Penny is an average teenager, living with her divorced, over-bearing Mother. Though she has vague notions of life beyond going to movies and hanging out with friends, it isn't until she stumbles on a used video camera in a junk shop that she realizes what she really wants to do in life is make a movie. With a little help from her brother and best friend - and a whole lot of nerve - she seizes the opportunity to live her life her own way.