How can I overlap two clips in final cut

I am shooting a music video and I want the actor to appear in two spots in the same shot. I shot some test footage today and I set the camera in one spot for both shots. Shot 1 I told him to stand on the right side of the frame for awhile, cut it and then took another shot with him on the left side of the frame. How can I now overlap the two clips in final cut so that i see him on both the right and left sides of the frame at the same time. Thank you so much in advance!!!!

I apologize if I didn't originally understand your question. It sounded like you had recorded two scenes with the same camera set in the same place for each scene; one scene with the talent on the left and the other scene with the talent on the right. And now you wanted to show both shots at the same time so that the talent will be seen on both sides of the screen. To do that, follow my original instructions above.
But if I did misunderstand, please rephrase what it is you're trying to do.
Thanks,
-DH

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