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I know the routine of a booking, basic set procedure, am on time, with 'a 2nd change' & I-9 verification.  ‘On-take’ is my priority.  I bring props, wardrobe, feelings & improv ("like groceries for the Chef"); following directions, getting along & staying safe to the best of my ability.  I work on group dynamics & overcoming obstacles... set work is team work.
"Helping tell the story" ...while keeping up.  "I try to give you your money's worth" & was on over 50 sets (the year before the pandemic)... "I had new tricks" ...& made corrections (like never bringing a cup of coffee on set again after an overnight at JFK) ...it was incredible experience being 'Background.'  "I never cancel" ...& work with anyone, any role... (it's all same people in the unions on sets anyway) ...CDs know which I'm perfect for.  Two schools of thought are in the production world of NYC (I play / work both of them) ...1, 'background should not distract,' be a blur & reused many times in the movie, episode or season... or 2, a 'menagerie' of things going on adds to it tremendously ...allowing viewers to 'come back' / view it again (a place to visit / re-visit) ...Easter Eggs & things people are doing (mini sub-plots for a few secs).  Me? ...'mining for gold' & 'in my lane' (I do my job not yours) ...sometimes it's magic (& used); mostly not... (trash / 'b-roll champion' / cam not on us) ...great practice on the bright-side; half my career has been lukewarm, as well as big errors made (I am banned from some sets for sure).  Dedication to character as 'Background' weirds out or rubs wrong those with no training or are just tired (we are 'peons' constantly debased in the hierarchy, though some truly appreciate our work); the same with caring about the job on take more than I do you or what they're about (whoever they are) ...but I would go straight to 'omg' unless otherwise instructed... (or try to with the givens in front of us) ...this seemed best... (maybe I will be different in the future, I had to 'not distract from the action' once).  
I joined ‘The Merry Men’ on these sets… “till Richard is King” (Robin Hood’s our leader we pillaged all crafty and catering; some were women with us in our group & some were gay) ...you’ve seen us… loud, obnoxious, hated, targeted, blamed, in trouble, grouped together (safety in numbers… you know why) ...having fun while you're suffering & in anxiety… (if you’re not having fun doing background, you’re doing it wrong) ...we went through a lot but co-workers are my highest relationship in life (try to have friends & family without work); any food, fun or friendship is only a bonus (because we were being paid by Production to work). 
If you're more successful, I'm more successful I discovered... the proof being NYC production was filming like crazy for 9+ years with no end in sight; I didn't think so at first & is opposite of what we are led to believe (that everyone is our competition & killing each other).  I don't discredit, ruin, trash talk nor submit 'bad paper' about anyone to any office (all are guilty of mistakes & more than few big ones in 7 years on me: showing up way hungover a bunch of times, not alerting PAs/ADs when I changed buses or went to the bathroom… making bad jokes about sex harrass/other and partying right off the bus after wrap instead of waiting just one mere block...); but I never partied on day... never will, not once and strived to follow all old/new codes, tightening myself up even more on them just to be sure as of March 2020.  I'm constantly amazed; I would learn things on set (new ways or gaps in understanding filled) and write them down.  I didn't and don't get to say thank you enough.  "Thanks for putting up with me!"  Those of us doing this a while... are 'ALL WITH YOU' ...because we want to work.
The 'final edit' might have me 'up front,' way in the back, a blur 'in the rack' or not in at all... but my resume are projects I've 'worked background' on... (many seasons & / or days on some, 3 or 4 on a few but 1, 2 on most).  "I look for every single one of them" ...every single one.  I didn't have all the subscriptions (or see all the projects) but "I didn't steal sunshine" ...I waited 3 weeks or so, after the premiere or episode airing (or the whole season if I can't find the scene), before adding the entry on top.  The most recently released project(s) are on top.  No set pics, hashtags or script leaks on my Facebook or Twitter.  "Thank you for considering me!" - Evan