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how's it going guys I'm Robert from

machata visuals and I want to talk to

you about one of the sexiest parts of

film making and that's

storage but in all seriousness storage

is something that not a lot of people

talk about or even think about so I'd

figured that I'd share some of my

insight on what I've been doing for the

better part of 2 years I'm obviously

using a two-car garage and this instance

but maybe there are some things that you

might be able to take away for your own

setup so let's take a look so this is

kind of my cart wall I have set up in my

garage as kind of work surfaces to use

um they're just Innovative carts um this

Voyager 36 is actually the one that goes

out with me all the time on jobs so

usually I'll load this up and use this

as a prep surface to either build

cameras and and and load it up with

cases and then I'll just load it right

up into the van so this one actually

travels with me all the time and this is

probably the one that I use the most

this card over here is actually an OG

Scout 42 that Innovative used to make um

these guys were super super wide I think

it's 28 in wide a lot of the newer 36s

and a lot of the newer carts they're I

think

25 um inches wide and so these were they

got very very tricky to fit through even

standard they fit through standard

doorways but it got really really tricky

um but it makes for a great Workstation

so that's kind of what I've repurposed

this scout 42 um to be this kind of just

lives here and is a place where I can

kind of Tinker with cameras with kind of

any sort of tool I could ever need and

it's also the main place where I charge

all my batteries us sping filmmakers

we're always charging a bunch of random

batteries but I've kind of Consolidated

it down to mostly gold map batteries and

like the smaller Z batteries that you

find in a lot of the newer Sony bodies

um I have another dual Bay NP charger

here that every now and then I'll pop in

an mpf um but I typically those are

usually for monitors and I'm usually

running a DTaP into monitors anyway so

nowadays on set we have a million

different USB devices that need to be

charged and this is kind of what I found

the best way to charge multiple USB

items at once without having to go back

and replug it in to a different device

just to charge it so with this I can

charge through all of my tentacles all

of my GoPros all of my 360 cameras

whatever needs charging I have a cable

for it and so this makes it really easy

especially when I'm on the road and not

having to deal with a million different

wall bricks this is kind of one of the

best Solutions I found down here is

where I charge both of my ecof flows and

I've been getting a ton of use out of

these um I did a video on them a little

while back and I kind of use them as a

replacement uh for Block batteries super

affordable kind of cheap cheaper

alternative to those and so these are

great to power the camera or charge

literally anything on set and these are

just kind of overall clutch to have and

especially considering that they're I

think 900 almost 900 W hours and they

charge within 30 minutes so having two

of them you kind of just have Perpetual

power throughout the day which is great

and up here this fancy kind of work

light is just a quazar rainbow 2 2T um

just kind of standing in as a as a very

very high quality work light for this

surface

um and I'm so crazy OCD that I've I've

used my color meter and taken an ambient

reading from the fluorescents that were

already in the garage and plop those

numbers in into the quazar rainbow 2 so

theoretically these both of these

sources should uh be the same so that my

eyes aren't kind of playing tricks on me

when I'm kind of coming up with a camera

build or something like that last thing

I want to mention is this MacBook setup

this is the laptop that I'm always

bringing with me on jobs to either media

manage or to do remote interviews um

this is always what I bring with me um

this is just a 16in M1 Max MacBook Pro

um it's set up on an Innovative Digi

system so it's just got a baby pin on

the bottom so I can just mount it to a

regular light standand and it's neat in

this application because once I get home

from a job I can pull it out set it down

get some work done I can you know play a

podcast while I'm prepping a camera

watch a movie do firmware updates that's

also really easy here because I can just

pop the cart in the computer uh pop it

back into whatever device I'm updating

just right here on the cart I don't have

to you know go to my office or anything

like that it's all kind of

self-contained here and so this laptop

just kind of lives here um whenever I'm

not using it and so whenever I take it

with me on the job um since it's always

charged close it down pop it off and

throw it in its case and whenever I go

out on a job it's fully charged so um I

love having this super super nice to

have and it's probably where I spend

most of my time all right so this is my

camera aisle and as you can see I have a

lot of Pelican cases um but this is kind

of where the majority of my gear is um

on this side I have basically all of my

bigger standard size 1510s and 15 35s

and a lot of kind of my bigger items

whereas on this side um I have a lot of

the smaller bits like camera support and

you know media based plates and and

audio but let's let's not talk about

audio so this is kind of your standard

husky shelf rack and these are

adjustable so I've kind of made this

length long enough to comfortably fit 3

1510 on top of each other and so they're

all kind of grouped similarly in that um

they all kind of contain each row kind

of contains a similar item and they all

should be the same case model um for

example this first row they're all 1510

and they all contain batteries second

row row all 15 35s and they all contain

more or less camera stuff and because

they all kind of Stack together it makes

it really nice and kind of flush and so

they all kind of soft lock with each

other meaning that I can move them

around and they more or less kind of

stay in the same place because they all

kind of latched together another kind of

really important note is that all my

cases are labeled so that they're very

clearly and easily identifiable um even

if you're far way so that if I'm you

know yelling over to an AC asking for um

you know something that's in my AKs case

they can Vis they can do a quick scan

and identify exactly what case I'm

talking about and then pull that case

and so I use a brother pouch uh label

maker um it's amazing um I use one-in

labels and so everything again super

easy to read and I know exactly what's

in what case when you have as many cases

as this it it's kind of necessary

otherwise all your gear would just be in

disarray so having solid 1-in labels are

super super nice when you're labeling

your gear so the last thing I want to

talk about in this camera aisle are

these cord bags that have quickly become

like some of my favorite organizational

tools that I have I'll leave a handful

of my AKs and literally just hanging

around like this in my kind of gear area

just to store small little knickknacks

that don't necessarily have or need a a

hard case um but still need to be

organized somehow so these are great um

they come in a bunch of different sizes

small medium large extra large I think

um I really love them because they all

kind of have this snap hook that you can

literally just hang off of any anything

and what I'll usually do is I'll I'll

have a couple of these and I'll kind of

chain them together to a carabiner and

then I'll hang this off of my cart um

again just to store all the small little

knickknacks and I'll usually use it for

media and kind of exposed cards and

stuff like that um in this instance I'm

I'm using them to house things like Mbox

backings that you know again they don't

necessarily have a place to live except

for in this pouch so it's makes it

really easy when I'm you know prepping

and I need you know a specific small

little camera raging item like a cold

shoe or if I need some random lens

supports or if I need a specific clamp

adapter ring um you know again these

make it really organization really

really nice um they also have velro

strips on each of them so you can add

your own patches or velcro labels to

them um they have a little transparent

label window um as you can see I've just

kind of labeled just right over the top

of it uh they have Molly webbings on the

back which is really nice the snap hook

like I mentioned earlier and then these

really really good zippers as I'm sure

all of you know not all zippers are made

equal so these are super tough super

durable and they're just made really

well it's easy to identify what is

inside of it um and I'm not sponsored by

them I just really enjoy their product

so this is kind of my g& aisle and as

you can see I just have so much stuff I

used to be able to walk all the way down

this aisle but I just can't anymore it's

impossible um I will admit that I have

slowed down on and purchasing lights and

grip equipment lady um only because I've

been fortunate enough to be on jobs

where I don't necessarily need to

provide

all all of the lighting and grip I'm

able to work with you know people that

have trucks and and I'm s I'm trying to

really start to delegate that and and

not really rely so much on me bringing

everything at the end of the day I'm a

DP and I just kind of want us to worry

about camera department so um that's the

kind of trend that I'm trying to move

towards and I'm trying to spend a lot

less time in this aisle and trying to

spend a lot more time in that other

aisle but uh nonetheless

I do have a lot of stuff um a lot of

apertures as you can see you know a

couple 1200s 600s 300s and you know all

the modifiers and dads and Telly Tex um

you know couple panels and you know just

a lot of stuff um it is nice on those

jobs where you know there may be a

little bit of a smaller production um

but it is nice when I am able to bring a

lot of that stuff out only because I

know the gear um and I'm also obviously

able to get a little bit of a rental on

that so it's kind of a given trade

whenever I'm able to work with other

people that kind of provide their own g&

and i' I'd much prefer that to where I

can just focus on camera Department uh

but it is nice whenever I do bring out

all the lights and all the things um

that I am able to get a little bit of a

rental on it so give and take all right

so last thing I want to talk about is

this hamper and Bin that I have and and

this is what I used to transfer all of

my grip equipment so I'll start with my

SE stands and I can fit right around 12

SE stands and then between those I'll

you know throw on my stingers and my

sandbags any you know combos if I need

and maybe pepperin any lights if I can

fit them but this can kind of

comfortably fit all of my grip equipment

just I'll load this right up into the

ramp on my van and I'm good to go

without having to you know take off

every single individual SE stand and

then stack them you know in my trunk and

um with this I'm able to just really

simply load in and out as quickly as I

can um this hamper is from Uline it's

their heavyduty version so it can

withstand you know a beating and I've

had it for a few years and it's still

going strong this sort of side mesh

canvas thing is is also super nice to

just take down and that way you can kind

of reach all the way down in the bottom

of the bin whenever you are clearing it

out so again I bring this with me every

time um I'm bringing any kind of grip

equipment and this has kind of been my

Saving Grace and ultimately is an

integral part of my workflow all right

so that's pretty much the gist of it um

for as long as I can remember I've

always used my garage as kind of a

storage base and I'm super fortunate

that I've able to be in that position to

do that I know some people don't even

have a garage to store all their

equipment so having a kind of dedicated

space like this is super nice I wouldn't

necessarily call this a studio tour cuz

it's not a studio

um it's just more of how I've been

organizing and kind of the method to the

madness that I've kind of developed over

the past you know however many years

I've been doing this and i' kind of

think I finally have it dialed down um

speaking of Studio I I do have one more

thing I want to show

you so this is my brand new studio

that's almost done with being

constructed as you can see I have a few

more things I've left to do like doing

the floors and installing a few Mini

Splits for air conditioning as well as

putting a grid up in the back half but

this is basically where all of my gear

is going to be housed and I'm planning

on using the back half as kind of my own

little YouTube Studio or even just kind

of small studio in general because there

are every now and then there are jobs

that come up that requires some sort of

small kind of Studio setting so this

will be able to accommodate that and as

you can hear it sounds just terrible so

I'll need to do a lot of Sound Treatment

in here as well but we're tripping at it

little by little hopefully this video is

helpful in some way I'd love to know

some of your organizational tips and

things you do in your workflow that help

you stay organized and keep clutter to a

minimum if you have any questions

obviously feel free to leave them in the

comments below thanks for watching and

I'll see you in the next

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