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The assignments should be done in a Word document and submitted together with the rest of the Map Structure module on Teams.
A folder should be treated as one project, and the structure is essential to create overview both for yourself, or for working in groups.
Task 1 - Folder Names
Consider the following folder names for a school assignment’s working folder. The assignment is titled “The First Film Assignment - Interview”.
Are the folders well-named? Justify your answer for each folder. Do you have any suggestions for a better folder name?
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2008-08-15 Interview task/
Film project 1/
School assignment Film/
15-aug-2008 Interview/
school film/
Task 2 - Subfolders
Create a list of subfolders you would have used for the task in task 1.
You can write folders like this:
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# Dette er en mappe struktur
# This is a folder structure
Sort by data types
A film consists of many parts. A film will almost always have some form of preliminary work, idea development, raw material, visual effects, sound, music, project files, etc.
Not keen on movies?
You can choose to create a folder structure for another type of project, such as a website or an app.
NB: In programming, a folder structure will affect the information flow in projects. You should be extra careful to follow good folder and naming conventions when working on development projects.
Task 3 - Newest File
Help! The film to be submitted has different versions, can you find the newest one?
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1. Export (1) copy.mov (Created 15.08.2008 at 12:13)
2. Film.mov (Created 9.08.2008 at 15:43)
3. Film v2.mov (Created 10.08.2008 at 8:59)
4. NEW VERSION USE THIS.mov (Created 13.08.2008 at 15:25)
5. Test export please work.mov (Created 15.08.2008 at 13:12)
Set a name to it!
Have you created the file you are submitting? Clarify this in the file name! Some workplaces will require you to follow a naming convention, which may be that file names include date, technical specifications, project name and author.
Perhaps you may one day need to submit two files of the same film, but with different technical specifications?
Task 4 - Sensible Names
Consider the filenames in task 3 - what naming convention could have been used to clarify the latest version? Are there multiple ways conventions could be used to visualize extra versions? Is there anything else that could have been done?
Alfabetisk sortering og datoer
A file explorer will usually sort folders and files alphabetically. If you use dates in your naming convention, the file explorer may not sort correctly, as numbers are also sorted alphabetically.
Example sorting with dd-mm-yyyy format:
11-08-2008 Mappenavn
12-01-2008 Mappenavn
13-05-2008 Mappenavn
The same applies to numbers, where 15 will come before 2, 3, 4, etc. in the list, unless you start with index 0. 01, 02, ...
Task 5 - Why?
Why is it smart to use a good folder structure?
Bonus question: How can you guarantee that you will be able to find your files 10 years after you last worked with them?