Were the people in 'The Office' paid to be in the documentary?

In The Office, the workers seem remarkably willing to allow the documentary crew to follow them even to places outside of work (from Michael's improv class to the christening of Jim and Pam's child).

Is this because they were being paid for their participation in the documentary, which required a degree of compliance?

In-universe, the documentary aired on PBS (which is unlikely to have paid them), but as PBS doesn't usually produce its own documentaries in-house, it seems to me perfectly plausible that they were paid by the production company which later sold the documentary to PBS (even if I have no evidence of this either way).

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Why do the actors look at the camera in the office?

The camera crew is an acknowledged part of the show, breaking the fourth wall. The crew is rarely talked about and only occasionally seen in the show, but they are talked to whenever an office member is being interviewed. Characters frequently look to the camera as if to share silent thoughts with the cameraman.

Was the office an actual documentary?

The Office was filmed with a single-camera setup in cin\xe9ma v\xe9rit\xe9 style to create the look of an actual documentary, with no studio audience or laugh track, allowing its "deadpan" and "absurd" humor to fully come across.

Why is there a documentary crew in the office?

The Dunder Mifflin documentary crew on 'The Office' Part of that comes from the fact that the people operating The Office cameras came from reality television. \u201cOur director of photography and cameraman had come from Survivor,\u201d director Paul Feig told Rolling Stone.

How much did Jim make in the office?

Jim Halpert: Salesman, Assistant Regional Manager, & Co-Manager ($45,000-62,200+)

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