PERFORMER ONBOARDING

BUILD YOUR BG PROFILE

Complete the essentials BGNow needs to judge eligibility, continuity, wardrobe and logistics.

START WITH 4 ESSENTIALS

Display name, playing age, membership status and home market are enough to get into BGNow. Add sizes, travel, wardrobe and skills now or later.

Display name · required Playing age · required

Membership / union status · required Work I want

Choose the kinds of BG work you want BGNow to show you.

Home market · required

OPTIONAL NOW · SIZES, TRAVEL, WARDROBE + SKILLS

These details improve matching, but they are not required to finish setup.

Height Suit / jacket

Shirt Shoe

Own vehicle? Travel radius

Wardrobe inventory Skills / useful BG notes

WELCOME TO YOUR HIVE

Today.

Your acting activity, upcoming set days, and applications in one place.

Make BGNow your hiveThree easy ways to get started

UPCOMING WORK

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Check your confirmed bookings and call times.

APPLICATIONS

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Review submissions, availability checks, and casting updates.

YOUR REMINDERS

Casting reminders

Review saved gigs and follow-ups in Bee Cast whenever you're ready.

LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT GIG?

See what's casting

Bee Cast is where you browse opportunities and apply. Your activity stays here on Today.

PERFORMER DASHBOARD

0Eligible breakdowns

0Submitted

0Availability checks

0Booked / SETDAY

CURRENT TORONTO LEADS

Live opportunities are loaded from the shared GIGMATCH database. Use TODAY for the current ranked list.

BACKGROUND BREAKDOWNS · MATCHED TO YOUR PROFILE

BACKGROUND BREAKDOWN

Pay

Date

Location

Union

Eligible status

BG type

Fitting

Source type

Source

MATCH CONFIDENCE

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ELIGIBILITY SNAPSHOT

WHY THIS MATCHES

POTENTIAL ISSUE

PRODUCTION HISTORY

RECOGNITION RISK

REUSE VERDICT

SCENE CONTINUITY

LOOK COMPARISON

SUBMISSION GUIDANCE

SUBMISSION HISTORY

A simple record of what you saved, opened, submitted, booked or passed on.

MY SUBMISSIONS

SAVED

SUBMITTED

AVAILABILITY

BOOKED

AVAILABILITY CHECKS

BOOKED

Bookings sync automatically across your signed-in devices.

SETDAY · BOOKINGS

All bookings on this signed-in account appear here on every device.

JOB DETAIL

Production

Role

Date

Gig order #

TIME + TRAVEL

Call time (24-hour HH:MM) Wrap time (24-hour HH:MM) Lunch (minutes or hours)

Bare numbers mean minutes: enter 60 for a one-hour lunch.

Total Travel Time (minutes) Travel was unpaid (only if confirmed on your booking or voucher) Mileage

BG Holding

Parking

Transport

Agency

Agency Contact

Your Voucher / Status

ACTRA Rep

Payroll Email

Hair / Makeup

CHARACTER LOOK

I checked the date, call time, location and instructions.
Required before you can save and wrap this job.

PAY + WRAP

ESTIMATED PAY

Estimate only. Enter the actual rate from your booking or voucher. For current ACTRA minimums and agreement rules, use the official ACTRA rates page.

CHECK CURRENT ACTRA RATES

Agreement Estimated Pay $ Hourly rate $

Rate source appears here when BGNow can verify a default. Booking/voucher rate overrides the default.

ACTRA IPA overtime

8–12 worked hours: 1.5× hourly rate
Over 12 worked hours: 2× hourly rate

Paid work time estimate—

Work pay$0.00

Overtime 8–12 hours (1.5×)$0.00

Overtime over 12 hours (2×)$0.00

Travel pay$0.00

Mileage$0.00

TURNAROUND + EXTRAS

Turnaround shortfall (minutes)

Turnaround penalty estimate$0.00

Extra regular wardrobe changes Formal / specialty wardrobe changes Specialized items used Off-day fitting hours

Wardrobe / item extras$0.00

Fitting estimate$0.00

MEAL PENALTIES

Meal penalty applies to this workday Meal-penalty time (minutes)

ACTRA IPA meal penalties are calculated in 1/10-hour (6-minute) units at the applicable minimum hourly overtime rate when the rule applies. Plateau-continu and other exceptions can change eligibility.

Meal penalty estimate$0.00

COMMISSION + DEDUCTIONS

Green Voucher upgrade for this booking?Voucher type Commission work category Upgrade note Actual gross pay (optional) Agency commission %

Base agency commission$0.00

Agency HST$0.00

Total agency amount to set aside$0.00

Agency commission will be filled automatically when BGNow has a verified rate. You can always override it.

ACTRA retirement deduction (3%)$0.00

ACTRA working dues (2.25%)$0.00

Estimated before tax$0.00

Green Voucher upgrade is stored per booking / SETDAY. An AABP performer may have Green Voucher upgrades on one or many workdays without changing their saved AABP membership. Verified agency defaults remain editable.

HOW WAS YOUR DAY ON SET?

Overall day · 1–10 Food · 1–10

Is BGNow helping organize your background acting? · 1–10 Anything fun, interesting or worth remembering? I met someone today who might benefit from BGNow

BEFORE YOU CLOSE OUT THE DAY

I logged my background hours / updated my ACTRA tracking spreadsheet if applicable

TORONTO BG GIG SOURCING

GIG SOURCING ENGINE

Use this as the actor's daily sourcing desk: check verified public sources, capture Facebook/community leads, normalize them, run profile + continuity checks, then decide whether to submit.

PUBLIC JOB BOARDS

CASTING PORTALS

FACEBOOK / COMMUNITY

AGENCY LEADS

PRODUCTION INTEL

USER-SUBMITTED

TODAY'S SOURCE SWEEP

LEAD INBOX

Source Source URL Paste casting notice / lead

SOURCE WATCH

SOURCE CHECKS

Shows which casting sources are current and which need another check.

BGNow checks connected sources automatically. Open the original listing before applying.

0Healthy

0Stale

0Broken/manual

0High-yield

SOURCE HEALTH

0Fresh sources

0Community/Facebook

0Agency / casting

0Live job boards

ADD A GIG

FOUND A TORONTO BG OPPORTUNITY?

Track a gig you found for yourself. It stays on this device and is not published to the shared BGNow feed. BGNow checks it against your profile here.

Production / project Role / BG type

Shoot date Location

Union Source

Source URL

New faces? BG type

Full notice / notes

MY ADDED GIGS

FRIENDS I MET ON SET

MY PRIVATE SET CONTACTS

Save people you met while working. This list is private to your performer account and is never searchable or visible to other performers, agencies, or casting users.

Name Notes

InstagramTikTok

FacebookOther

MY PRIVATE LIST

REFER A FRIEND I MET ON SET

Create a shareable invite link and send it through Instagram, WhatsApp, text, email, or any other app. You can optionally attach the invite to one of your private contacts.

Attach to private contact

Where will you send it?Handle / name

YOUR INVITES

Invite status will appear here.

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CASTING PROFILE

MY BEE AVATAR

Your bee persona is for BGNow and referrals. It never replaces your casting photos.

🐝 UPLOAD MY BEE AVATAR · FREE

Already made your bee-themed AI portrait with another tool? Upload it here for free. It appears at the top right of your profile and in your referral invites. Your three casting photos stay unchanged.

Choose your bee-themed image

No API key or AI credits required.

GENERATE WITH BGNow AI (OPTIONAL)

Choose a reference selfie of yourself to create your bee persona. Your reference is sent to the AI provider only when you tap Generate with consent; it is not saved as a casting photo.

Reference selfie Your bee style

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PLANS & BILLING

BGNow membership

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🐝 GROW THE HIVE

Know another background performer?

Send a private BGNow invite to someone you met on set. Invite links expire after 14 days and can only be claimed once.

🐝 THE BUZZ BOX

Help make our hive stronger

As a founding member of the BGNow community, your input is an important part of our growth and success.

Share an idea, improvement, bug, or comment that could make BGNow easier, more useful, or better for background performers.

What kind of buzz? Your suggestion BGNow may contact me about this feedback for a possible testimonial or launch story.

This does not give BGNow permission to publish your name or words. Publication would require separate permission.

Your suggestion is private to the BGNow admin team and may be used to guide future improvements.

YOUR BUZZ · see your recent suggestions

Open this section to see your recent Buzz Box suggestions.

CASTING PHOTOS · 3 SLOTS

Add two current headshots and one clear, head-to-toe photo. Images are saved securely to your BGNow account across devices. Only approved Queen Bees can view them when you enable Discoverable to Queen Bees.

HEADSHOT 1 · PRIMARY

Clear, current face photo

No headshot uploaded

Upload Headshot 1

HEADSHOT 2 · ALTERNATE

A different, current look

No headshot uploaded

Upload Headshot 2

FULL-BODY PHOTO · HEAD TO TOE

Standing, full-length, including shoes

No full-body photo uploaded

Upload Full-Body Photo

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🐝 DISCOVERABLE TO QUEEN BEES Allow approved Queen Bees to find my casting profile

OFF by default. Only your casting profile (including your uploaded headshots and full-body photo) is searchable. No email, private bookings, vouchers, earnings or SETDAY.

Home areaTravel radius (km) Your Transportation ACTRA / performer status · required Work I want to see

Choose the kinds of BG work you want BGNow to show you.

ACTRA branch / local Membership note

Minimum hourly payMinimum day pay

Playing age Height

Suit / jacket Shoe size

Hair / appearance notes Vehicles Wardrobe ownedSkillsUnavailable dates

YOUR AGENCY

POST JOBS · CHECK AVAILABILITY · BOOK ACTORS

Build your bizzy network of BG performers and manage each casting step in one place.

Agency-only workspace: check availability and shoot-date conflicts before booking. Performer SETDAY, payment, voucher and unrelated work-history details stay private.

BGNOW · CASTING WORKSPACE

YOUR CASTING TEAM

POST JOBS · CHECK AVAILABILITY · BOOK ACTORS

Keep postings, performer availability and bookings organized while performer SETDAY details stay private.

1 POST JOBS

2 AVAILABILITY CHECKS

3 BOOK ACTORS

CASTING DASHBOARD

Your live job postings, actor applications, availability checks and confirmed bookings are shown in the verified Queen Bee posting manager below. These counts are not estimated from prototype data.

POST A VERIFIED JOB

Use the Queen Bee posting manager below. A casting call is published only when the approved agency successfully saves it to BGNow. Drafts and local-only forms are not live jobs.

LIVE WORKFLOW

BREAKDOWN POSTED

Requirements, union status, date, pay and logistics published.

SUBMISSIONS REVIEWED

Casting filters for eligibility, continuity, wardrobe, vehicle and availability.

AVAILABILITY CHECK

Performer answers AVAILABLE or UNAVAILABLE. This is explicitly not a booking.

BOOKED → BOOKING DETAILS

Share the individual booking packet, call time, location, wardrobe and acknowledgements. Performer SETDAY tracking stays private.

For real applicant details, select Review actors on your posting. Only applicants for your approved agency are shown.

1 · POST JOBS · VERIFIED QUEEN BEE

VERIFIED AGENCY PORTAL

Post a job

Copy, paste, Save & Post. Your original notice publishes as written. All extra fields below are optional ways to enhance it.

Paste your job notice

Publishes the complete original notice as one job, with all roles, wording and date ranges intact. When no formal title is provided, BGNow labels it Untitled. Responses close after 7 days unless the source names a deadline. Enhance details anytime below.

Enhance posting (optional) · add details for better matching

You can post without completing anything below. Use these tools only if you want to improve or reorganize the notice.

Want a separate posting for one casting role? Use the optional tool below. Otherwise, Save & Post publishes your entire notice as written.

Posting organizationChecking approval…

Production / job title (optional enhancement) Role / BG category (optional enhancement)

Confirmed shoot date (optional · needed only before booking)Do not select a guessed day from a date range. Shoot dates as stated (optional · ranges welcome)Actors see this window even when the exact workday is not known. Posting closes (optional enhancement)Last day performers can respond. Not the shoot date.

Shoot location (optional · Location TBD)Leave blank when only the applicant residency area is specified.

Who can apply? (union eligibility) BG type

Actor pay Pay details (optional)

More dates, new faces & fitting optional

For multi-day calls, fittings and special BG classifications. Leave closed for a straightforward one-day posting.

Additional shoot dates (one YYYY-MM-DD per line) Must be available for all shoot dates?

New faces? Fitting required?

Fitting date Fitting time / window

Fitting location Fitting transportation

Application contact & response instructions optional

Questions email Agency fees / information URL (optional)Use an https:// link, or leave this empty.

Response instructions

Wardrobe, photos & special requirements optional

Only add information that matters for this role.

Application instructions Wardrobe requirements Hair, makeup & grooming Arrival / location warning

Application photo required? Photo instructions

Required YES confirmations (one question / acknowledgement per line)

Anything else performers should know (optional) Application URL (optional)

3. Review your changes (optional)

You can preview the completed notice here. When you are ready, use the one Save & Post Job button above. When editing an existing job, Save Posting Changes appears here and keeps the order number and applications.

Free agency postings FREE · UNLIMITED

🐝 QUEEN BEE · FREE UNLIMITED POSTINGS

Publish as many casting notices as you need, free of charge. No credits or subscription required.

Your existing jobs, applications and bookings remain unchanged.

2 · AVAILABILITY CHECKS

Select Review actors on a posting to see confirmed availability, unconfirmed responses, declined availability and booking conflicts.

Availability notifications (optional)

Recent availability changes across your postings.

3 · BOOK ACTORS

Open Review actors, check the answers and required confirmations, then use BOOK ACTOR. Unavailable or conflicting actors cannot be booked.

ACCOUNT SETTINGS

Permanently delete this signed-in Queen Bee account. Organization records and other members are preserved.

PRIVATE · ACTRA RECORDS

AABP HOURS + DAYS TRACKER

Your progress at a glance

Hours on set

50 hours = 1 hexagon

— / 1,600 hours

Days on set

2 days = 1 hexagon

— / 200 days

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— entries needing review

The day count uses distinct recorded on-set dates, not total vouchers. The AABP reference is 1,600 hours OR 200 days (not both). Calculations use your saved voucher records, including the worksheet’s 8-hour minimum and quarter-hour rounding. These are recorded, not ACTRA-approved hours. Confirm qualifying evidence with ACTRA.

My ACTRA Voucher Records

Private voucher scan for iPhone, Android and desktop. Take a photo or choose a PDF, then review the suggested work details. For a photo or scanned PDF, check the automatic privacy boxes and add any missing SIN masks before scanning. A text-based PDF is read locally without an image-masking step. BGNow saves only the work fields you approve.

Private beta: this page is server-restricted to your account. Voucher images selected below stay on this device (local preview only; not uploaded or stored by BGNow). BGNow never needs your Social Insurance Number. Never enter it in any field; cover or crop it before selecting a voucher image. Your original photo or PDF is not changed or redacted by BGNow; keep any SIN covered before sharing the original elsewhere.

TAKE VOUCHER PHOTO CHOOSE PHOTO OR PDF

No voucher selected.

Production Shoot date Production / payroll company (verify) Voucher # Voucher type Upgrade Call time Wrap time Meal minutes (60-minute default; enter 0 only if confirmed on your voucher) Total elapsed minutes (call to wrap, before unpaid meal)

Net hours after unpaid meal will appear here.

Actual gross pay (only when printed on voucher or confirmed by payroll)

An estimated gross will appear from verified work times and your ACTRA membership. Estimates are not saved as actual earnings.

Notes (never include a Social Insurance Number)

Export hours spreadsheet or CSV

Voucher images remain local to your device. The Excel export follows the AABP 1600-hour Work Log layout and formulas; its BGNow Review tab flags missing voucher numbers, times and lunch exceptions. Confirm all entries against original vouchers or payroll evidence before submitting to ACTRA.

Copy. Paste. Publish.

BUILD YOUR BG PROFILE

Today.

Casting reminders

See what's casting

Bee Cast

Queen Bee invitations

Your AABP progress

ALL OPEN JOBS

YOUR NEXT BG GIG IN THREE STEPS

TRY ONE OPPORTUNITY FROM START TO FINISH

GIG SOURCING ENGINE

FOUND A TORONTO BG OPPORTUNITY?

MY PRIVATE SET CONTACTS

MY BEE AVATAR

BGNow membership

Is Premium right for me?

My acting income

Know another background performer?

Help make our hive stronger

YOUR AGENCY

Find background performers

YOUR CASTING TEAM

AGENCY / CASTING ORGANIZATIONS

APPROVE AGENCY / CASTING ACCOUNTS

Post a job

Choose a role to review

Your progress at a glance

My ACTRA Voucher Records

Opportunity

Opportunity

Check SIN protection

Your BG work. All in one place.

First time buzzing by? Find your next BG cast.

Copy. Paste. Publish.

BUILD YOUR BG PROFILE

Today.

Casting reminders

See what's casting

Bee Cast

Queen Bee invitations

Your AABP progress

Today at a glance

ALL OPEN JOBS

YOUR NEXT BG GIG IN THREE STEPS

TRY ONE OPPORTUNITY FROM START TO FINISH

GIG SOURCING ENGINE

FOUND A TORONTO BG OPPORTUNITY?

MY PRIVATE SET CONTACTS

MY BEE AVATAR

BGNow membership

My acting income

Know another background performer?

Help make our hive stronger

YOUR AGENCY

Find background performers

YOUR CASTING TEAM

AGENCY / CASTING ORGANIZATIONS

APPROVE AGENCY / CASTING ACCOUNTS

Post a job

Your progress at a glance

My ACTRA Voucher Records

Opportunity

Opportunity