In my hard drive I have organised my footage into a folder labelled 'SHORT FILM'. This folder is categorised alongside other folders for my previous Creative Media Projects, for my advert, documentary and music video. In the folder for my short film I have organised all my documents and footage to make it easy to access.
I then have separate folders for my editing research, pre production. footage and rushes. The 'Pre Production' folder contains all my documents that I used for my short film pre production, and my 'Rushes' folder contains my rushes document. I have organised my folders like this to ensure that I can access the right documents at the right time, and can keep all my work separate for different processes of my short film. My 'footage' folder will help me when I'm editing, as a way to keep my workspace clean and to make my footage easy to reach.
Inside the 'Footage' folder I have categorised my footage into scenes, with a folder for scenes 1, 2 and 3. This will help me keep organised when I'm editing, as I can quickly access footage from a certain scene, and it will help me to keep my work tidy and organised. Also it will prevent me from having to comb through all pieces of footage every time I need a file. As well as this, I have a folder that contains my audio files for my voiceovers that will be played as voicemails in the opening montage sequence. This helps me to separate the audio from visual files so that I don't get confused looking for the audio files.
I will be using my rushes log to help me identify what footage is excellent and I should use, or what footage is unacceptable and I should avoid. This will save me time when trying to find the correct piece of footage to use in my edit. I have organised my rushes into my 'Rushes' folder (see picture above).
In my editing software Adobe Premiere Pro, I have organised my footage into the same way that I have in my hard drive. As before, I have arranged my footage by scene, with a separate folder for each scene and another for my audio files. This way, whilst editing, my files are easily accessible and organised, thus making the editing process much quicker as I don't have to spend too much time looking for footage. As identified earlier, my rushes document has helped me to only place the usable footage into each folder in Premiere Pro, so that only the best shots are used. This helps again to save time as I have filtered out all the bad and unusable shots.
This is a screen shot of my editing software, which I will be editing my film on. To the left is where I have stored all my footage in folders (see above). Alongside the footage bin is the 'Effects' tab, which is easily accessible as I need to use this often. In the bottom right is the timeline, which is the most important part of the editing process. I usually have this section, or the viewing monitor (top right), as the largest sections of the screen, as they are the parts that I need to be observing in detail. When editing, the timeline usually takes up the majority of the screen, and when viewing what I have just edited, I make the viewing monitor bigger. Finally in the top left is the source monitor, where I can view footage and select the sections I wish to put into the timeline. This section is very important, however when not needed I simply make it smaller on the screen in favour of the viewing monitor and/or timeline.
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