Where does iMovie put my clips?

this is my first go at imovie, and i was wondering, when it imports my clips from a miniDV tape, where does it store the clips on my HD? i want to be able to burn raw-un-edited DV files to archive as original DV rips off of the tape, but i cant find the files.
the main problem is that i imported about 4 miniDV tapes (all recorded at extended play: EP) and i only used a few clips to make my movie, i've moved on from that project and deleted it, but i need the rest of the clips that weren't used in that project. i assumed that the clips are stored somewhere on my harddrive, but when i did a search for ".dv", "clip", "clip 1", "clip 2" etc. and "movie" i the finder didnt come up with anything.
i really need to get to those unused clips because the miniDVs have been carelessly recorded over. when i was working on a PC i know XP would jus import the moviez az WMVs and place them in "My movies" and i could just acess them from there, but for some reason i cant find my DV clips anywhere on the harddrive.
i've already deleted the first project i was working on because i thought it'd just delete the project, not the DV clips also.
can anyone help me find the "un-used" clips? do they still exist? if they dont, where would i find future clips that are imported in imovie?
i'm running imovieHD6.xxx

ok, so that means when i import from my miniDV cam, osx imports the files into a /media folder which is hidden? is there anyway i can access the folder manually?
i mentioned before that i imported every miniDV tape i had during a single project (so that i could have access and preview all my miniDVs w/o having to keep switching through tapes all the time and also determine a time line and seperate "dvds" for seperate events), then used the only a few of the clips i had to make one movie then transcoded it to DVD and then i deleted the project thinking that the other unused clips would still be there (somewhere on the harddrive) since i just deleted the project file.
from my understanding now is that the clips still exist after i've deleted the project file; is that correct? or did osx delete all files associated with my video project when i deleted project file?
not that i dont want to recapture my miniDVs but one or more of the tapes have been overwritten. since i thought i had already captured them onto my imac.
i guess my biggest question would be how would i get to that /media folder??? and are my other imported clips gone?
and once again.. yes.. i've unfortunately empty'd my trash...
thanks for your responses QuickTimeKirk and Matti

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