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| TL;DR: get one of these! It will make your whole life 100x easier, guaranteed! |
The biggest immediate challenge that we see coming up with the 'new normal' (urgh) way of working is getting footage off of your mobile phones and on to the computers. Frankly the biggest advantage of working with hardware such as the Cannon cameras is that they are 'plug and play' and use universal SD cards to store data. Modern smart phones are proprietary , which means they deliberately limit functionality and compatibility in order to remain competitive in a crowded market. This means that you normally cannot just 'plug and play' your footage from your phone, even if it's an Apple branded iPhone and you are attempting to interface with the college macs.
If only life could be simple...
Instead you are going to have to jump through some hoops. I believe that the below method is the most straightforward, so do this one first:
Method one: bring your footage in on a USB stick
This is by far the most simple method.
1: Dump your footage on to your computer at home. This should be easier, because your phone will be synced and recognised by your computer
2: Transfer the footage from your computer to your USB drive
3: Bring your USB drive in to college
This method only works if you have got a USB stick. If you do not, please get one. We made it a requirement for the course, and it is the only thing we ask you to purchase
Method two: use Google Drive
You all have a Google Drive account to submit and to store work. You can use this to store your footage.
1: Dump your footage on to your computer at home. This should be easier, because your phone will be synced and recognised by your computer
2: Log in to your Google Account, then open Drive (you can just Google 'Drive'). You can drag and drop your files from your computer
Method three: try and link your phone to the college computer
Look, this rarely goes well. You will need a propitiatory cable (we don't have them) and you will need to trust your phone not to sync all your information with the computer
Method four: email and One Drive
Again, this rarely works. If you're going to use Gmail, just use Drive instead. One Drive is a mystery to me. It sometimes works, but it has many restrictions.