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BGNOW OWNER · QUICK POST
Copy. Paste. Publish.
Paste a casting notice from email, WhatsApp or another source. One tap publishes it to BGNow as a BGNow-shared notice, not an official agency posting. No agency posting credits or payment required. Original application instructions stay in the notice.
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.
Choose the kinds of BG work you want BGNow to show you.
OPTIONAL NOW · SIZES, TRAVEL, WARDROBE + SKILLS
These details improve matching, but they are not required to finish setup.
WELCOME TO YOUR HIVE
Today.
Your acting activity, upcoming set days, and applications in one place.
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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.
TORONTO / GTA OPPORTUNITIESYOUR CASTING BOARD
Bee Cast
Discover available casting calls and new background gigs.
Small roles.Big stories.
Real opportunities. Your next set day starts here.
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Queen Bee invitations
Invitations are not bookings. Review the gig and confirm availability before applying.
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SAVED GIG REMINDERS
WELCOME BACK
SYNCING
🐝 AABP · HOURS OR DAYS ON SET
Your AABP progress
Hours on set
50 hours = 1 hexagon
BG
— / 1,600 hours
Days on set
2 days = 1 hexagon
BG
— / 200 days
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AABP credit reference: 1,600 hours OR 200 days. Days count distinct on-set dates, not vouchers. ACTRA verifies your records.
Today at a glance
0Best matches
0New leads
0Alerts triggered
RemindersOTHER REMINDERS
ALL OPEN JOBS
Every open gig is visible regardless of union status or pay preference. Filters are optional.
Search and refine gigs
Use these filters to narrow your opportunities. Duplicate listings are merged automatically.
ALL OPEN JOBS · FILTER IF YOU WANT · VERIFY ELIGIBILITY BEFORE APPLYING
FIRST TIME HERE?
YOUR NEXT BG GIG IN THREE STEPS
1 · CHECK TODAYStart with the strongest matches for your profile and availability.
2 · APPLY OR SAVEOpen the real source to apply, or save the gig to come back to it.
3 · IF BOOKED, USE SETDAYCall time, wardrobe, location and SETDAY details stay together.
YOUR FIRST GIG
TRY ONE OPPORTUNITY FROM START TO FINISH
This walkthrough shows how BGNow should feel in normal use.
Start with a strong match below.
More tools: alerts, reporting and saved searches
ALERTS
Choose what you want BGNow to notify you about.
ALERT FEED
REPORT OR BLOCK
Report a posting or organization, or block an organization from your performer view. Blocking is reversible and does not affect other performers.
ALERT DELIVERY
Email alerts require a verified BGNow account address.
EMAIL DELIVERY
Server-side provider adapter. Recommended production provider: Resend or Postmark.
WEB PUSH
Server-side Web Push using VAPID keys. Browser subscription is stored in the shared database.
TOP OPPORTUNITIES
SAVED SEARCHES + ALERTS
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.
BOOKING UPDATED — REVIEW REQUIRED Important job information changed.
SETDAY · BOOKINGS
All bookings on this signed-in account appear here on every device.
SELECTED JOB
CONFIRMED
CALL TIME
BG HOLDING
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
OPEN BOOKING · YOU ARE WORKING ON
JOB DETAIL
Production
Role
Date
Gig order #
TIME + TRAVEL
Bare numbers mean minutes: enter 60 for a one-hour lunch.
CASH travel time is recorded without automatic ACTRA travel pay. Include pay only if your agency explicitly agreed to it.
BG Holding
Parking
Transport
Agency
Agency Contact
Your Voucher / Status
ACTRA Rep
Payroll Email
DIRECTIONS
YOU ARE DRIVING TO
Waze opens the destination. Tap View routes → Leave later, then set the arrival time shown above.
Hair / Makeup
CHARACTER LOOK
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.
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 penalty estimate$0.00
Wardrobe / item extras$0.00
Fitting estimate$0.00
MEAL PENALTIES
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
$0.00
COMMISSION + DEDUCTIONS
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?
BEFORE YOU CLOSE OUT THE DAY
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 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.
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.
MY PRIVATE LIST
REFER A FRIEND I MET ON SET
Invite someone into my hive 🐝
Your bee avatar can accompany an invite when sharing images is supported.
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.
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.
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🐝 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.
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.
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PLANS & BILLING
BGNow membership
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FOUNDER LIFETIME 🐝
Paid once · no recurring BGNow performer membership fee.
BGNow BASIC · FREE FOREVER
Find gigs, apply, accept unlimited bookings and use SETDAY free forever, even after 2026.
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$3.99 CAD/month · Private acting-income reports and a downloadable work-history CSV, plus everything in Basic.
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Estimated gross pay from your saved SETDAY records. Confirm actual wages against payroll or vouchers.
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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.
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.
Performer
Background performer profile
BGNow Performer ID · —
STATUS NOT SETTORONTOFOUNDING MEMBER 🐝
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
HEADSHOT 2 · ALTERNATE
A different, current look
No headshot uploaded
FULL-BODY PHOTO · HEAD TO TOE
Standing, full-length, including shoes
No full-body photo uploaded
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🐝 DISCOVERABLE TO QUEEN BEES
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.
Choose the kinds of BG work you want BGNow to show you.
CATEGORIES
Advanced continuity and reuse tools
Optional tools for experienced performers. Your basic profile and booking history remain above.
PRODUCTION REUSE DECISIONS
Store a production-specific ruling when casting or an agency confirms whether this performer may be reused.
PRODUCTION ALIASES / SEASONS
Use aliases so DOC, DOC S2 and DOC Season 2 can be treated as the same production family when appropriate.
NEW-FACE CERTAINTY
BGNow determines new-face status from your actual production history, not guesswork.
BACKGROUND WORK HISTORY / CONTINUITY
Track productions you have actually worked on. Availability checks are kept separate and do not count as worked days.
AVAILABILITY CHECKS
These are opportunities you were asked to confirm availability for. They are not treated as bookings or worked sets unless you later mark them booked/worked.
DOC: New Faces — Sep 14, 2026AVAILABILITY ONLY
Role: Patients Shoot: Sep 14, 2026 Location: Oakville Source: Bon-Ker Casting Notes: New faces ideally; not continuity/featured. Shuttle available from Kipling Station.
ACCOUNT
Account settings
Need to leave BGNow? Permanent account deletion remains available here without taking over the main profile screen.
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BGNOW · AGENCY WORKSPACE
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.
4 · SEARCH ACTORS
Find background performers
Only verified BGNow performers who opted in appear here. Performers may opt out or block an agency at any time. Search results never grant booking permission.
Availability must be confirmed before booking. Results are limited to 50.
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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.
LAUNCH FUNNEL
Server-authoritative launch counts. Reserved QA accounts and the BGNow App Review agency are excluded.
—Performers
—Onboarded
—Active · 7 days
—Founder purchases
—Signup → verified
—Signup → onboarded
—Signup → gig engaged
—Signup → applied
—Signup → booked
—Invite → joined
—Checkout → Founder
—Active · 30 days
NEW PERFORMERS · LAST 7 DAYS
Tracks the same recent signup cohort through activation, rather than mixing new campaigns with older members.
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QUEEN BEE · THREE-PRIORITY FUNNEL
Verified real agencies → Post Jobs → Availability Checks → Book Actors. Synthetic/test agencies are excluded server-side.
—Verified agencies
—Post Jobs
—Availability Checks
—Book Actors
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REVENUE PROOF
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ACQUISITION QUALITY
Attributed signup cohorts compared with server-authoritative activation, booking and Founder purchase outcomes.
Tracking begins with attributed signups.
CAMPAIGN LINK BUILDER
Create a labeled public BGNow link for performer or Queen Bee outreach. Performer source/medium/campaign labels are recorded after signup; Queen Bee conversion is measured from verified agency workflow activity, not page-click tracking.
🐝 COMMUNITY BUZZ INBOX
Private suggestions and comments submitted by signed-in BGNow members.
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PASTE A WHATSAPP JOB
Copy only the job post you want to share from WhatsApp and paste it here. BGNow does not read your WhatsApp groups or contacts.
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.
ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT
AGENCY / CASTING ORGANIZATIONS
Agency job postings are free and unlimited for all verified Queen Bees. No posting credits, payment or manual approval queue is required.
0Verified
0Pending
0Suspended
RISK FLAGS
Flag suspicious organizations, users or postings for admin review. Risk flags do not delete records; they create a traceable review state.
POSTING MODERATION
0Open reports
0In review
0Actioned
0Dismissed
PERFORMER REPORTS + BLOCKS
AUDIT LOG
AGENCY TRUST + INVITES
APPROVE AGENCY / CASTING ACCOUNTS
Only administrators should approve organizations and issue invite links. Public signup cannot grant agency/casting privileges.
PENDING / ACTIVE INVITES
1 · POST JOBS · VERIFIED QUEEN BEE
VERIFIED AGENCY PORTAL
Post a job
Editing an existing gig · Save changes below or cancel to start a new job.
Copy, paste, Save & Post. Your original notice publishes as written. All extra fields below are optional ways to enhance it.
Preview pasted formatting (optional)
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.
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More dates, new faces & fitting optional
For multi-day calls, fittings and special BG classifications. Leave closed for a straightforward one-day posting.
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
BG
— / 1,600 hours
Days on set
2 days = 1 hexagon
BG
— / 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.
No voucher selected.
Net hours after unpaid meal will appear here.
An estimated gross will appear from verified work times and your ACTRA membership. Estimates are not saved as actual earnings.
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.
A BGNow update is ready.
QUEEN BEE INVITATION
Opportunity
REQUIRED CONFIRMATIONS
Check each statement only if it is true. BGNow stores your YES confirmations for this invitation. Never enter a Social Insurance Number here.
APPLYING TO THIS GIG
Opportunity
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
BGNow opens the real casting source. Submit there, then come back and mark it SUBMITTED so you can track it here.
Check SIN protection
BGNow automatically detects possible SIN fields on your device and, for straight landscape ACTRA vouchers, also suggests boxes for the address, phone prefix, entire SIN/GST value, member number, DOB and signature. Verify every box is in the right place. For different layouts or photos with borders, drag to hide any information still showing. Nothing is uploaded.
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Review every privacy box; add manual black boxes for anything still visible.
Only the reviewed image is passed to local recognition. No voucher photo or raw recognized text is sent to BGNow servers. Keep the original paper/photo secure.