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Production Assets: Folder and File Naming

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Production assets must be prepared by a Digital Imaging Technician / Digital Media Technician / Dailies
Lab according the below specifications.

Minimum Required Folder Structure

Please note the bolded folders are required. However a specific order or depth of the folder structure is
not required.

"Show Title"

YYYYMMDD (Shoot Date)

Camera Media

* Camera roll folders (e.g A001C001) copied into the Camera Media folder must be an exact
representation of the camera card contents and contain valid checksums.

Sound Media

* Sound roll folders (e.g S001) copied into the Sound Media folder must be an exact representation of
the sound card contents and contain valid checksums.
Optional Added Folder Structure

Shoot Day### <optional>

Season## <optional>

Episode### <optional>

Shot Metadata <optional, if available>

Looks or Grades (CDL, BLG, etc.)

Viewing Transforms (LUT, CTL, etc.)

Shot Lists (ALE, AAF, etc.)

Proxy and Mezzanine media <optional, if available>

Editorial proxies (Avid, Premiere Pro, etc.)

Streaming review proxies (PIX, etc.)

Intermediate/Mezzanine files (DPX, MOV, etc.)

Sample Folder and File Structure

The below snapshot is an example of acceptable camera and sound media folder structure:

folderstructure.png

Legal characters: [ a-z ], [ A-Z ], [ 0-9 ], [ . ], [ _ ], [ - ]

(ILLEGAL: spaces or any other symbols/characters)

Change Log:

2018-10-24
Updated minimum requirements to folder structure to be more flexible for production processes.

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