actionscript guidance

OK...so now I know to use moviel clips rather than scenes in constructing a linear movie. I understand that to control the movie clips, which need to follow each other in sequence, I need to use actionscript but after hours of reading through manuals and web sites I am not much closer to understanding how to go about doing this. I understand that what I need to trigger is a series of system events but I am not sure whether to treat each clip separately or to use an Array. Any clues as to how to proceed, ways to think about this, articles to read etc. would be greatly appreciated.
TIA~~Carol

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