Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an extra can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an extra already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Extras perform actions in the background or in crowds during filming. They do not contribute to the plot directly but they are important to create a certain atmosphere.

Also known as extra performer, motion picture extra, background actor, background artist, film extra, movie extra, walker on, TV extra, background actress, television extra.

Technicians and associate professionals 24 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: stand-in, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
stand-in 51% covered stunt performer 34% covered voice-over artist 32% covered fashion model 23% covered costume attendant 21% covered extra You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from extra, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an extra already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An extra needs 6 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • act discreetly communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform scenes for filming communication, collaboration and creativity
  • express yourself physically communication, collaboration and creativity
  • harmonise body movements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • follow directions of the artistic director communication, collaboration and creativity
  • act reliably communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an extra does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Extra is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an extra’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.