In a video shared on TikTok, Skyla Dominique describes her experience as an extra on the set of the series STATlast September.
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“The days are very long, and I wasn’t really prepared to spend so much time doing nothing,” says the woman who appears in episode 39 of the third season of the popular ICI Télé daily series.
The 19-year-old student says she spent a total of 11 hours on set, with a break of 1.5 hours.
That’s a long time for the five seconds we can see him on screen.
Skyla Dominique, who landed her contract with the modeling agency Carole Dionne, confides that she was ready to go home… after the first 30 minutes of filming.
“I advise people to bring food, because in my case, snacks were not provided. There are places where it is, but there it wasn’t. It was just for the actors,” she said, adding that several extras were shocked by this situation.
She also advises bringing work to do for downtime which can be long.
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She is nevertheless delighted to have been able to discover the world of television, which she describes as “another world”. She says to 24 hours that it really made him want to continue in the world of television and animation.
And the question that kills: does it pay to make up the numbers?
After the amount taken by the Union of Artists (UDA), she claims to have been paid around $25 per hour for her work.
She found that the process of becoming an extra was very simple and added that there are a lot of job offers looking for all kinds of profiles on a Facebook group for this purpose.
Lots of comments
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In the comments, there are many curious people who wanted to know more about Skyla Dominique’s experience.
“Have you had the chance to speak with actors?”, asks one person.
“No, but saying “hello” to them, yes! It was cool to see them in action though,” she replies.
