Backdrop is an AI agent that sources, confirms, schedules, and manages background talent — 24/7, zero phone calls.
Subscribe — $970/moDrop in your call sheet — talent needs, scenes, times, locations. Backdrop reads it automatically.
Backdrop matches talent from your roster, reaches out, confirms availability, handles substitutions — all without you making a single call.
Confirmations delivered, drop-outs covered, day-of coordination handled. You focus on what matters on set.
Scans your talent roster and external pools. Matches against specific needs — look, wardrobe, skills, availability.
Sends and responds to talent via email and SMS. Handles confirmations, waitlists, and last-minute drop-outs while you sleep.
Updates the master schedule in real time as availability changes. Notifies all parties automatically.
Collects releases, W-4s, and rate confirmations digitally. Zero paperwork on set.
Broadcasts call times, location changes, and scene updates to all confirmed background talent instantly.
When someone drops out, Backdrop immediately identifies the best replacement and reaches out — within minutes, not hours.
The average background casting call takes 3 hours of phone time per production day. Backdrop eliminates that entirely. The agent works your roster, handles the back-and-forth, fills gaps, and keeps everyone informed — so you show up to set ready, not exhausted.
Backdrop is built for casting directors, production managers, and ADs who are done spending half their day on the phone arranging people who are just standing in the background.
Subscribe — $970/mo