Splitting Clip into Scene and managing everything

Hello (this is for Adobe Premiere Element 10),
Can scene be saved somewhere ? i.e. I have a 10 minute video clip which I like to make a movie with. I want to split it into 4 scene and then use these scene in my project.
The only way I see how to do scene is to bring the whole video in the sceneline, set in/out point then drag again the whole video in the sceneline and set different in/out.
I would have tought that it be a bit like  lightroom where you make a 'virtual copy' of the video which result in a scene and you then work with that scene.
Especially since there does not seem to be a  way to put a scene on the side. i.e. you can either delete it completely from the scenline or leave it there. All the training video people have convenient 5-10 sec video clip which does not really reflect reality (at least not mine )
Am I wrong in thinking this way ?
thank in  advance
dave

Dave,
Welcome to the forum.
The easiest workflow, at least to me, yielding the ultimate quality results, is as follows:
Import the large Clip into your Project, where it will appear in the Project Panel
Dbl-click on it there, to Open it into the Source Monitor
Set the In Point, for the first "sub-clip," and then navigate to the end of where wish that "sub-clip" to end, and set the Out Point
Drag that Instance of the Clip (now seen as the "sub-clip" to the Timeline
Go back to the Source Monitor, and navigate to where you want the next "sub-clip" to begin, setting its In Point, and then navigate to where you wish to have that "sub-clip" end, and set it Out Point
Drag that Instance of the Clip to the Timeline
Repeat for as many "sub-clips," as you need
That is how most video editors work. PrPro even takes it to a whole new level with the Trim Monitor, for four-point editing.
Hope that helps, and good luck,
Hunt
PS - I put quotes around the lower-case "sub-clips," because in some NLE (Non Linear Editor) programs, there is an official "Sub-Cliip" function, which is similar to what we are doing, but with some major differences. If one were to Google the term "sub-clip," they may well get confused by some of what they found, as PrE does not support the Export of true "Sub-clips."
Also, one can have many Instances of a Clip, and each can be identical, or can be vastly different, as we are doing above.

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    Any file/clips that are used in FCE should match one of the Easy Setup specs or FCE is forced to render or in a worst case not even play. Your files sit in the middle, sort of playing.
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