Highway Interceptor (BeamNG.Drive Short Film) Voice Acting and Team Member Auditions

Project Overview

Hello! This casting call was created to host auditions for a Gacha voice acted short film named “Highway Interceptor” as well as team auditions (under my recently founded studio, Suburban Works). 

If you’re wishing to audition as a voice actor, feel free to read Highway Interceptor’s short synopsis below and some short voice audition guidelines. If you’re wishing to audition as a team member, please scroll down until you find a sub-heading titled “What is Suburban Works?” 

THIS IS PRIMARILY NOT A PAID PROJECT, ALTHOUGH SOME ROLES WILL BE PAID ON A SMALL BUDGET. YOU WILL NEED PAYPAL IF YOU ARE CASTED FOR A PAID ROLE.

Highway Interceptor Synopsis:

Street Crew leader Gilbert Peña and his partner Alexis Dean travel to the barren deserts of Northern Nevada in hopes of finding and intercepting a trailer hauling a shipment belonging to Edward Porter, who is the president of one of the largest crime syndicates in the United States. Avoiding Porter’s henchman and local law enforcement, the duo must successfully intercept and hijack the cargo inside the trailer. But why does Gilbert want it so badly? 

Extra Notes: 

•Highway Interceptor will mostly contain footage filmed directly from a video game called BeamNG.Drive, a dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator.  Animators will be in charge of creating 2D animations while the VFX team composites them into 3D footage (BeamNG).

•The script for the film is already complete, and it will contain moderate profanity. 


VOICE AUDITION GUIDELINES:

•You must be over the age of 13 to audition.

•You must have a proper form of communication (Discord, CCC, Gmail) in the event of you being casted for this project. Please provide them in your audition’s description.

•You must list how many months/years of experience you’ve had with voice acting, as well as what equipment you use.

•A microphone (minimum entry-level) is required.


What is Suburban Works?

Suburban Works is an independent studio looking to provide the gacha community with high-quality voice acted content, whether it’d be a multi-episode series or a feature-length film. We are looking to go beyond your typical teen-romance story, and telling stories that will leave audiences entertained and provoking thoughts. We envision being the ultimate pioneers of the gacha community, with rivaling (the good kind) against even the biggest names in the community such as RosyClozy and SenpaiWolfe when it comes to making content.

Below, you will be able to find guidelines for auditioning, as well as available roles. We are estimating that 20-50 team members will be needed for the studio to operate at its fullest, so we need as much auditions as possible! (Feel free to spread the word about this project too).

We’ve also created a separate Google Document containing extra information regarding auditions, as well as some background information on Suburban Works. You can find and read it here. 

We highly suggest that you read this document if this is your first time auditioning for a studio!

Audition Guidelines


  • You must be 13 years or older to audition for this studio. 

  • You must have a proper form of communication (Discord, Gmail, Casting Call Club) 

  • If you specialize in more than one certain position, you are free to audition for other positions! 

  • When auditioning, you must include a file (mp3, mp4, jpeg, png, WAV) for whatever position you are auditioning for.

  • When auditioning, you are required to list how many months/years of experience you’ve had with the position you are applying for.

  • When auditioning, you are required to list what applications you use (Sound Department Auditioners are also required to list what equipment they use).

  • Duplicate auditions are not permitted. 


  • (MARKETING/QA DEPARTMENT AUDITIONS ONLY) You are required to list what projects, campaigns, events etc. you have participated in, as well as provide proof. If you are auditioning as a social media manager, you are required to send links to social media accounts you have created for said events.

  • If you get casted for a role in Suburban Works, you are signing a mutual agreement that under most circumstances, you are to not leave the team unless extremely necessary. As a director it is frustrating to have a team member leave a team for a project for unknown reasons that were not stated, or otherwise. It really affects the workflow of the studio as a whole even when the team count is significantly large.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me via my Discord handle, or send me a message on CCC!

POSITIONS AVAILABLE: (Last updated July 6, 2022)

Conceptual Designer

Character Designer

Artist

Editor

Storyboard Artist

Background Designer

Thumbnail Designer

Model Rigger

Animator

VFX (anything)

Music Composer 

Sound Designer

Sound Engineer

Marketing Team

Quality Assurance Team



PLEASE NOTE THAT TEAM AUDITIONS FOR THIS CASTING CALL DO NOT SPECIFICALLY APPLY FOR HIGHWAY INTERCEPTOR ITSELF. IF YOU AUDITION FOR A TEAM ROLE, YOU ARE AUDITIONING FOR A POSITION IN SUBURBAN WORKS MEDIA.


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Latest Updates

  • Important Update (#2)

    Hello. An unexpected situation that has recently arisen has pushed back the casting date another week. Apologies for the inconvenience but this situation has taken a huge chunk out of my schedule.

  • Important Update

    Hello everyone, hope you’re having a good day so far. I have come to the conclusion that this project will no longer pertain to including Gacha/Chibi characters. I have made this decision upon the realization of a tight schedule, and animating will simply push the initial release date 1-2 months ahead. I am trying to get this film out by the end of this year. This does not mean the project is cancelled, it will still go on. However, it is now a BeamNG mini movie, rather than a BeamNG/Gacha Club mini movie. If you had auditioned as a team member for anything related to animating, model rigging or anything related to Gacha, you are still being casted for a future planned project that will not involve BeamNG.Drive. Voice actors will still be casted and some changes to the script will be made. Apologies for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused, but this project is too small to have such an extended release date. -Johnathan A, director of Suburban Works

  • One little thing

    Oops, forgot to mention this in the initial update. The closed roles may display a message saying “cast to offsite actor” but this does not mean we have already casted someone! Aside from some team member roles, this is temporary!

  • Auditions closed!

    Hello everyone, after a long 2 month wait, auditions for Highway Interceptor are now being officially closed! Please allow us at least 1-2 weeks to sort through auditions, as we had received more than what we anticipated, as well as set up the Highway Interceptor cast server. Casted members will be personally contacted after this 1-2 week period. If you did not receive an email or a message via Gmail/Discord, you were not casted. But please do not give up! There’s lots of projects out on CCC that you can audition for!

  • Small notes

    Hey auditioners. Just wanted to clarify that team member auditions do not specifically apply for this project, but for my studio. I wanted to clear that up in case anybody got confused over it. Have a good day!
Project Roles: Gilbert Peña Alexis Dean Edward Porter Nevada Highway Patrol Unit Nevada Interceptor Unit Nevada State Police Dispatcher Conceptual Designer [Multiple] Character Designer [Multiple] Artists & Editors [Multiple] Storyboard Artist [Multiple] Background Designer [Multiple] Thumbnail Designer [Multiple] Model Rigger [Multiple] Animator [Multiple] VFX Department Auditions Music Composer [1-2] Sound Designer [1-2] Sound Engineer [1-2] Marketing & QA Team
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Gilbert Peña
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Gilbert Peña is a 28 year old male who is the leader of one of the most well-respected street crews in Las Vegas. Born in Los Angeles, California, Gilbert initially came from a wealthy background, but a growing hatred between him and his overly-demanding family prompted him to running from home at the age of 17. With help from friends at the time, he eventually relocated to Las Vegas where he gained an interest in illicit street racing, and even rebuilt his old car, making it one hell of a beast. 11 years later, him and his crew of 8 dominate the streets of Las Vegas at night. They don’t call it the city that never sleeps for nothing, right? 

Personality: Although he’s mostly serious and on-topic, Gilbert is prone to making jokes, even in times where it’s not really appropriate. He can also get mildly reckless on the road and has a moderate temper sometimes.

Voice Pith: Medium to Low

  • (Semi-optimistic) And if you haven’t noticed already she can handle pretty well on the tarmac. Just- don’t hit any cacti of anything.

  • (Joking) Like his life was any better than mine, you still have the signal?

  • They got interceptors coming at us, you’re gonna have to distract them once I get this thing outta here.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Alexis Dean
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

29 year-old Alexis Dean initially grew up being a straight-A honor roll student and tech geek throughout her school days. Eventually graduating and receiving a bachelors in software development, she went on to become a software engineer for a Denver-based tech company before being transferred to one of their subsidiaries in Las Vegas. Around a year ago, she later befriended Gilbert after running into him at a casino (he was pretty drunk, and wanted to take him home for some reason). From then on, she quickly became one of Gilbert’s closest members of the crew, while also still working for the tech company and developing gadgets for Gilbert to use.


Personality: Logical-thinking, but tense situations lead up to her responding anxiously.


Voice Pitch:  Any

  • Uhh, we’ve been preparing for this for like 2 weeks? 

  • (Concerned) They’re going Gilbert-

  • (Shocked) GILBERT! Y- YOU JUST KILLED THAT GUY!

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Edward Porter
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

President of one of the largest crime syndicates in the U.S, Edward Porter has hundreds of business (a majority being sockpuppet ones for money laundering) under his control, and with that in mind, shipments for himself and his business are occurring on a daily basis. Usually, he leaves his men to track the shipments and make sure everything’s in order, but this one shipment in particular has Porter keeping track of it every second. 

Personality: Calm and intelligent, but he’s not afraid to destroy anything that gets in his way.

Voice Pitch: Medium to Low

Extra notes: Voiceover Role.

  • (Questioning) Gilbert, do you have any idea of what you’re doing?

  • (Aggressive) Your crew will go down with me, and everyone else too.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Nevada Highway Patrol Unit
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Issued with non-lethal weapons, and purpose-built police vehicles, the officers of the Nevada Highway Patrol unit are ready to take on anybody that is idiotic enough to take their vehicles for a joyride as well as your generic domestic disturbance calls.

Extra notes: This role will require heavy usage of a naturalistic tone of voice, considering that these guys are law enforcement officers. The lines regarding this role and a separate role will be using real-life police codes used within the Nevada State Police and Nevada Highway Patrol.  

The audition lines for this role do not appear in the final script. Please attempt to sound as naturalistic as possible.

Voice Pitch: Medium to Low


Confused on how to do a naturalistic tone for this role? Refer to this video!

  • Unit 077 on duty and available for calls. 

  • 10-4, responding to the drag racing call in Fernley. I’m in the area. 

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Nevada Interceptor Unit
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Sometimes, certain calls may not be enough for Highway Patrol to properly respond and contain. That’s where the Nevada Interceptor Units come in. Equipped with state-of-the-art pursuit technology, heavily modified interceptor units provided directly by car manufacturers themselves, and being one of the most elite and well respected law enforcement agency in the American southwest, you can assure that Nevada Interceptors will respond and contain any call with ease. 

Extra Notes: Just like the Highway Patrol Units, this role will require heavy use of a naturalistic tone of voice. Please try your best when auditioning! 

•Despite being fictional, this sub-division of the NHP still uses real-life police codes used by NHP and NSP. 

•This is a voiceover role, and I will need at least 2 VAs for this role as there are 2 interceptor units in total.

Voice pitch: Medium to Low


Confused on how to do a naturalistic tone for this role? Refer to this video!

  • 10-4, engaging in Pursuit with the fleeing vehicle. 

  • Dispatch, requesting permission to perform a PIT. 

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Nevada State Police Dispatcher
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Everyday, emergency dispatchers are responsible for handling, coordinating and relaying calls for a variety of emergency services such as police, fire, and EMS. They must endure and handle the stress while maintaining a calm and patient nature when it comes to working one of the hardest, most stress-inducing jobs in America, if not the entire world. 

This particular dispatcher, while not named, is in charge of handling a call about- they don’t really know what the heck is going on. 

Extra notes:  Just like the Highway Patrol and Interceptor Unit roles, this role will require a heavy use of a naturalistic tone of voice. 

•This is a voiceover role. 

•The audition lines are not in the final script.

Voice Pitch: Medium to Low


Confused on how to do a naturalistic tone for this role? Refer to this video!

  • 10-27, operator on duty.

  • Attention all units, we got a 911 call of an ongoing drag race in the Fernely area, any available units in the vicinity please respond. 

    Caller says one of the vehicles are colored in red, they can’t quite get an accurate description of the vehicles but they are both doing burnouts on the road and blocking traffic.

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Artist
Artist
Conceptual Designer [Multiple]
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 5 USD
cast offsite

Conceptual Designers will be responsible for creating rough, concept designs of certain elements in a project (whether it’d be an environment, aircraft or some evil villain’s weaponized supercar). 

Please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!

  • Say something you think would fit

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Artist
Artist
Character Designer [Multiple]
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Character designers will be in charge of designing a certain character using Gacha Club’s available assets. Character designers will also be in charge of creating custom-made assets for a character if requested by the director.

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!

  • Say something you think would fit

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Artist
Artist
Artists & Editors [Multiple]
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Artists and Editors (not to be confused with video editing) will mostly consist of prop artists, promotional artists, etc. while Editors will finalize and polish said work (unless an artist is also capable of editing). Some artists & editors will be responsible for creating assets for thumbnail designers to use in their work.

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!

  • Say something you think would fit

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Artist
Artist
Storyboard Artist [Multiple]
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 5 USD
cast offsite

Storyboard Artists will create rough sketches to visualize scenes in a majority of film productions hosted by Suburban Works. These sketches will then be used by the animation department  to get a good idea of what is supposed to happen in such a scene. 

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!

  • Say something you think would fit

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Artist
Artist
Background Designer [Multiple]
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 10 USD
cast offsite

Background Designers will be tasked with creating backgrounds for productions hosted by Suburban Works. Backgrounds will have to be created and converted into the highest-possible resolution, have proper details such as lighting and shading, as well as allowing space for animators to implement moving elements in backgrounds (aka traffic cars on a city street). Background Designers will be given reference media to build off of with their backgrounds.

Backgrounds can either be made by scratch, or composited from elements of royalty-free images found on the web (or images already provided by the director himself). DIGITAL BACKGROUNDS ONLY.

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!

  • Say something you think would fit

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Artist
Artist
Thumbnail Designer [Multiple]
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

The Thumbnail Designers will be creating thumbnails for videos uploaded onto the Suburban Works YouTube channel and possibly Odysee. Thumbnailt Designers will be given assets made by artists and editors and implementing them into thumbnails. Thumbnail Designers may need to further polish and edit these assets if needed, as well as implement a good usage of typography.


  • Say something you think would fit

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Animator
Animator
Model Rigger [Multiple]
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Model Riggers will be in charge of fully rigging a character/object and it’s additional features. They will be provided a character sheet/PSD file from the Art & Design department for them to rig, in which animators will be able to, well y’know animate them!


Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!

  • Say something you think would fit

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Animator
Animator
Animator [Multiple]
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 5 USD
cast offsite

Animators will be in charge of animating elements in a production. They will be provided with fully rigged models that will allow for them to animate and bring those models to life. Animators will also be in charge of animating some background elements, as mentioned in the background designer description.

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!


  • Say something you think would fit

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Video Editor
Video Editor
VFX Department Auditions
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 10 USD
cast offsite

The VFX (Visual Effects) department will be in charge  of creating and manipulating imagery as well as creating special effects to make a production really come to life such as explosions or collapsing buildings. 

I really have no idea on what I’d specifically need when it comes to Visual Effects, so auditions are open to anything related to VFX. In your audition, please list what you’re capable of doing as well as providing a few examples! (Remember to list your years of experience and applications you use).

(VFX members will also have to work with footage recorded inside video games in some productions, so you must have some experience with basic compositing. DAVINCI RESOLVE AND/OR FUSION STUDIO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

  • Say something you think would fit

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Music Composer
Music Composer
Music Composer [1-2]
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 10 USD
cast offsite

Music Composers, while not responsible for all content released by Suburban Works, will be in charge of creating original soundtracks/scores to accompany major productions such as a Gacha series or film (mini or feature-length). Soundtracks & scores will be used to convey the dramatic and emotional narrative of a scene. The soundtrack(s) overall style the music composers will have to create will depend on the nature of the production in general. 

Music composers will be working alongside Sound Designers and Engineers, as well as the director.

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use (Ableton Live, GarageBand, and FL Studio recommended for this role).

  • Say something you think would fit

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Audio Engineer
Audio Engineer
Sound Designer [1-2]
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 5 USD
cast offsite

Sound Designers will be responsible for creating, sampling, and/or recording audio that can be edited and manipulated for the purpose of film (sound effects, basically.) 

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!

  • Say something you think would fit

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Audio Engineer
Audio Engineer
Sound Engineer [1-2]
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 5 USD
cast offsite

Sound Engineers will work with both Music Composers and Sound Designers to help assist in recording, adjusting and equalizing sound sources which will then be implemented in the final audio product of a production. 

(Some music composers and Sound Designers also know basic sound engineering, so this role may be removed in the future.)

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!

  • Say something you think would fit

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Producer
Producer
Marketing & QA Team
closed
Paid: Flat Rate 20 USD
cast offsite

The Marketing & Quality Assurance Team, rather instead of one role, consists of 2 roles. This department will be in charge of handing any Suburban Works social media accounts, as well as ensuring the overall quality of a production. 

This department will be expanded into more roles in the future, and will be bigger when (and if) future auditions are held.

ROLES AVAILABLE:

Social Media Manager - You and a few other people will be in charge of creating, hosting and managing social media accounts meant to promote media released by Suburban Works. There will also be a considerable amount of community engagement. 

QA (Quality Assurance) - This small group of individuals will be in charge of assuring the quality of Suburban Works productions. They will be giving out constructive criticism, feedback, and may have opportunities to pitch small ideas to the studio.


If you haven’t already, please read the auditioning guidelines as there is a specific guideline for this role!!

Along with your audition file, please list how many years of experience you have with this role (or something similar to this role) and list what applications/programs you use!


  • Say something you think would fit

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