THank you for replying!
If possible, I would like the background to be transparent, or as dim as possible to be able to see scenes. This is at the start of the game when the player selects "new Game", so they get a narration. He'll have the option of skipping straight to the action it in the menu screen, so I don't want the player to be able to skip it once the narration has begun. I would like to have music playing, and if possible a scene developing in the background (events moving, etc, through the usual event system). Is that possible?