How to put character in overlay and directing?

[Miss_Flora]

Hi.
I’m starting to write story in episode.
This is will be my first story.
I get difficult to put character in overlay.
Example
EXT. OUTDOOR RESTAURANT OL - NIGHT
@Character MOVES TO LAYER 1 (TABLE_FANCY)

Can anyone advise me how to do it?
Thanks

[Mia_Sofia]

If it’s a background overlay make sure that you state it at the start e.g.

EXT. OUTDOOR RESTAURANT OL - NIGHT with TABLE_FANCY at layer x (e.g 1,0 etc.)

In case you want the character to be behind that overlay you’ll have to move the character to layer -1 assuming that the overlay is on layer 0.

In order to move characters to different layers use:

@CHARACTER moves to layer x

I hope that helps

[Jullie]

EXT. OUTDOOR RESTAURANT OL - NIGHT with TABLE_FANCY at layer 0
@zoom reset
@overlay TABLE_FANCY create
@overlay TABLE_FANCY opacity 1

If you want the character behind/sitting on the table:
@CHARACTER stands position AND CHARACTER moves to layer -1 AND CHARACTER is animation

If you want the character in front of the table:
@CHARACTER stands position AND CHARACTER moves to layer 1 AND CHARACTER is animation

[Miss_Flora]

Thanks for the advise.
How to put sound and zoom?

[AMagic]

Maybe you should learn the basics before writing.

Zooming

music music name here

sound sound name here

Example
music juvie_tenderness
sound door_close

[Miss_Flora]

Okay, thanks so much for your advice.

[Mia_Sofia]

In order to use music add it before the zoom e.g. :

sound/music name of the track
@zoom on …

or use zoom before the sound e.g. :

&zoom on…
sound/music name of the track

Use “music” when you want the sound to be played repeatedly, or “sound” if you want it to be played once. If you want the music to be turned off use the command “music off”.

Hope that helps