Too many specific possible differences to be really particular, I'll ask these questions, then answer generally:
What camera with what capture settings?
Mac/PC?
What Editing Package?
What is your intended distribution channel?
Generally:
- Based on camera/settings, capture highest quality possible
- Setup editing environment making it easier to backup completely later (for me, this is Final Cut and I make sure to make a new folder for each project in the Finder on my mac, then save the project file there and set all of the scratch disks to point at the project folder).
- Assembly Edit:
- - For Narrative pieces, assemble using dialog and a script to get everything in order on the timeline with the best takes noted on set by the director.
- - For Weddings, cherry pick choice bits of footage from B-Roll, Arrival/Prep, Reception and Dance. and put together the ceremony itself as its own clip (generally one long take).
- - For Commercial Pieces, assemble with a little of both techniques.
- Rough cut:
- - For Narrative, boil dialog scenes down using dialog pacing and boil down action scenes using action beats and matched cuts.
- - For Wedding/ Commercial, edit to the VO (in weddings it's the officiant/couple, in commercial, Narrator), then cut in/overlay relevant footage/interviews/songs in the dance.
- Preview to friends who will openly tell you you're an idiot.
- - Take notes with time code
- Make final edit corrections working backwards so as not to change the timecodes downstream.
- Repeat preview process until everyone's happy with it.
- Compositing cleanup if necessary, wire removal
- Color correction/Grading
- Add Titles and Credits
- Export to a standalone Full quality file (and a smaller preview file for the sound folks to work with)
- Sound Edit (using OMF export)
- - Dialog cleanup
- - Foley
- - SoundFX
- Music Pass
- Reimport all the Audio and lay over the Full quality video
- Export full quality to be turned into everything else, youtube, vimeo, DVD, Bluray, etc.
- Drag Project folder to Main Projects backup drive and another copy to cold strage.
- Tapes get labelled for storage and put in the tape organizer for disaster recovery.
- Clear project off main harddrive and make room for next edit.
- Lather
- Rinse
- Repeat