I want to be an extra, what should I do?

1. Basic understanding of extras.

1. Extras are freelancers. No company will provide you with a full-time position, and there is no so-called company that recruits extras full-time. All the film and television companies online that recruit extras are all lies. Actors are temporary actors and generally do not have labor contracts.

2. The director will not directly select and recruit extras, nor will he pay attention to the quality of the extras' talents. Extras generally have no lines and no independent shots. Extras are usually recruited by the group leader or the assistant director.

3. If you do not continue to study as a group actor, you will be considered an experienced group actor after one year of acting as a group actor, and you will be considered an experienced group actor after ten years of acting as a group actor, but you can still only be an experienced group actor. Extras.

4. Extras generally have to solve the problem of food and accommodation by themselves. There is no such thing as recruitment with food and accommodation included. At the same time, they need to find and receive notices for the plays every day.

5. Newcomers often misunderstand extras:

Misunderstanding (1): Thinking that there are special film and television media companies recruiting extras.

Misunderstanding (2): Thinking that if you find a certain crew, you can stay with the crew as an extra for a long time.

Misunderstanding (3): Thinking that being an extra means you can directly recommend yourself to the director.

Misunderstanding (4): I think that extras can have lines and show their faces and can show off their acting skills.

Misunderstanding (5): I think that if I apply for an extra job, I can work for a long time and have food and accommodation included.

Extras are not directly employed by an employer, but form a loose cooperative relationship with each crew and are not subject to the management of the crew, which means they do not have the typical characteristics of labor relations. . Extras do not have labor contracts. To put it bluntly, they are individual workers without an employer. They have no stable source of salary income, no social insurance, housing provident fund, or other social security. Extras are not contract actors, which is better for actors who want to be part-time actors and have time!

2. Regarding the conditions and wages required to be an extra.

1. What are extras?

Extras, or extras, commonly known in Hong Kong as: Qie Ling Fei, Lin Ji or Passerby A, refer to actors who play idle roles such as peddlers, diners in restaurants, and passers-by. Because their nature is similar to that of walk-on actors in traditional opera, they are sometimes called walk-on actors. In movies, stage or TV shows, these actors are usually hired on a short-term contract basis and are called "extras". In Hong Kong, they are commonly known as "Lin Ji", a temporary recording actor.

2. What conditions do extras need to have?

(1): Basic personal conditions of extras.

The so-called actor's own conditions basically refer to: personal image, educational background, professional performance level, and personal masterpieces of film and television works, etc. Actors mainly rely on their own qualifications to submit resumes and sign up to win opportunities. Any crew employer will never hire people out of thin air. There are thresholds and requirements for any actor.

Actors are divided into different levels when accepting roles, from big to small: protagonists, supporting roles, small and medium roles, large and small specials, group specials, and extras. The requirements for actors of each level to accept roles are different.

Being an extra requires your own qualifications: Usually, any normal person can be an extra. Generally, extras do not require acting skills, but there is no threshold at all. There are more ways to play, and it is easier to take on the role. Announcement, there are certain requirements for your own image and height. Men should be at least 165cm+ tall, and women should be at least 160cm+ tall. A good image will make it easier to get cast and prospect roles. This is also the value of good looks.

(2) Classification and employment requirements of extras.

Extras can be divided into: extras who do not follow the group and extras who follow the group.

Group actors: Usually the requirement is to have experience in running a group, and at least be a qualified actor or above. Generally speaking, when the crew is looking for this type of actor, they give priority to professional academies. Students who have graduated from the school are highly professional and know how to act. They can play various small roles in the crew! The length of time to follow the group depends on the needs of the plot. It can be as short as three to five days, half a month, or as long as one or two months, or three or four months. Some contracts are signed, and some are not! One of the main reasons for the extras to accompany the crew is that the crew has to shoot in other places, and it is difficult to find extras in the shooting location, so they bring some extras to accompany the crew! If you get a role with your team, you don't have to look for a role every day.

Extras who are not with the group: You need to find channels and channels every day to find roles, and then accept the scenes. Usually more than 90% of the extras are not in the group.

Generally speaking, places like Beijing and Hengdian have special film and television cities with a large number of actors, so they will not recruit extras for local filming. Where do the crews need extras? Just go directly to the local group leaders to ask for people. You won’t spend money to support a group of people. And it’s so expensive to stay in a hotel in Beijing. The crew won’t spend money to support extras. There are various online recruitment websites. The recruitment and assembly of extras in Beijing are basically fake.

(3) The salary issue of extras in Beijing.

If you are working with a group of extras, the short-term payment will be paid after the filming, and the long-term payment will be paid monthly. The usual market price is 3000-4500 yuan per month. If you are not with a group of actors, you usually borrow money on the same day after filming, which is basically settled on a daily basis. The market fee is 90-120 yuan/day

3. How to find and accept roles as an extra in Beijing.

1. How does the crew find extras.

The crew’s demand for extras is usually raised at the filming location. If the crew needs extras for filming, they will find people from some local film and television actor manpower studios or local group leaders. For example, in Beijing or Hengdian, there are local group leaders or studios to help find extras.

Usually, the assistant actor director will explain to the group leader or studio leader the basic requirements for group performances, number of people, age, characteristics, etc. After the group leader or team leader gets the order, he or she should select suitable candidates from his own network of resources. The first basic condition is that he can manage himself. If you don't obey the management and dare to quarrel with the group leader, you will be punished next time. Goodbye, you will be blocked from the door of art. Therefore, group performers are generally very obedient to management, and this is the first level of control.

The responsible group leader will give an overview of the day's play to the group performers, so that the group performers will know what to expect. Before filming, the actor's assistant director will come over to check on the number of people, talk about the scene, and explain the crew's discipline.

2. Notice on how extras can report for a play.

The crew (assistant director) - the group leader - the extras. Generally speaking, the extras go to the group leader every day to make announcements about accepting roles. The information that extras need to prepare when signing up for announcements about accepting roles: personal photos, height and age.

Normally other information is not needed. Directors generally do not select extras directly. At the same time, they do not pay attention to the quality of extras. They are usually selected randomly as background figures, so even if you are talented, Well, no one can see it, and your other talents and resume can’t be pushed to the director’s side! Usually, all you can see on the set is the assistant director or executive director! Even if you meet the director, the director will not be idle to chat with you, or watch you recommend yourself! What's more, there are tens of millions of actors who have graduated from professional schools, so no director would care about you self-recommending an extra.

3. Regarding the place where extras in Beijing used to squat and wait for performances.

The most famous place in Beijing where you could work as an extra was the Beijing Film Studio. At that time, the gate of the film studio was the place where extras received their announcements. Every morning, the group leader or the crew would come. This used to attract people to film, but it no longer exists.

Now Beijing Film Studio has moved to Yangsong Town, Huairou District, Beijing. The name has also been changed! The name is "National China Film Digital Production Base (China Film for short)". The Beijing Film Studio base is gone. Beijing now has only two major film and television bases, one is the China Film Base and the other is the Bayi Base.

However, these two bases are not places where extras come to take part in scenes and receive announcements. Generally, recruiting people under the banner of these two bases is basically a lie, especially in Huairou, where scammers are concentrated, and many of them have no channels. Many people who come to Beijing to work as actors are deceived into being "captive" in Huairou.

Beijing currently does not have a special place for extras and other actors to perform, and there is no fixed place where the crew goes to recruit people, and there is no so-called crew preparation office. At the same time, the main channels and methods for extras to accept scenes have also changed.

4. Regarding how extra actors in Beijing currently find and take roles.

Currently, group acting, group specials, special contracts, and role actors in Beijing mainly rely on the following channels:

(1). They are led by relatives and friends, and generally there is no one but strangers without purpose. Will take you with me. If you see someone online or somewhere claiming to be an actor with you, this person usually has a certain purpose. Many people in this industry are deceived because they like to take advantage of others or trust some so-called "good Samaritans".

(2) You have channels and channels that can receive job announcements (such as actor announcement groups in the circle, or the WeChat accounts of team leaders, managers, and assistant directors, employment announcements posted in their Moments, Currently, the vast majority of actors in Beijing apply for roles through WeChat and submit information. )

(3) They have the channel and platform resources for accepting roles. For example, there are some platforms that are formally engaged in the manpower of film and television actors. There are many studios in Beijing that are formally engaged in the manpower of actors (some Film Associations or Actors Associations, etc.). They mainly connect with the film crews and obtain the employment lists for the film crews. Many of the film crews are recruited through There are some reliable film and television studios in the circle. These studios have specialized actor resources. They receive orders from crews and then send out announcements to find actors. Actors can use them to inform investment materials about accepting roles every day. If you are trying to find an actor in Beijing and don’t have access to channels for accepting roles, you can Find Little Bottle Human Resources Studio - Beijing, which specializes in providing actors and filming announcement information services.

4. Regarding the food and accommodation of extras in Beijing.

If you have the conditions and channels to take over roles, then you can come to Beijing to act as a part-timer, but when you come to Beijing, the first problem is food and accommodation. Because being an actor is a freelance career, being a free person means that you have to pay for your own food and accommodation. No matter where you work as an actor, be it Beijing or Hengdian, the first thing you do is rent a house.

For newcomers who want to become an actor in Beijing, it is best to prepare two or three months of food and accommodation expenses in advance!

First (1), real actors, even those veteran actors who have been working for decades, rent their own houses. Before you really get a certain crew, there is no so-called crew package. Recruitment with food and accommodation included. Even if you are with a group, you have to rent your own room, because the time for being with the group is not fixed, it can be a few days, it can be a month or two. After filming, you have to go home by yourself when you have nothing to do, and the group is staying in a hotel, so you also You can only bring some simple luggage. If the show is no longer with you, you will have to go home and find another crew to take over another show!

Second (second), this industry is not a fixed job. Whether you can get a role depends on your connections and connections! There is life today, but it may not be available tomorrow. It is definitely not normal in the early stage! The most basic food and accommodation are to rest on your laurels!

Third, the transportation fee for running every day, if you take the subway, it is often one or twenty yuan a day! The current lowest standard market price for group performances is 90-120 yuan/day! , and the cost of food and drink is at least 20-30 yuan/day. It is possible that the crew will provide a packed lunch, which would be better. Generally speaking, you have to pay all your living expenses by yourself, no one will provide food, accommodation and support for you!

5. Where is the way out for extras? Where is the future?

1. If extras want to have a career, they must be able to take on photogenic scenes and get in touch with directors.

If you want the director to contact you, you must at least be a qualified special agent or above. Generally, only the information of actors above the special contract level will be recommended by the assistant director and sent to the director. The director will only arrange auditions if they are suitable! Generally speaking, actors above the special contract level basically have a professional background, or have graduated from a professional school or have experienced certain training and have certain works. Regardless of whether the assistant director or director is looking at an actor's resume information, the first thing they want to see is the school they graduated from and their past films. No director will choose you just because of your looks or your ability to speak. Directors are also hired by producers to work. If you don't do well, you have to get out. Investing in making movies is not child's play, and they also hire professional actors to take the photos.

2. Where is the way out for extras?

(1) If you are still young and you have a dream to be an actor, and you have a good family background and are very talented, then your best way is to enter an art school. If If the conditions are favorable, it is best to get admitted to a good art school, such as Nortel, China Theater, Shanghai Theater, People's Liberation Army Art School, etc.

(2) You become a monk halfway and don’t even have access to the resources of an art school. You have neither studied professional performance nor have connections in an art school. You can only do a side job and start as a group performer. If you really want to go far and develop , it’s all about continuous learning and further training, usually starting from extras to special actors to special guests and gradually starting from roles. It’s easy to go from the masses to a group special, but to be a special guest from the group, you not only have to have participated in many works, but you also need to have a certain degree of professionalism and a good resume! Many newcomers have never even experienced group acting, so they want to join the group or recommend themselves to the director for a role, which is very unrealistic. On the surface, actors make a living by their appearance, but in fact, actors make a living by their acting skills and their works.

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