Pennsylvania “Penny” Pearce, a constantly-procrastinating student photographer, put off her thesis for so long that she only has one night to complete her entire project—or she won’t graduate in the morning! Standing in her way is none other than the filmmaker writing her story, whose attempts to raise the stakes for his characters jeopardize Penny’s project.
We Must Create Magnificence was Hank McNeil's undergraduate thesis film, completed through the University of Notre Dame's Department of Film, Television, and Theatre in the 2023 - 2024 school year.
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Notre Dame Department of Film, Television, and Theatre Thesis with Honors • The Broad Avenue Fund Filmmaker's Award for Fiction
Cast
Molly O'Toole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pennsylvania "Penny" Pearce
Victoria Rooney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Harris
Ryan Elkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rodger
Bryce Langford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al
Carol Latronica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Kucich
Andy Ottone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scrabble Announcer
Jim Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Himself
Hank McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Himself
Featuring Heine Borel and the Finite Subcovers
Crew
Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank McNeil
Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Donaruma
Cinematography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryce Langford
Sound Recordist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sebastián Conway
Production Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexx Johnson
Driver to Mr. McNeil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Elkins
Equipment Rental by. . . . . . Ryan Broussard, David Gonzales
Screenplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank McNeil
Script Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Rooney
Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank McNeil
Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mountain Goats