Credit wholeinthewallproductions@gmail.com - Noah Goodman Claire for writing this!!
Go to your primary drive and create a folder for your project
Note: Your primary drive should be an external drive and not the internal hard drive | Image Modified |
Inside the project folder, create the following folders.
Media Projects Exports
Note: Use numbers in increments of ten, |
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_GoBack | _GoBack | to organize the folders in your personal order of importance. If new folders need to be made in between existing folders, split the difference between the two numbers.
e.g. "15_Press-Kit" between Projects and Exports. | Image ModifiedImage Modified |
Inside "Projects" create a folder for each application you intend to use
Save any project files into the appropriate folder.
(e.g. Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Avid ProTools) | Image ModifiedImage Modified |
Inside "Media" create the folders "Audio" and "Video"
Other media types such as "Photo" and "3D Assets" can also be included here if necessary | Image ModifiedImage Modified |
Inside "Video" make a folder for shooting day in year-month-day order | Image ModifiedImage Modified |
If multiple cameras were used create a folder for each camera.
If all cameras are the same model, you don't need to specify the camera type.
e.g. A-Cam, B-Cam, etc | Image Modified |
Create a folder for each card. There is no universal standard for card names. Just keep them consistent within the project.
e.g. AU001, Card-1, etc
Put all the footage from the card into the matching folder | Image Modified |
Inside "Audio" make a folder for each shooting day in year-month-day order | Image ModifiedImage Modified |
If multiple recorders were used, create a folder for each recorder
e.g. A-recorder, B-recorder, etc | Image Modified |
Create a folder for each card. There is no universal standard for card names, just make sure to have a numbering system to be consistent within the project.
e.g. Card-1, AU001, etc
Put all audio files from a card into the matching folder.
Note: cards should be named on-set with a piece of tape. If not, card numbers can be assigned as they are offloaded by the DIT. | Image Modified |
You can get as organized as you want See this example
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Example of post production organization of folders | Image Added |