Award season is well and truly underway with last night marking the 94th Annual Academy Awards – and boy, was it a newsworthy one. We...Read More
Home Extras Area EXTRAS Blog
EXTRAS Blog
The 2022 Academy Award Full Winners List
Posted by Indiana on Monday 28th March 2022
Photo Types, UVE Artistes App & You
Posted by Paul on Monday 1st November 2021
Full members of Uni-versal Extras can not only upload 10 photos to their profile, but also have the option to upload advanced photo types....Read More
The Agency Behind the Ads
Posted by Rebecca on Tuesday 31st August 2021
At Uni-versal Extras, we don’t just cast Supporting Artists for feature films and TV productions, we also provide Extras for advertisements...Read More
Get Ready for Summer with Uni-versal Extras
Posted by Rebecca on Thursday 3rd June 2021
The sun has got its hat on and it’s finally starting to feel a bit more summer-like in the UK! The birds are chirping, the sky is blue and...Read More
Why Adverts are Awesome
Posted by Rebecca on Friday 7th May 2021
After a year of uncertainty for major productions, there’s been one element that has remained, and that’s commercials! Whilst the film and...Read More
The Oscars 2021: Our Top Winners!
Posted by Rebecca on Monday 26th April 2021
Oscar season is here once again! The ceremony may have been a little later than planned this year, but we couldn’t be more thrilled to join...Read More
The Importance of Skills & Experience
Posted by Ella on Tuesday 19th January 2021
Adding your experience and training to your Uni-versal Extras profile can help you to secure more roles. With productions looking to create...Read More
An Awarding Role
Posted by Amy on Friday 17th January 2020
It's Award Season! Here at Uni-versal Extras, we get very excited when one of the productions we have been involved with is nominated for one...Read More
Good Intentions
Posted by Amy on Monday 9th December 2019
This year we have been inspired by an article in the Huffington Post to ditch the New Year's resolution and try a New Year's Intention, instead....Read More
Studying Student Profiles
Posted by Amy on Thursday 17th October 2019
As many of you will already know, Uni-versal Extras was started by a student to help students find work as film or TV extras. Since then we...Read More
The Powerful Profile - Part 2
Posted by Amy on Tuesday 4th June 2019
Your Profile – Without it, we can’t find you suitable roles. But how do you give your profile the edge? In this series of Blogs, we look...Read More
Feeling Good Being Paper Free
Posted by Amy on Wednesday 13th March 2019
Ever thought that your onset experience could be streamlined? We have. With our new ‘chitless’ mobile app available to our Productions we...Read More
In The Eyes Of Production
Posted by Amy on Tuesday 22nd January 2019
From your location, appearance, clothing sizes and skills, your profile is bursting with information that our Casting Agents will search on...Read More
Perfect Pictures First Time
Posted by Amy on Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Photos, No one likes getting that little message from our Photo Moderation Team saying they couldn't accept their pictures! But your photos...Read More
New Year, New You
Posted by Amy on Thursday 3rd January 2019
As 2018 steps down to let 2019 take over, we are thinking about New Years Resolutions. I know you are thinking 'Oh no, not another New Year,...Read More