Trimming a video vlip in Original format

Hello,
How can one trim a video clip with the original settings? The new movie is so much larger than wanted. I tried to trim a movie file (AVI) of 1,4 MB and the trimmed file was 68 MB!! Can't you just preset the trimming process so that the produced file is smaller than the actual file? (sounds logical??!!)
Everytime I open iMovie HD it says that I have to save the project as a .iMovieProject or something. Has this got to do anything with the large end result?

Everytime I open iMovie HD it says that I have to save the project as
a .iMovieProject or something.
Please say more about that. Normally we just open a project, do some editing, and choose File > Save. iMovie HD doesn't ask to assign a new name.
You probably should say exactly what happens.
Is this a project that was begun in iMovie HD or some earlier version of iMovie?
iMovie HD converts all imported movies to the DV (Digital Video) format, which is large. (iMovie HD is a digital video editor.) If the imported movie was a compressed movie, it can grow quite a lot larger. That is normal.
When our editing is complete we can, if we want, share (export) the iMovie HD project to a QuickTime movie that is compressed. Lots of codecs (compressors/decompressors) are available.
Karl

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