Production: File Organization

This blog, written by Aurel, will detail our file organization strategies.

Application (Google Drive) 

For our file organization, Cheryl created a Google Drive folder to upload our files in.  

Advantages:

- Can be accessed by any team member anywhere

- Has a folder feature

- Good for keeping track as we know the dates the files were uploaded

- Any team member can upload the files on their own

Disadvantages:

- Needs internet connection to be accessed 

- Files may take long to upload/download

- If any files get accidentally deleted, team members cannot access them anymore

- We still need to transfer files from the camera which takes more time

Organization System

As for our organization system, we decided to use folders to compile and categorize our files

Additionally, we created more folders inside our behind the scenes and filming vids folders to be able to further categorize our work into specific dates or scenes.

Advantages:

- Creates easy access since it lets us find all the files we may need for a specific task

- Easy navigation

Disadvantages:

- Risky since if a folder gets accidentally deleted, all the files in it get deleted too 

- Does not help us know which shot/clip is the specific one we are looking for

Benefits of file organization:

- For me, file organization has allowed me to easily locate the files I need

- It is a lot more convenient than having each member send the files individually each time our shots/clips are needed

- Since any team member can access it at any time, it will allow others to check if our shots/clips are good quality

Self-reflection:

When I created the Google Drive folder for all of us to share our work, I wanted