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Productions have grown used to the wait. Timecards get approved, data is sent off, and Accounting teams pause for a day or more before edits arrive so payroll can begin to process. It's an industry standard that feels normal, but it doesn't have to be.

Processing payroll for background actors has always been an unnecessarily tedious task for productions. Data handoffs and constant back and forth with payroll processors meant errors and delays were part of the routine, until now.

For decades, managing background actors on set relied on paper vouchers that were manually filled and had to be signed and checked by Assistant Directors (ADs) and their teams. But with new health and safety protocols following the COVID-19 pandemic, all that was about to change.