Hello! Welcome to the SMOSH Open Call!

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1 ! Hello! Welcome to the SMOSH Open Call! In this packet (6 pages total) you will find: o Intro to SMOSH & DEFY MEDIA o OPEN CALL NOTICE o AUDITION FORMAT along with Q&A Questions and a Scripted Scene o TAPING INFO & SUBMISSION INFORMATION SMOSH has been entertaining millions of devoted fans with dynamic programming for more than 10 years. The SMOSH brand extends across multiple record-setting owned and operated digital channels, and a highly trafficked website. SMOSH engages its massive audience with award-winning scripted and unscripted content and innovative projects, including two feature length films, live and long-form scripted programs, chart-topping music albums, and games. DEFY SMOSH FB SMOSH PIT (personality driven format): DEFY MEDIA & SMOSH are NOT affiliated with any acting school or acting workshop. There is NEVER a fee to audition or attend a DEFY MEDIA or SMOSH official talent search. Searching for MALES AND FEMALES, AGES years old (actual), *OPEN TO ALL ETHNICITIES* (African-American, Latin, Caucasian, Asian, South East Asian, Pacific Islander, etc.) Looking for NEW CAST MEMBERS to EXPAND the terrific current SMOSH CAST. This is an OPEN SEARCH for FULL PACKAGE TALENT: Performer + Personality + Creative Contributor. WE NEED bold, uninhibited, funny people ready and willing to throw on wigs/makeup/prosthetics in the name of comedy skilled Sketch Performers, Comedic Actors and Social Media peeps that can handle both Scripted Sketch Comedy and Personality-Driven Unscripted Formats. SMOSH Cast Members should be FUN, authentic personalities that can contribute as WRITERS & CREATORS -- an organic part of the SMOSH creative process. BIG PLUS: Improvisation or Acting experience or training; Writer or ambition to be a writer; developed Sketch Characters; Bilingual SPANISH/English; Internet performance savvy; Have a YouTube channel or Instagram SERIES REGULARS. NOTE: Engagement, length, and terms will vary depending on qualifications and related production needs. Defy Media + SMOSH / Digital, Internet Platform / Non-Union / Location LOS ANGELES / Start Date TBD Casting Directors, Barbara Stordahl & Angela A Terry / Associate Casting, Jason Crow 1. FOLLOW the AUDITION GUIDE BELOW 2. CREATE a SELF-TAPED AUDITION and SUBMIT to: smoshcasting@smosh.com (FREE) Agents, Managers & Actor s Access Members who subscribe to BREAKDOWN SERVICES (NOT FREE) can SUBMIT via BREAKDOWN to receive an automatically generated link to upload Audition Tapes to the ECO CAST OPEN CALL site. Please don t submit in both locations. There is NO DIFFERENCE or ADVANTAGE to either location, the Casting Directors are watching EVERYTHING. Good Luck! We look forward to seeing your audition!!

2 Your Audition Tape should consist of the following: CAMERA SLATE (A quick video take with your identifying information) Write on piece of paper & shoot on camera for about 5 seconds: Name, Height, City & State, Agent/Manager Contact, OR Your Contact Info + full body shot MEET & GREET Be your authentic self so we can get to know you / 1 3 minutes on camera Use these Q&A talking points: 1. Who or what inspires you and makes you want to be creative? 2. What s the craziest thing that ever happened to you in high school? 3. Are you a gamer? If so, what do you play, favorite titles, subscribe to any YT gaming channel, etc. SCRIPTED SKETCH SCENE 3 page scene included in this document below. Please film it playing the role of. ~ BONUS ~ If this is your thing, please also include: CHARACTERS (IF you create characters) Show us UP TO 3 original Characters you have created / seconds each on camera IMPRESSIONS (IF you do impressions) Show us UP TO 3 different Impressions / seconds each on camera: Celebrities, Famous Historical/Political Figures, Characters from Movies, well-known Fictional, Cartoon, Video Game, Anime Characters, etc That s it! Now submit!!

3 Congrats on making it to the final callback for the role of spokesperson for Wild Stallion Dog Food Products. Thank you so much! I m incredibly excited. I feel like this is my big break and I promise you won t regret picking me... And ACTION! Oh. Okay. (mimes holding up a dog food can) (CONT D) Wild Stallion Dog Food. Meaty. Chunky. And 100% horse. Wild Stallion. Get more hoof for your woof. Cut! That was good. Thanks! Now, do it like a hardened street cop. Action! Wild Stallion Dog Food. Meaty. Chunky. And 100 percent horse. Sing! (singing) Get more hoof for your woof! Cut! Great! Super British. Excuse me?

4 2. Offensively British. Go! GET MORE HOOFER FOR YOUR WOOFER GOV NAH. Great! How d that feel. Seemed a little culturally insensitive. Do an energetic dance, strike a pose and say the line real seductively. Actor improvises a dance. Strikes pose. Get more hoof for your woof. Like your dad died. Get more hoof for your woof. Now your dad s mysteriously back! Get more hoof for your woof. He left again and your feelings have rendered your hands unable to hold the can of dog food. (Actor mimes dropping and juggling the can while struggling through the line) Meaty. Chunky. 100 percent horse... (Gets frustrated and mime-throws the can off screen) (CONT D) That s enough! This is the dumbest thing that I have ever done. (MORE)

5 3. Actor exits. (CONT D) You re unprofessional, degrading, and also very creepy. That was amazing! You re a star! Do that again, but as an Oscar Winning Performance. This is the dumbest thing that I have ever done. You re unprofessional, degrading, and also very creepy. Wild Stallion Dog Food. More hoof for your woof. That was outstanding! We re going with someone else.

6 TAPING ADVICE (you really should read this): Have NICE LIGHTING tape in a well-lit room. Natural light from a window works well on your face. Not behind you. Have GOOD, CLEAR SOUND Choose the RIGHT CAMERA FRAMING for EACH SCENE: If close-up face shot, frame from the shoulders up. If full-body physical bit, make sure we can see it all, but not so wide (far back) that we lose you. Have STEADY CAMERA WORK -- shaky/sloppy/unintentional movement is distracting, unless it s part of the bit. Scene partner/reader should be just off-camera (on either side). Avoid overshadowing the performer by being too loud. We expect you to be on-camera alone (exceptions are comedy teams, or if crucial to a sketch) but don t be random about it. Crap lighting/bad sound/too close/too far/shaky camera, etc. makes it super hard to see your genius help us help you. *All standard video transfer formats for usually work well. *Please send in a format that allows us to Click & Watch and also DOWNLOAD, if needed. *Send ONE Audition can be ONE long link/tape OR Separate links/tapes for each section of the audition, BOTH OKAY. CAMERA SLATE (must have): HOLD up a piece of PAPER (for 5 seconds) with the following info in large clear letters: 1. Name / Height 2. City / State in which you currently reside 3. Contact Information Agent / Manager Name, Phone Number, If Unrepresented YOUR Phone Number & address IF UNDER 18, we need Age, Parent s Name/Contact Info w. permission! DO NOT put your contact information. 4. At the END of the SLATE do a quick FULL LENGTH SHOT (no side profiles) SUBMISSION INFORMATION: 1. FOLLOW THE AUDITION PACKET FORMAT AS OUTLINED (ABOVE) 2. CREATE a SELF-TAPED AUDITION (per the Packet) and SUBMIT to: smoshcasting@smosh.com All standard video transfer formats for usually work well. Please send in a format that allows us to Click & Watch OR DOWNLOAD, if needed. You may send ONE link/tape -- or -- SEPARATE links/tapes for each part of the audition BOTH OKAY. DUE DATE to SUBMIT AUDITION: Try to get your AUDITION SUBMITTED to us WITHIN 4-5 DAYS of getting a Self-Tape Audition Request or seeing our Casting Open Call Notice, unless we re pushing everyone to get them in faster. Round 1 of the casting search started March 20th 2018, and will be going strong for approximately 4-6 weeks. If you need more time but you don t want to miss out, us at smoshcasting@smosh.com to see if you still have time to submit. If it s JULY and you re not hearing back, it s probably over for this cycle --- but send it anyway, you never know DEFY MEDIA & SMOSH are NOT affiliated with any acting school or acting workshop. There is NEVER a FEE to audition or attend a DEFY MEDIA or SMOSH official talent search.!