Okay, so you had some warnings for your overlays, and I’m not sure exactly what you were trying to do since you never specified that. But I made them face the right way (assuming you want them both to be facing the person standing outside of the car). Other than that, It looks like it works to me, unless you were trying to do something else specific. Here’s what the script I just changed a bit and worked for me:
EXT. JULES HOUSE - DAY with CAR SIDE BROWN
@cut to zone 1
@ELIJAH moves to layer 4
@BRENDA moves to layer 1
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN OPACITY 1
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN shifts to -279 -37 in zone 1
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN scales to 1.000 1.000
@overlay CAR SIDE BROWN moves to layer (whatever the highest layer is – max layer isn’t a command)
&ELIJAH spot 0.997 108 -92
@ELIJAH faces right
@BRENDA spot 1.020 154 -92
@BRENDA faces right
@NAMEF spot 1.056 281 9 in zone 1
@NAMEF moves to layer 2
ELIJAH (talk_afraid)
[NAMEF]…
NAMEF (talk_sad)
ELIJAH, I’m so sorry!
ELIJAH (talk_sad_exhausted)
She’s taking me away.
BRENDA (talk_angry)
Not another word out of your mouth ELIJAH.
BRENDA (talk_pointup_pretentious)
You stay away from my boy! You’ve done enough damage.
NAMEF (talk_unsure)
(I was speechless. I moved my mouth but nothing came out.)
NARRATOR
ELIJAH was trying to roll down the window, but BRENDA had disabled his switch.
ELIJAH (talk_sad_timid_loop)
(I love you)
NARRATOR
ELIJAH mouthed the words, “I love you,” over and over, with longing in his eyes and profound loss on his face.
&overlay CAR SIDE BROWN shifts to 124 -274 in 3
&ELIJAH walks to spot 1.037 318 -305 in zone 2 in 3 AND ELIJAH is idle AND ELIJAH is cry_sniff_sad_loop
&BRENDA walks to spot 1.111 315 -342 in zone 2 in 3 AND BRENDA is idle
@NAMEF walks to spot 1.056 156 5 in zone 1 in 3 AND NAMEF is walk_sad_loop
NAMEF (idle_sad_serious_loop)
(The reality of the situation hit me like a ton of bricks.)
(Something deep inside me shattered.)
@NAMEF faces right
NAMEF (idle_sad_serious_loop)
(I could see ELIJAH looking through the back window at me.)
NAMEF (scream_angry)
(I started screaming his name, trying to hold onto him somehow.)
ELIJAH!
@pause for 2
NAMEF (scream_angry)
ELIJAH!
NARRATOR
As the car went out of view, I started crying and screamed some soul wrenching scream.
I screamed until I couldn’t breathe, but it did no good.
NAMEF (idle_sad_serious_loop)
He was gone.
maybe i should restart this scene from scratch?