Layer problems with teacher's desk

[SarahLiz]

So, I’ve got a bit of a problem I can’t seem to figure out.
I am struggling a bit with it and maybe it’s not me and maybe it is.

Let me explain a bit what I’m talking about:

Currently, I’m using background: INT. CLASSROOM BLACKBOARD - DAY
I’ve placed the teacher behind the desk like so:

@PROFESSOR spot 1.280 176 37

So no specific layering is done here, but he is standing behind the desk anyway.
I’m fine with that, but now comes my struggle.

I got a character walking in the scene from the left side, and I want her to be standing in at the opposite side of the desk. Now she’s standing next to her teacher instead of in front of him. Like so;

@LEAH BRAXTON enters from left to screen left AND LEAH BRAXTON is walk_scared

I’ve tried a couple of things to get her on the other side of that desk, because I wanted her to run off screen later on and it just looks weird now (she’s running between the teacher and desk).

What I did try for instance was:

playing with the layers (moving to layer 5, moving to layer 20, moving to layer -5, moving to later -20 etc), none of them seem to work. Not that they give an error or anything, but she is still standing next to the teacher.

So now I’m wondering if it’s even possible to get what I want?

This is how she’s running off screen right now:
@LEAH BRAXTON exits right AND LEAH BRAXTON does it while run_athletic_offset

I hope it makes any sense of what I’m trying to say, but it’s really frustrating if something you try doesn’t work the way you want it to. If there is a solution for this problem, I would be happy, if not… I guess I’ve to live with it.

Thanks for helping/trying to help me out!

[kw.episode]

What layer is the desk set at and what layer is the professor at?

[SarahLiz]

The desk is not an overlay if that’s what you mean. This is currently my script:

INT. CLASSROOM BLACKBOARD - DAY

@PROFESSOR spot 1.280 176 37

@LEAH BRAXTON enters from left to screen left AND LEAH BRAXTON is walk_scared AND LEAH BRAXTON moves to layer 5

Yet, she’s still standing on the same spot as before ‘she moves to layer 5’

[kw.episode]

Oh, I see. You mean the podium, I was thinking a literal desk for some reason. You have to use overlays w/ backgrounds that already have them, because it’ll automatically put every character behind them (generally). The podium is available for everyone in the overlay catalogue.

INT. CLASSROOM BLACKBOARD - DAY with PODIUM at layer 0
@PROFESSOR spot 1.280 176 37 and PROFESSOR moves to layer -1
@LEAH BRAXTON enters from left to screen left AND LEAH BRAXTON is walk_scared AND LEAH BRAXTON moves to layer 5