 Finding himself dissatisfied with "Hollywood acting", which he found stiff and forced rather than loose and spontaneous as life tended to be, Greaves attempted to find new and different ways to bring out "reality" as it really was, one in which would not "act to the camera".The film was independently financed by one of Greaves's old students from his teaching days at the National Film Board of Canada and The Actors Studio.The title came from Greaves's own fascination with scientific concepts.