(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)Showrunners have been changing scenes to have little or no background performers, she says. State of background work changingBackground is usually a non-speaking part that helps fill out scenes surrounding main characters. For stories set in a fixed place, such as a small town or a Star Trek ship, some background performers are recurring faces to add continuity. In pre-COVID days, background performers were often hired for just one day and worked on multiple productions a week. Tova says producers used to be worried the high-definition cameras made background performers' faces too identifiable to reuse them.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2020 17:26 UTC