"To make a movie" means to create and produce a motion picture or film. It involves all the steps from writing the script, casting actors, filming scenes, and editing the final product. Full definition
It's enough to make you wonder whether watching all these people having dinner — without the guise of making a movie with actual characters and a plot — might have been more enjoyable. (csmonitor.com)
He said that he needed to rest and would not make a movie for now. (wongkarwai.net)
That's my arena and at that moment and its more about the character moments than the 3D, so your just making a movie in those places. (mediamikes.com)