Let's Make a Movie is the story of Cassie Thompson (Played by Hallie York), a college dropout and ex-film student who is tired of being disrespected and downtrodden, has decided that she's had enough. In a subconscious effort to turn her life around, she decides to make a movie with a rag-tag group of friends. The only problem is the movie is impossible for her to film without a $100 million budget, and her cast and crew are neurotic and inexperienced, to say the least. Will Cassie prevail and finish her movie, or will this become another mark on her long list of failures?
Writing
Meta script that knows exactly how absurd it is
Acting
Hallie York's committed chaos energy carries every scene
Production
DIY aesthetic perfectly mirrors its broke-filmmaker subject
Director
Elana A. Mugdan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Elana A. Mugdan was herself a young filmmaker when she made this, meaning the 'impossible production' plot was likely drawn from real micro-budget warfare.
This dropped right as YouTube was democratizing filmmaking — it's essentially a time capsule of pre-influencer era 'just make it with your friends' energy that's almost extinct now.
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