I want to be an extra in a movie how do I get started (other than movieX)?

Question

I know about movieX but other than that what do I do?

Answer 1

It depends on where you live. If you're in Los Angeles go here:
http://www.centralcasting.org/LA/actors/registration.html
http://billdancecasting.com/
http://extrasaccess.com/
Central and Bill Dance charge a fee to join and yes that is normal for companies that hire extras. They are not 'agents' they are companies that do a service and that's that. ExtrasAccess is new to me. It's an offshoot of ActorsAccess which is more for people looking for principal work and even though I've never used it, I trust it because of the people it comes from. Getting started is free, I'm sure there's a fee along the way somewhere, but I've never used it so I don't know where that comes in.

If you're in NY, still check out www.centralcasting.org just go to the NY link.

If you're in any other location you can do a web search to see if your state has a film alliance / commission / society or whatever your state calls theirs (some have more than one). Sometimes they post audition information for projects filming locally. Just search for your state and 'film' and see what comes up then search those sites thoroughly.

Good luck!