Oh! I got it to work! I’m not positive but there might have been a missing file within my Premiere project that was linked to AE. Maybe y’all can look at my workflow to see if there’s a better way I can do this so I don’t have any more problems like this in the future.
I created my asset folders (001_video, 002_audio, etc.), created my Premiere folder (003_premiere), I started my project in premiere and dragged the timeline to After Effects (004_aftereffects) so I can add animations. I’ve never had a problem doing it this way in the past but now I’m questioning if this is the best way to do this.
Thank you again for your help, Roei!