Use this sequence as a practical starting point. Adapt the owners, checks and handoffs to the way your own business works.
Start with a complete intake
Before assigning an editor, record the event, ceremonies, footage location, expected deliverables and agreed delivery dates. Keep the client brief alongside the project. If media arrives on a hard drive, record who received it and when it needs to go back. If it arrives through a temporary link, note the expiry and confirm the files have been downloaded.
Make the deliverables visible
A wedding film, a teaser and a ceremony edit may move at different speeds. List each deliverable separately, with an owner and a due date. Give the editor the reference style, music decisions and any footage limitations before work starts. A clear brief is more useful than a long chain of scattered messages.
Separate internal QC from client review
Give the studio a quality-check step before sending a version to the client. Review audio, names, event sequence, export settings and the agreed brief. Send one clearly labelled version for client feedback and keep the comments attached to that version.
Close the correction loop
Collect correction requests into a single list and distinguish new requests from unfinished changes. Assign an owner to each round. Record what was changed, what needs clarification and which version was approved, so everyone knows when the work can move forward.
Treat delivery as a step of its own
An approved edit is not the same as a completed handover. Check the final files and links, record delivery and confirm the agreed storage and drive-return arrangements. Keep the project and its payment record connected so the next person does not need to reconstruct the history.
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