Adding a video track to a quicktime movie

how do i load a quicktime movie and then add an additional quicktime movie as an addtional video track on top of it ?

This should give you the general idea.
set Mov1 to (choose file with prompt "Choose Base Movie")
set Mov2 to (choose file with prompt "Choose Movie to Insert")
tell application "QuickTime Player"
open Mov2
tell movie 1
set the dimensions of track "Video Track" to {100, 80}
select all
copy
end tell
close movie 1 saving no
open Mov1
tell movie 1
add
set the position of track "Video Track 2" to {20, 20}
delete track "Sound Track 2"
select none
rewind
end tell

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