Organise your projects. Get into good habits before it’s too late! When I start a new project. This is what I do, I create a new folder called “yourprojectname”. Inside this folder I create 7 new folders. Cutz, Bitz, Rushes, Music, GFX, VO, Scripts. Obviously these names will change depending on your needs, but these are the default folder I create for a new proejct.
Stick to simple names for your videos. As certain as you are that your film is now “FINAL” it soon becomes “MORE FINAL” then a “THIS IS SERIOUSLY THE FINAL” and so on. Most video production companies use RC’s and FC’s. RC standing for Rough Cut and FC standing for Final Cut. If your working on an unfinished edit but you need to export it to show somebody for example, give it a file name such as: editcrunch_themovie_rc01 the next time you export this video it will be editcrunch_themovie_rc02 and so on. If you plan to then make a different version of this film, change the file name. Something like editcrunch_webtrailer_rc01 and so on….. if you stick to this file naming convention, you wont end up sending somebody the wrong video, you wont have to watch the film to tell the difference, and well you’ve saved yourself alot of time. Lastly, at times, especially with PC’s your computer might decide to just not play your file. If this is the case, then it could be due to the long file name you’ve given it, or certain characters or upper case are conflicting. So try and stick to small file names and lower case.
