is this legit?? for extras in movies?
MOVIE EXTRAS NEEDED – No Experience Required – Make up to $300/DAY!
posted: November 4, 2009, 09:17 AM
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Looking for everyday people to be in featured films, commercials and TV shows as background actors with speaking and non-speaking roles. No experience is necessary and you can make up to $300 a day standing or sitting behind the main actors in films, commercials and TV shows. No experience required. Flexible Hours, Various Shifts, Entry Level.
Contact casting manager: 1-800-340-8404 Ext 1503
JOB DESCRIPTION:
We are casting movie extras for such top TV shows as Prison Break, Lost, Army Wives, Monk, etc.
MOVIE EXTRAS (background players) are the actors in the background who make scenes look realistic and alive. There is a constant need to fill the background of movies, TV shows, TV commercials, music videos, sitcoms and reality shows. Movie Extras get paid up to $250 a day for filling these spaces, standing around, or moving around behind the actors.
Because most Extras are not required to speak, they absolutely don’t need any experience in the entertainment business. There are also no physical requirements – movie makers need individuals of all shapes and sizes to represent groups of real people.
Contact casting manager: 1-800-340-8404 Ext 1503
JOB OPPORTUNITIES:
• The opportunities we offer make it ideal place for students, retirees, teachers, nurses, medical assistant, sales reps, sales managers, drivers, bartender, waiters, receptionists, marketing, finance, project and human resource managers, people who work in call centers, customer service, hotels, restaurants, bars, cafe, offices, in the industries of telecommunications, networks, health care, accounting, finance, advertising, airline, aviation, architecture, building, art, photography, journalism, automotive, banking, broadcasting, radio, TV, construction, consulting, consumer products, education, teaching, electronics, recruiting, stuffing, entertainment, fitness, fashion, food, homebuilding, hospitality, hotel, resort, insurance, newspaper, merchandising, sales, marketing, retail, travel, recreation, publishing, public relations, training, transportation.
• We are looking for people from all backgrounds, so even if you have no experience in the entertainment industry and have only worked as an administrative assistant, manager, animal trainer, designer, waiter/waitress or a fitness coach, we’d love to hear from you!
• TV shows and reality shows are constantly looking for new talent to play roles such as a receptionist, bartender, restaurant staff, hospital administrator and retail clerk. On shows like ER or NYPD Blue, where you see doctors, bartenders, nurses, contruction, administrative assistant types, clerical, engineers, clerks, police personnel or any workers in the backgrounds of the hospital or police station (they barely ever talk) are extras. Our service will help you get your start in a career in movies, TV and commercials.
• We are looking for people from all backgrounds, so even if you have no experience in the entertainment industry and have only worked as an administrative assistant, manager, animal trainer, designer, waiter/waitress or a fitness coach, we’d love to hear from you!
• If you participate in sports, coaching, training, military , health care and fitness… Don’t miss your chance to be a movie extra or get paid to promote sport events, fast food, drug stores, transportation or new products in retail, travel and military industries.
• Ton of successful people in entertainment are former painters, designers, editorial assistants, writers, designers, real estate agents, nurses, computer salespeople, waiters and supermarket employees that decided to take it to the next level and follow their dream! Before they were famous they were just like you and me working in marketing, clerical, editorial and manufacturing fields! Now they are on shows like 24, Bones, CSI, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, M.D., Lost, Prison Break, The Office and Ugly Betty.
BENEFITS:
• No experience or education needed
• Work flexible hours FT or PT
• Competitive pay
• Can be done in small and large cities
• Opportunity to learn more about acting or modeling
Don’t wait and call now 1-800-340-8404 Ext 1503.
Status: Full-time, Part-time, Temp/Contract, Internship
Shift: Days, Nights and Weekends
• Location: Columbia/Jeff City, Joplin, SE Missouri, Springfield, St. Louis
I have been in about 10 MOVIES and any number of TV programs AS AM EXTRA and I have been lucky to even get a cold hot dog and a warm coke.. let alone $300. Even when I was in the first two Pirates of the CAribbean movies, what little I made barely covered my expenses to sail my boat up to the Bahamas from Antigua.
If they ASK YOU FOR MONEY UP FRONT.. then IT’S A SCAM because NO TEMP AGENCY GET’S PAID BY YOU.. they may charge the production company.. but THEY DON’T CHARGE YOU ANYTHING.


If they ask you to pay them any money, as a fee or for you to have photographs of yourself taken, it’s a scam.
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My guess is no. I have been in the business for several years. The fact that the numbers are 800 numbers–red flag number 1. And the idea of an extra being paid up to $300/day!? If this is a legit casting-call…at least know that the pay is not at all realistic.
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It might be. Most of the extra work is in Los Angeles, but every once in a while they look for them in other cities. Go ahead and call for more information. You should be able to determine pretty quickly if it is legit or not. Just remember to NEVER give anyone any money. If it is legit, they will pay you and not the other way around. A legit talent agent will never ask for money from you up front.
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I have been in about 10 MOVIES and any number of TV programs AS AM EXTRA and I have been lucky to even get a cold hot dog and a warm coke.. let alone $300. Even when I was in the first two Pirates of the CAribbean movies, what little I made barely covered my expenses to sail my boat up to the Bahamas from Antigua.
If they ASK YOU FOR MONEY UP FRONT.. then IT’S A SCAM because NO TEMP AGENCY GET’S PAID BY YOU.. they may charge the production company.. but THEY DON’T CHARGE YOU ANYTHING.
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