The film began production while the majority of the crew was in their final semester in film school. During senior films, out of 30 scripts, Jake Trischler received the only unanimous green light on his script, Splatter, from his production-focus classmates, but was not selected by senior staff for reasons Trischler disputes as personal umbrage. In response, he and his cohorts developed and produced this project independently alongside the production of senior/thesis films.
The Mix was originally intended to be a short feature, but in post production, the decision was made that it would work better as a web series. It originally streamed on its official Facebook page for free.
Logan Hulick was not the original actor cast as Disco. Three weeks prior to shooting, the original actor dropped out when he was hired to work in a traveling circus. Hulick had worked years prior with Trischler and Avina, in a super hero web pilot, Superior, written and directed by Avina, and had the mutual contact of Emilio Rigales (Abbott Willou). The directing duo were so captivated by the actor and his phenomenal performance, development on a Disco standalone web series went underway immediately after completing The Mix.
Director of Photography, Alexander Hale Gibson, and writer/co-director, Jake Trischler, are the longest standing acquaintances among the crew, becoming friends well before attending film school. After meeting through a mutual friend in 2008, they began making sketches and films together on virtually no budget.
The character, Pip, portrayed by editor Brian Lefevre, is based off a character previously named Percival Powers, who made low-budget workout videos. Lefevre is Filipino himself, and derives inspiration for the accent and inflection from his grandmother.