In need of an applescript solution

Question

Problem 1: I am in need of an Applescript or Automator workflow that can select multiple files and will zip each of the files separately into separate zip files. So I can select multiple files but each file is zipped into a separate archive.
BUT I also need a single file to be copied to all archives created.
For example: If I select movie1.mp4, movie2.mp4, movie3.mp4 I need them to be all archived individually with a copy of an existing text file.
If that is not possible directly then I would just need the following problem to be solved:
Problem 2: I would like to select a batch of files and have them all placed into their own folder. So, if I select 74 movie files each separate file will be individually placed in their own newly created individual folders that have the same name as the original file.

Answer 1

Use a script such as:
tell application "Finder"
repeat with this_file in (get files of window 1)
make new folder at window 1 with properties {name:items 1 thru -5 of (get name of this_file) as string}
move this_file to the result
end repeat
end tell
when the 74 movies and no other files are in the frontmost Finder window. If the files aren't showing their extension, replace -5 with -1.
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