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it,
and I'll see you in the next one, bye.