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		<title>Pay Non-Union Extras More and we&#8217;ll act accordingly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny, every time you&#8217;re on set you&#8217;re told to do this and do that and follow instruction. It&#8217;s not complicated and I&#8217;ve never insinuated that it is, but the issue arises when you look at what we get paid. Extra work is not secure, and there are no raises. In the five years that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebackgroundperformers.com/blog/2010/08/25/pay-non-union-extras-more-and-well-act-accordingly/</link>
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		<title>That Infamous Casting Director</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So today I&#8217;m working for that infamous casting director. This guy happens to be the one that all extras fear, the one that requires that you show up extra early (if you&#8217;ll excuse the pun), not be paid, bring more than anyone else and inevitably only be there for a short four hour call. Now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebackgroundperformers.com/blog/2010/07/29/that-infamous-casting-director/</link>
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		<title>The Acting Credit-Money Myth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one thing that background performers continually talk about, it&#8217;s credits. Nope, not the plastic cards with fantasy money that you can swipe at will and sign your future life away to, the credit for being recognized as relevant to something on camera. The Acting Credit-Money Myth Every extra is guilty of talking about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebackgroundperformers.com/blog/2010/04/22/the-acting-credit-money-myth/</link>
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		<title>Bitterness towards agents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, being an extra sometimes is fantastic. Sometimes I&#8217;m in love with being able to be on movie sets and TV shows; the prestige of seeing the $250,000 cameras and hearing the 1st AD yell &#8220;Background!&#8221; before the Director calls &#8220;Action!&#8221; But sometimes it&#8217;s extremely frustrating, and who do we blame? Well of course we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebackgroundperformers.com/blog/2010/04/07/bitterness-towards-agents/</link>
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		<title>Union vs Non-Union Background Performers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those that don't know, almost every aspect of the major film industry is unionized. The transport workers (truck/van drivers), the hair and make up, actors, director, crew... Even the extras (the better paid, better treated background performers).]]></description>
		<link>http://thebackgroundperformers.com/blog/2010/04/02/union-vs-non-union-background-performers/</link>
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		<title>Untitled Comedy filming in Vancouver with Seth Rogen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Untitled Comedy filming in Vancouver with Seth Rogen and the guy from 500 Days of Summer/3rd Rock From The Sun So we gathered for another day of fun, and proof that movies really have a ton of money to spend on short scenes. As background, nearly 70 of us, we waited in a warm tent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebackgroundperformers.com/blog/2010/03/30/untitled-comedy-filming-in-vancouver-with-seth-rogen/</link>
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		<title>Another Day on Set &#8211; 30 Days of Night 2 (Dark Days)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Day on Set &#8211; 30 Days of Night 2 (Dark Days) Life as an extra can be fun, amusing, thrilling etc. Especially when there&#8217;s a little variety involved. Last week, I had the privilege of being a non-union extra on 30 Days of Night 2. Unlike most sets, there was a clear separation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebackgroundperformers.com/blog/2009/11/02/another-day-on-set-30-days-of-night-2-dark-days/</link>
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