If you’re talking about people in the background of a shot, then they are hired to be there as “extras.” If you’re talking about how they keep people out of the way they have to notify the public in advance of things like, street closures & parking restrictions by posting signs a few days before. Then they have officers policing perimeters. If it is a really high traffic area they often have to accommodate for the public passing through between takes etc.
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