What is the process of going to Beijing Film and Television City to be an extra?

1. Will these film and television bases in Beijing recruit actors?

The answer is this: no.

2. Some people may ask why? So where do so many actors who film in film and television bases every day come from?

The answer is this:

To put it simply, the film and television base mainly serves the filming crew, providing various filming crews with: hotels, scene shooting and other services, and providing various types of filming crews. Supporting services for filming, such as providing rental business information on various types of film and television equipment, props, costumes, vehicles, horses, etc.

The profit model of the film and television base:

(1) Venue rental, shooting equipment rental and supporting related services.

(2) Film and television bases drive tourism services.

Most of the film and television bases in Beijing basically only serve the filming crew, and the service targets are the crew.

So no film and television base will issue any information about recruiting actors or crew members.

3. Where did the actors used for the filming at the Beijing Film and Television Base come from?

The answer is this: Probably most people in the actor industry know that the people who worked in Beijing back then were the Beijing Film Studio, but now there are basically no crews there to recruit people, and there are basically no film crews there to recruit people. No one goes there every day to perform. The main reason is that when it was at Beijing Film Studio, it has moved to Huairou Film and Television Base.

The current "National China Film Digital Production Base" is a joint venture built by Beijing Film Studio. Then, the squatting scene at the entrance of the Beijing Film Studio was no longer applicable in Huairou. Coupled with the advent of modern network technology, the crew recruitment model has also changed. Basically, actors are controlled through the Internet, and there is no need to go to designated places to recruit people every day.

4. Where do Beijing actors currently receive drama announcements from the crew?

Because there are crews who need to hire people and actors who need to take on roles, this link must be solved by the film and television base.

(1) Actors’ associations have been established in some film and television bases in Beijing, specifically responsible for connecting crews and actors. However, most actors’ associations are established voluntarily by actors. At the same time, due to irregularities, many scammer organizations have appeared around film and television bases specifically to recruit actors and other crew-related personnel. Especially in Huairou, there will be some farmhouses dedicated to "captive" extras around the film and television base.

(2) Some formal organizations that connect crews and actors, such as some film association studios, have emerged.

There are now many film and television actor manpower studios in the Beijing film and television circle. These studios specialize in the organization of film and television actor manpower. These studios generally provide actors and help the crew prepare actors. They will have a large number of actor resources within the circle. Because the Internet is now developed, studios will establish their own actor resource systems through the Internet. If they receive an employment order from the crew, they will notify it within their own actor circle and let the actors sign up for the play. .

(3) Usually when the crew is preparing to set up, the protagonist and main role actors are appointed by the director team themselves, and the remaining small and medium-sized role actors, special guests, follow-up actors, and extras will be packaged directly to the circle The Film and Television Actors Studio helps find people. Generally, such studios will provide professional assistant directors, group leaders, actor managers, etc. to the crew.

(4) If the crew uses actors for filming, these assistant directors will be arranged to recruit people, so the crew does not need to go to a certain place every day to recruit people. The assistant director or group leader will use the accumulated actor resources in the circle to notify the actors and let the actors take over the scenes. At present, most actors in Beijing accept roles this way. If you want to take roles, it is best to have some contacts who specialize in group leaders and assistant directors. Especially on their WeChat and actor announcement groups in their circle, the employer will first post in their circle of friends or announcement group.

From what we have learned so far, only Hengdian Film and Television City in China has specialized human resources such as extras, special actors, martial arts actors, and experienced technicians, field workers, and handymen for various crews. There are no film and television cities or film and television bases specifically recruiting actors.

About the process of becoming an extra in Beijing Film and Television City.

1. When using extras, the crew will find local group leaders or actors' agents, or arrange for assistant directors to find them.

2. The group leader sends an announcement in the circle to find extras. After seeing the announcement, the extras sign up to take the role according to their own conditions.

3. Find the extras and bring them to the crew to film in the film and television studio.

4. After shooting, everyone goes home. The extras then use their own channels and connections to find other group leaders to take over the role.

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

First, they are led by relatives and friends, and generally strangers without purpose will lead them. With you. If you see someone on the Internet 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".

Second, you have channels and channels that can receive job announcements (such as actor notification groups in the industry, or the WeChat accounts of team leaders, managers, and assistant directors, employment announcements posted in their Moments, etc.). The vast majority of actors apply for roles through WeChat and submit materials. )

Third, 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 providing filming notice information services.

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