 Working with Harold Eugene Edgerton of MIT, Mili was a pioneer in the use of stroboscopic instruments to capture a sequence of actions in one photograph.Mili did not serve as cinematographer for this film, but "Blues" uses multiplied images that in many ways recall the multi-image still-frames done with the strobe.Producer Gordon Hollingshead was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Short Subject, One-reel.