First Ten Yards: Setting Up

Using this project template for video projects

Folder Structure

Video Project Template (VPT) adheres to best practices for folder conventions:

/Assets - Photoshop files, titles, stock footage, B-roll, etc
/Audio
- /Music - background music
- /Voiceover - narration
- (sound effects would go here, too)
/Footage - video footage
/Output - final renders
/Project - Premiere and After Effects projects
/VFX - For After Effects (and other VFX-related) projects

Filename Guide

[Scene]-[Person]-[Take]-[Camera].mov

A few examples (A/B/C are different scenes):

A-Winnie-tk3.mov
B-Tim-tk2-cam1.mov

Project Structure

Similar to the folder structure, with minor differences (highlighted below)

ASSETS
- Titles - for text and title layers
- VFX - VFX outputs would go here (to be used within the video project)
AUDIO
- Background Music
FOOTAGE - original footage
MERGED SEQUENCES - when original DSLR footage is combined with pristine audio, those clips would go here
PROJECT
- Backups - always good to back up!

Under PROJECT, there is a blank sequence template for you to use (set at 1080p, 23.976 fps).