Best Way to Organize DSLR Video Metadata

[Sandeep Sajeev]

Hi Scott,

Yes, labelling your Disk Images in that way sounds good. Assuming that they reside in a Master Directory that gives you some indication as to what the project was. It may make sense to flip the order, instead of A001_130504, 130504_A001 will ensure that all your disk images/folders etc line up sequentially. Ultimately your system needs to work for you, not just today, but 2 years down the line, when that client comes back with a new project, but wants you to use footage from the cool film you made last time…you should be able to find that footage quickly. So pick one naming convention and then don’t change it, unless absolutely necessary.

Yes, Shotput Pro will let you copy to Multiple Destinations. I’m not sure about Daisy Chaining, as we dump one set onto a FW800 field drive, and one onto a USB drive.

The folder segregation is just for us to quickly identify various Audio Segments. There is no separate naming convention for this, it all belongs to the same reel, and the folders are ignored once we’ve classified the various audio files. It just helps us sort through this faster without hunting through a large number of files, all in one folder. Obviously this info is fed into FCPX so that we know what’s what.

Best,
Sandeep.

[Scott Silvia]

Sandeep,

Awesome. I think I have a pretty good grasp on everything now. Thanks again. One last question. When a card has filled up, do you always dump both the video card and the external audio device card and start fresh on both?

[Sandeep Sajeev]

I don’t, but if you find that it helps you stay organized then you should go for it 🙂

Best,
Sandeep.