background.

well as you all know from my last post. i'm busy trying to find a full time job, something i will enjoy, further my career with and make a good living. but since that has yet to happen, i've finally been able to do something i've always thought would be super fun! background work!

An extra, also called a background actor, is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background (for example, in an audience or busy street scene). [taken from wikipedia.org]

so i had my first gig on the new nbc series (starts april 9 2009) Southland as a restaurant patron. There were probably about 50-70 other extras as well, so it was a good first experience because i got to meet a few people and get some tips from some of the vetrans.

and then today i'm going to shoot an episode of the fox show Lie To Me. i'm actually playing a 30ish personal photographer for a rap artist who this specific episode is about. i'm really looking forward to this gig, not only do i love this show, but this is more of a featured extra position, not just a crowd member in a restaurant. i'll have more stories about it i'm sure.

someone told me this week to make sure i enjoy this current "freedom" as i'm job hunting, because even though it's not ideal, these situations hopefully don't come to often, so try to find the JOY in them :) and i think i am.

i'll hopefully have air dates for those shows soon.