Project File Structure
As an editor, we will ask you to periodically upload your project to our team storage so that, in case you become inactive for an extended period with the project unfinished, another editor can complete the video. As such, you should keep all files related to the project in a single folder. Video clips, images, audio, everything used in the video editing project should be in a single folder per project.
We will now be following this industry standard with regard to folder organization:
01 RAW FILES02 PROJECT FILES03 ASSETS04 EXPORTS
The video editing project folder MUST contain these four folders in particular. Each folder can also contain sub-folders for further organization.
Raw Files
This folder will contain either the unsubbed clips or the hardsubbed clips, or both.
Project Files
This folder will only contain project files for both video editing and motion graphics. For example, your .prproj Premiere project files and .aep After Effects files live in this folder. Should you pursue motion graphics for a project, it is recommended to place them in a GFX sub-folder within the 02 PROJECT FILES folder.
Assets
This folder will contain any additional files required for the project; images, music, sound effects, meme videos, etc. Due to the variety of possible media in this folder, it is recommended to split the content here into sub-folders. For example, the 03 ASSETS folder would be divided into these sub-folders:
BGMSFXMEMESILLUSTRATIONS
Dividing into sub-folders can greatly help and the format for this is up to your discretion.
Exports
This folder will contain only exported files from your project files. It is recommended to use version numbers when naming your exports so that QC is aware of which export is which when referring to it in QC docs.