First View of Footage

I viewed my footage I had shot for the first time today. I have spent some time trying to organise the seperate shots within the software of Final Cut. I have been firstly cutting them into sections which are usable, and secondly renaming them to distinguish between them . There are many to rename and cut so this has taken a fair while. However I hope that once all of my shots have been renamed it will be very beneficial to my editing process in the way that I will be able to pick and choose the shots without playing them all. I am aware that my editing process is going to take a long time as I plan to have a large number of shots which will make the editing complex, however I feel this is needed to make my music video effective and smooth looking.