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On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Paul Lewis and I'm Rodney Smith and we are
here to talk to you about how to become an extra for TV, movies, and commercials. Let's
talk a little further about stand-in work. Now also like extra work, if you are going
to be asked to wait around for long periods of time, it can be pretty grueling if you
are just standing in one spot while they are adjusting lights and camera and you can stand
around literally. What's the longest you had to stand around for as a stand-in? Oh boy,
I mean it varies. They can have you standing there for an hour some times. It doesn't always
really depend on the crew getting their lights together and they also have something to do
with the actors not being ready. The actor may not be there right away but you still
have to be there just in case that actor says, now I'm ready. Then you stand in that spot
where the actor stands in that spot where the stand-in was and they shoot the scene.
It is a slightly differently rate. You're not going to be paid the same rate as a regular
extra. You get a little bit more money for standing work so it is a slightly different
rate but it can be a lot of work.