Rigging issues

I get done with all the rigging of a puppet and put him in one of your existing backgrounds.  I add a few different camera shots and use some different hand movements and then the hand movements stop working and i go back to the rig set up and the rigging is all in the wrong position.   Why is this happening?

Plus I'm still having trouble with live key frames and camera setups vs triggerable camera setups.  I can't seem to get the live shots to work.