Or you can call their hotline at 800.807.4188 for questions regarding the changes in Background Actors eligibility rules. If you would like to read more about the above information or to download the forms, go to and proceed to the Resources menu on the right side of the main page and click Background actors.
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A performer may also achieve points towards membership by participating in other designated activities that raise professional standards and support the basic aims of the Guild. The new system will provide two separate routes to Guild membership via background work: 1) Union (Covered) or 2) Non-union (Non-covered) work on SAG Signatory projects. The National Background Actors committee approved replacing the three-voucher eligibility rule with a new points-earned system. SAG just recently approved New Entrance Requirements for Background Performers. If you are looking to join the union, SAG offers some helpful information as wells as forms to assist you in becoming a background performer or extra. Now SAG (Screen Actors Guide) has launched a new section called Background Performers. They have a heading called Auditions.Īt one time, Movie, Film and TV Extras had their own union called SEG which is no longer. Hollywood Reporter and The Variety will have a section by the classified/Help Wanted area.
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Here are some helpful tips of finding a job and becoming a movie extra:ġ) Many web sites will inform you of open auditions, but here are a few examples from my book with direct links to the sites:īoth are Entertainment career sites for finding a job as an extra or actor:Ģ) I would also suggest looking at Trade Journals. Movie extra work is not that hard to get but not a walk in the park either. Then they must abide by the SAG agreement. Paid movie extra's salaries can range from $7 an hour for an Audience job to $50+ a day on a non-union film to what ever the employer wants to pay unless it is a union job. Movie Extras can work union or non-union. However, once they say a word, they become an "Actor".
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What is cool about ER, NYPD Blue, or any other gig is that they are re-occurring TV extras and this is a great job plus they are in the union. On shows like ER or NYPD Blue, where you see Doctors, Nurses, Police personnel or any workers in the backgrounds of the hospital or police station (Again they never talk) are extras. They are the background crowds at a game, dance, shopping mall, or a restaurant. Jobs for tv or movie extras range across the board but they are usually in the background and occasionally they can be in the foreground. The best definition of what a movie extra does or better yet, does not do is, say lines. What does an extra in a movie, Film or TV do? How to become a movie extra or TV extra I.
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