Make a background layer stay flat, and not subject to 3D movement

Can somebody please remind me how to do this:
I have some video clips moving in 3D space.
I want to take an animation and put it on the botton so the video clips are flying over it,
but I don't want the animation subject to the Camera moves...I want it to stay flat on the background.
I thought this involved putting the animation in it's own group on the bottom and keeping it 2D,
but that's not working for me.
Any input would be appreciated.

I'm not adding the animation in FCP because when I do that, it results in jitter on the background when exported to an XDCAM disc and playing off an XDCAM deck. I realize there is something wrong along my export path for that to happen, but it does when I add it in FCP.
So, I've been exporting the clips over black, then making a second motion project, and just dropping the animation in, and the composite motion clip over that. That works and results in no jitter when it taken into FCP and then exported to XDCAM disc and played back.
I'm trying to avoid two passes in MOTION. I'd like to add the animation into the composite of the images.
What's happening is that either the animation is also affected by camera moves instead of staying flat, or it doesn't show up at all when added to the window.
Can you remind me, specifically, where you would create a group for the animation and where it would be in the group order and anything else about it I should know.
Thanks for your response.

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