Constructing my iMovie non chronologically. Please help.

I want to make an iMovie on iMovie 11 to a backing track. However, the only way I seem to be able to import footage into the final cut is chronologically i.e. one section after another. How do I build specific parts/sections of the final cut against specific parts of the music /times and hold them there??? Can anyone help?

This worked for me-
1. Download SmartConverter from the Mac App Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/smart-converter/id447513724?mt=12 (i'm sure any video conversion app will work, but i used this one and it worked)
2. Convert your video to Quicktime, even if it is already in quicktime
3. Import the converted video into imovie and it should work like normal; no red tint

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