How to crop a video clip for subsequent animation

I have several video clips that I'd like to crop (either with Motion or FCE 3.5) and then animate using Motion, but I'm not sure how to approach the problem.
Specifically, the clips in question are interviews, and my intent is to crop out extra background from them, then have them rotate into view one by one, along with animated pull-quote text, to produce a flowing narrative. I don't want the full-sized clips to be animated--just the relevant head-centered portions.
I'm a quick learner, so I don't necessarily need a step-by-step solution, but any tips to get me started would be appreciated.
Thanks!

There are several ways you could do this
-Crop the media (Set the cropping for the source clip, available in the media tab and Inspector.)
-Crop the layer (crop each instance of the clip in the project. Found in the layer properties).
-Apply a layer mask
-Apply a matte layer.
If you only need to set the cropping once, I'd recommend the first option. When you crop the media the center point is always maintained based on the cropping. If you crop using any of the other methods you may have to adjust the anchor point (center) of the layer.

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