layers and animations

I dont know if this is possible, but it would be great to have. I've got a couple animations that go across the screen and so the footprint of the animation is pretty large. When I have any layers behind the animation I'm unable to do any interactions with them because of the animation footprint is still blocking it, even when the animation is off the page. Maybe it's not possible, but I thought I'd suggest it just in case. Or maybe there is a work around?

Thanks