Blacking Out People

Hello, everybody. I'm working on a video in which I must black out all the people. I've exported the film as a series of stills and I've brought them in to Photoshop. Right now I'm using the paintbrush tool to color out each person but it I've calculated that it will take far too long to do it this way. I was wondering if there was a script I could use to automate the process. I've attached an example of what I'm trying to achieve. Thanks!

I was wondering if there was a script I could use to automate the process. I've attached an example of what I'm trying to achieve.
Well, then you would’ve come to kind of the wrong place, because there is a Scripting Forum:
Photoshop Scripting
But I doubt that a Script will be an easy solution here.
I wonder if, depending on the material, you might be able to generate an image of the background completely devoid of people (with Smart Object Stack Modes).
And then use that set to Difference against the individual images to create a Mask. (This could be automated, but would probably need quite some clean-up.)
Other than that: Have you tried the Quick Selection Tool yet?
Edit: Could you post a couple of unedited frames?

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