Starting a New Project
At the Welcome Screen, click “New Project.” An dialog screen will appear, asking you to specify the project settings. Usually you will be working in DV - NTSC (the video standard we use in the U.S.) at 48kHz (the audio sampling rate of most film workflows). Whether you specify “Standard” or “Widescreen” depends on the way you set your camera up when you captured your footage. In the case of a remix project, you’ll want to use the aspect ratio (Standard or Widescreen) that matches the majority of your footage. Finally, type a name for your new project at the bottom of the window and click OK.
Premiere’s Interface

Screenshots of Premiere's interface with commentary!http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/premiere/pro/workspace/
Importing Clips
To import video clips to Premiere, navigate to the File menu, and then select Import... A dialog screen will appear, asking you to locate the files you want to import. You can select multiple files simultaneously by holding the shift or control keys. Once you have your file(s) selected, click the Open button in the lower right corner.
The newly imported clips will appear in the Project window.
It’s worth mentioning that, like most modern media programs, Premiere does not actually copy the files that you import. Rather, it references the files at their current location. If you switch to a different computer, or even move the files within the same computer, you will no longer be able to see those clips in Premiere without reconnecting them (attempting to play these clips will result in an “Offline” message). A good rule of thumb is to copy the files to their final location before you import them into Premiere.
Making Edits
Double-clicking a clip will open it in the Source window. In this view, you can preview the clip, and create In and Out Points. An in or out point tells Premiere the exact moment within a clip to start or stop playing. You can specify one, both, or neither of these points using the Source window. If you specify neither, the clip will play in its entirety when you drag it to the timeline.To set an In Point, first click on the image in the Source window, then play the clip until you reach the moment you want to start the clip in the timeline, then press the i key. To set an Out Point, use the o key.
Once you’ve set in and out points, click and hold the image in the Source window and drag it to the timeline where you want it to begin playing. Using this process, you can begin to “stack” clips successively in the order you want them to play. Notice that if you drag a new clip close to the beginning or end of an existing clip, Premiere will “snap” the new clip so that its beginning or end is aligned with that of the previous clip.
You can test your edits by clicking the play button in the Program window. Alternately, you can use the J, K, and L keys to rewind, stop, and play/fast forward respectively. Just make sure that the window you want to play is the active window. The active window has an orange border, and you can use your mouse to click and select a different active window.
Another additional editing tool is the Razor tool, which you can use to "slice" a clip into two different clips. It is located on the sidebar in the lower left part of the interface.
Working With Audio Levels
Dialogue and music are usually mixed to average -12dB with occasional peaks at -6dB. Once you’ve adjusted the levels in your project to this rough standard, all other audio effects can be mixed to taste. You can monitor these levels using the meters to the right of the Timeline window. Audio levels are most easily adjusted by right clicking on the target audio clip, then selecting Audio Gain... from the resulting contextual menu. You can then use the number keys or the mouse to raise or lower the relative dB or the clip. Then click OK.
Adding Transitions
Transitions are added by navigating to the Effects tab. Next, click the small triangle next to Video Transitions to view its contents. You can continue expanding the lists in this way until you find the transition you’re looking for. Then drag and release the transition over an edit point between two clips (or in the case of a Fade In / Out, over the beginning or end of a clip).
Adding Titles
Navigate to the Title menu and select New Title, then Default Still (typically). Give the title a name and click OK; the Titler screen will appear. When you’re finished creating your title, close the window by clicking the X in the upper right hand corner. The newly-created title will appear as a clip in the Project window. Double-clicking the title will re-open it in Titler, while dragging it to the Source window or the Timeline will allow you to edit the title into your project.
Working with Still Images and Keyframes
The following website is a good walk through on how to add cinematic movement to still images:
http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/premiere/pro/keyframes/