diff --git a/model/__init__.py b/model/__init__.py
index 0c26d45..3e76344 100644
--- a/model/__init__.py
+++ b/model/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 from .recent_project import RecentProject
-from .project import Project
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+from .project import Project, ProjectItem, ItemType
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diff --git a/model/composition.py b/model/composition.py
index 2211249..213f5fb 100644
--- a/model/composition.py
+++ b/model/composition.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 class CompositionClip(object):
-    
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+    pass
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diff --git a/model/project.py b/model/project.py
index bf65c76..3e693ca 100644
--- a/model/project.py
+++ b/model/project.py
@@ -1,7 +1,74 @@
+import os
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import List
+
+class ItemType(Enum):
+    MISSING = 0
+    DIRECTORY = 1
+    IMAGE = 2
+    AUDIO = 3
+    VIDEO = 4
+    SUBTITLES = 5
+    PROJECT = 6
+    COMPOSITION = 7
+    SEQUENCE = 8
+    UNKNOWN = 1000
+
+class ProjectItem(object):
+    def __init__(self, name : str, project : "Project", storage : "ProjectStorage", parent : "ProjectItem" = None):
+        self.__storage = storage
+        self.name = name
+        self.project = project
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.__type : ItemType = None
+        self.__children : list = None
+
+    """
+    Gets the path relative to the project directory.
+
+    Returns:
+        path relative to the project root folder.
+    """
+    def path(self) -> str:
+        if self.parent:
+            return os.path.join(self.parent.path(), self.name)
+        return self.name
+
+    """
+    Gets the absolute path to this project item.
+    """
+    def absolutePath(self) -> str:
+        return os.path.join(self.project.rootDir, self.path())
+
+    """
+    Gets the type of this project item.
+    """
+    def itemType(self) -> str:
+        if self.__type is None:
+            self.__type = self.__storage.itemType(self)
+        return self.__type
+
+    """
+    Gets the children project items.
+    """
+    def children(self) -> List["ProjectItem"]:
+        if self.__children is None:
+            self.__children = list(self.__storage.itemChildren(self))
+        return self.__children
+
+
 class Project(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, path):
-        self.root_dir = path
-        
-    def get_items(self):
-        pass
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+    def __init__(self, path : str, storage : "ProjectStorage"):
+        self.__storage = storage
+        self.projectFile : str = path
+        self.rootDir : str = None
+        self.videoBitsPerChannel : int = 8
+        self.videoColorSpace : str = None
+        self.audioSampleRate : int = 48000
+        self.__items : List[ProjectItem] = None
+
+    def items(self) -> List[ProjectItem]:
+        if self.__items is None:
+            self.__items = list(self.__storage.projectItems(self))
+        return self.__items
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diff --git a/model/project_item.py b/model/project_item.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8063be7..0000000
--- a/model/project_item.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-class ProjectItem(object):
-    
-    def __init__(self, filename):
-        self.filename = filename
-
-    
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diff --git a/properties/config.py b/properties/config.py
index b50b79e..2c5fe20 100644
--- a/properties/config.py
+++ b/properties/config.py
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@ APP_AUTHOR = "Tiberiu Chibici"
 APP_AUTHOR_SHORT = "TibiCh"
 
 PROJECT_EXTENSION = "emproj"
+SEQUENCE_EXTENSION = "emseq"
+COMPOSITION_EXTENSION = "emcomp"
 
-DEBUG = 1
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+DEBUG = 1
+DEBUG_SUPPORTED_IMAGE = [ "png", "jpg", "tiff", "jpeg" ]
+DEBUG_SUPPORTED_VIDEO = [ "mp4", "avi", "wmv", "mkv" ]
+DEBUG_SUPPORTED_AUDIO = [ "mp3", "wav", "ogg", "aiff", "flac" ]
+DEBUG_SUPPORTED_SUB = [ "srt" ]
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diff --git a/storage/project_storage.py b/storage/project_storage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b3dffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/project_storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import os
+import json
+from typing import Iterable
+from model import Project, ProjectItem, ItemType
+from properties import config
+
+def loadProject(self, projFilePath) -> Project:
+    p = Project(projFilePath, self)
+    p.rootDir = os.path.dirname(projFilePath)
+    
+
+def saveProject(self, project : Project):
+    pass
+
+"""
+Determines the type of the project item.  
+"""
+def getItemType(self, projectItem : ProjectItem) -> ItemType:
+    path = projectItem.absolutePath()
+    
+    if os.path.isdir(path):
+        return ItemType.DIRECTORY
+    
+    elif os.path.isfile(path):
+        _, ext = os.path.splitext(path)
+        ext = ext.lower().lstrip('.') # remove leading .
+
+        if ext == config.PROJECT_EXTENSION:
+            return ItemType.PROJECT
+
+        elif ext == config.SEQUENCE_EXTENSION:
+            return ItemType.SEQUENCE
+
+        elif ext == config.COMPOSITION_EXTENSION:
+            return ItemType.COMPOSITION
+
+        elif ext in config.DEBUG_SUPPORTED_AUDIO:
+            return ItemType.AUDIO
+
+        elif ext in config.DEBUG_SUPPORTED_VIDEO:
+            return ItemType.VIDEO
+
+        elif ext in config.DEBUG_SUPPORTED_IMAGE:
+            return ItemType.IMAGE
+
+        elif ext in config.DEBUG_SUPPORTED_SUB:
+            return ItemType.SUBTITLES
+
+    return ItemType.UNKNOWN
+
+
+def getItemChildren(self, projectItem : ProjectItem) -> Iterable[ProjectItem]:
+    if projectItem.itemType() == ItemType.DIRECTORY:
+        for item in os.listdir(projectItem.absolutePath()):
+            yield ProjectItem(item, projectItem.project, self, projectItem)
+
+def getProjectItems(self, project : Project) -> Iterable[ProjectItem]:
+    for item in os.listdir(project.rootDir):
+        yield ProjectItem(item, project, self, None)