What are the requirements for being an extra in Hengdian? Can ordinary people do it?

The recruitment conditions for extra actors are that male actors are required to be above 160 centimeters, and female actors are required to be above 155 centimeters, have a high school education or above, and must be over 18 years old.

Go to the local police station in Hengdian to apply for a temporary residence permit. Only with the temporary residence permit can you apply for an actor's permit. Then take the obtained temporary residence permit and two one-inch photos to the Hengdian Massacre in the Hengdian Film and Television Industry Experimental Zone (opposite to the Huaxia Cultural Park) The Actors Guild will handle it. The Extras Guild will help you enter your information into the computer. When the crew needs extras, the Guild will contact you via text message.

Data from the 2013 "Survey on the Current Situation of Chinese Extras and Research on Countermeasures" shows that 90% of extras nationwide have a high school education or below, of which 82% have a junior high school education or below, and many are young The extras came out to work before they graduated.

You can almost see prompts like this in many recruitment notices: Recruiting extras, no age, education, household registration restrictions, no experience required, bring your luggage and come directly to the film and television base, as long as you have a strong desire to perform That’s it.

The "three noes" recruitment requirements, coupled with the free and enviable working style, make the extras industry attract many young people. However, the market for extras is not standardized, and the current situation of being exploited and having difficulty safeguarding their rights is shocking.

Many industry insiders and experts believe that in order to protect the interests of extras, an association-type extras organization can be established to play a role similar to an employment agency.

In this way, the transaction costs between the crew and the extras can be reduced, and the extras can be included in the guild, and the legitimate rights and interests of the extras can be protected through the power of the organization. We now hope that more film and television institutions and film and television management departments will strictly control and pay attention. There are many horses among the many extras.

Extended information

Salary income of extras:

Many people in Hengdian signed contracts with the Actors Guild, which is responsible for recruiting people for the crew and settling accounts. , and then settle the salary every month based on the actor's "performance amount". The Actors Guild protects the interests of extras to a certain extent, but the living environment of extras themselves is still quite bitter.

A former extra actor in "Palace" said: "Now that the film and television industry is booming, actors in movies and TV series are taking advantage of the situation, and their salaries are constantly rising. But another contrast is that the wages of extra actors rarely change. Even if he plays the role of a Japanese soldier and dies eight times a day, he may only be able to earn a basic salary as an ordinary actor, plus a red envelope of less than 100 yuan, and the income is still quite pitiful.”

The reporter learned that it has been. Mr. Zhou, who has been working hard in Hengdian for half a year, has played the role of passer-by in many film and television dramas. Last month, he became a follow-up actor to solve the problem of food and clothing. "Being a follow-up actor can earn a monthly salary of about 3,000 yuan, and the crew will solve the food and clothing problem collectively." Accommodation is a problem, but you have to be on call. This income is lower than that of a waiter."

A small number of people can become "special extras", and this level is: 800 to 2,000 per day. The yuan doesn’t vary, there are a lot of lines, the Mandarin and the image are better, and the working hours are determined according to the role. However, even if you become a "special actor", there are still only a few people who can earn more than 100,000 a year.

Reference: Extras-Baidu Encyclopedia