How to become an extra, the process.

1. To be an extra actor, you must be 18 years old+an adult, and you have the basic ability and conditions to be a walk-on extra actor.

There are also height requirements: male height 165+ and female height 160+, which makes it easier to get the group performance notice every day.

2, extras are freelance, you have to rely on yourself, no matter where you are an extras, you need to be able to solve the problem of food and shelter.

At present, the main places in China where you can be a walk-on actor are Beijing and Hengdian.

When you arrive in Beijing or Hengdian, the first thing to do is to rent a house.

For example, in Hengdian, if you want to go to the local area, you must rent a house first, then apply for an actor's license, and then you can join the actors' guild in Hengdian Film and Television City, and then enter the actors' notice group of the guild, so that you can dig up the daily information notice of the photographer. In other words, if you rent a house and are stable, you can go to the city to squat and play.

3, walk-on As an extra actor, you must have channels to take over the show.

(1) For example, Hengdian only needs to join the Studio City Guild and become a trade union member, so you can use the platform channel resources of the Guild to find the most dramas.

(2) If you are in Beijing, you mainly rely on your own channels and personal connections, and dig out the announcements of casting studios or group leaders, actors' agents and professional deputy directors in the circle every day, and then strive for opportunities according to your own conditions. Group performance is mainly to announce the actors in the circle. Every day, they receive notices from casting studios, group leaders, actors' agents and professional deputy directors. Anyway, there must be some channels and resources to take the show.