Multiple masks help

Hi,
In motion i have a background set up and i want 3 pieces of video footage inset in the background, where i will use the camera to move around to view them.
My problem is, i can't create seperate masks on one layer and i can't merge the layers. Due to this, the masks are 'masking over' each other and therefore i can't have all 3 in use at the same time. How can i merge the mask layers or create 3 masks on one layer?
Thanks
Message was edited by: B33-J4Y

Thanks but still not entirely sure.
I'm assuming you are talking about the blending mode so if you are do you know what i should be setting them to?
The options are add, subtract, replace and intersect but i still can't get much better after playing around with different combination's with these. They either seem to have no effect or to make one of the masks work or the whole screen black.
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