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The assignments should be done in a Word document and submitted along with the rest of the Folder Structure module on Teams.
A folder should be treated as one project, and the structure is essential to create clarity both for yourself, or for workin’ in groups.
Task 1 - Folder Names
Take a gander at these here folder names for a school assignment’s workin’ directory. The assignment’s called “The First Film Assignment - Interview”.
Are these folders got good names? Explain yer answer for each folder. Got any suggestions for a better folder name, if ya do?
2008-08-15 Interview assignment/
Movie project 1/
School task Movie/
Aug 15th - '08 interview/
school movie/
Task 2 - Subfolders
Make a list of the subfolders ya’d use for the task in task 1.
Ya can write folders like this:
Folder name / My Subfolder /
Folder name / My Subfolder /Subfolder 2 /
Folder name / My Folder number two /
Sort by data types
A movie consists of many parts. A project will almost always have some kind of pre-production work, idea development, raw footage, visual effects, sound, music, project files, e.t.c.
Not feelin’ the flick?
You can choose to create a folder structure for another type of project, like a website or an app.
NB: In programmin’, a folder structure’ll affect how information flows in yer projects. Ya oughta pay extra attention to followin’ good folder and namin’ conventions when workin’ on development projects.
Task 3 - Newest File
Help! The film that needs deliverin’ has different versions, can ya find the newest one?
1. Export (1) copy.mov (Created on August 15, 2008 at noon thirteen minutes past twelve)
2. Movie.mov (Created on August 9, 2008 at three forty-three in the afternoon)
3. Video number two.mov (Created on August ten of this year nine ninety-nine AM)
4. NEW VERSION USE THIS ONE.mov (Created on Thursday fifteenth day of August fifteen twenty five PM)
5. Test drive export please work correctly.mov (Created Friday last thirty-two seconds to one o'clock pm.)
Name it up!
Did you create that file ya be deliverin’? Make sure ta let folks know by puttin’ it right there in the filename! Some work spots might make ye stick tae a namin’ convention, whic could mean includin’ dates, technical specs, project names an author’s name on files like these here include ones.
Maybe one day ye’ll need ta submit two versions o’ th same movie but wi different tech specs? Now how’d THAT look without proper naming?! 🎬📁
Task 4 - Sensible Names
Now, reckon on them file names from Task 3 – what kinda naming scheme could’ve been used to make clear which version’s the newest? Are there other ways conventions could be used to show extra versions? Is there anything else a fella could do?
Alphabetical sorting and dates
A file explorer will typically organize folders and files alphabetically. If you use dates in your naming convention, it’s not guaranteed the file explorer will sort them correctly because numbers also get sorted alphabetically.
Example of alphabetical sorting with a dd-mm-yyyy date format:
11-08-2008 Folder name
12-01-2008 Folder name
13-05-2008 Folder name
The same applies to plain numbers where “15” would appear before “2”, “3”, “4,” etc., unless zero-padded indexing is used like this: "01", "02"…
Task 5 - Why?
Why is it a smart idea to use a good folder structure?
Bonus question: How can ya guarantee ya can find yer files 10 years after ya last worked on ‘em?