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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.

Hiring and managing background actors has traditionally involved stacks of paper forms, frantic pre-call coordination, and last-minute data collection. With digital onboarding it’s all done before anyone even arrives on set.