Yes! Background work is paid.
Pay rates are always included in our booking emails and casting notices. Depending on the project (and their budget) you could make anywhere between $130 - $200+ a day.
Typically, extras'/background actors' rates will be listed in a format such as: $130/8.
- $130 is the total amount that an extra/background actor will receive for a filming day.
- 8 is the number of hours considered to be a standard workday for an extra/background actor.
Therefore $130/8 means that for 8 hours of work, a background actor (BG) will get paid $130. If the workday exceeds 8 hours, overtime is applied at time + half. If the workday is shorter than 8 hours, BG still get paid the full day rate.
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