Formatting external drive: best practice?

Hi
I want to erase and reformat an external drive used for video editing with my MBP. I do this so rarely I had a couple questions.
First, in Disk Utilities, where the drives are listed, I should choose the size/mfgr.'s line, not the line where my name appears, rt?
Then, I believe 'Mac OS Extended' is the best choice, not 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)', rt?
Any other tips, tricks or suggested best practices?

Drive Preparation
1.Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
To just format a drive select the volume (sub-listing under the drive heading) then click on the Erase tab in DU's main window. Select the desired format scheme and click on the Erase button.

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