it is fine to start out, but you want to make the top a bit more loose. When I root long cuttings such as yours, I do similar to this for the upper portion, I make very small holes (pen tip size) for some breathing, so no mold , and tie the upper portion in a bag, just below the set of branches with rubber band or twist tie.
Treat the bottom as a regular cutting, score it, treat with hormone, wrap in loose moist moss, and wrap newspaper over to secure the moss in place, use another plastic bag for the bottom portion and put the entire thing inside of a black garbage bag and upside down near a heat source (my furnace venting) every other day you check for moisture on the upper branches, if newspaper dries up, give a sprinkle of water, but not too much. put it upside down. recheck every 3 days. Branches like this tend to dry out quicker, so you need to really monitor the mold possibility, if you smell any, remove the upper cover, rinse and shake excess water, air out, and start all over with fresh paper- without messing with the lower portion.. hope that helps.